IN  THE 

LD  WAR 


■^   V 


WAY  2  ^  '%0 


M 


■K 


J 


Southern  Branch 
of  the 

University  of  California 

Los  Angeles 

Form  L  I 

D 


LIBRARY, 

\LOS  ANUtCLES,  CALIF. 

Record  of  Service 


IN   THE 


WORLD  WAR 


OF 


V.  M.  I.  ALUMNI 


AND    THEIR 


ALMA    MATER 


COMPILED  BY  THE  HISTORIOGRAPHER 

OF  THE 

VIRGINIA  MILITARY  INSTITUTE 
1920 


57204 


"In  Pace  Decus — In  Bella  Praesidium' 


b4-v9 


CONTENTS 


COMPILER'S  NOTE 3 

THE  VIRGINIA  MILITARY  INSTITUTE  IN  THE 
WORLD  WAR 5 

SERVICE  ROSTER: 

COMMISSIONED  PERSONNEL 
United  States  Army 

Brigadier  Generals 13 

Colonels 13 

Lieutenant  Colonels 15 

Majors 18 

Captains _. . .  23 

^  First  Lieutenants 33 

li-  Second  Lieutenants 42 

U.  S.  Marine  Corps 

r  Majors 50 

Captains 50 

First  Lieutenants 51 

Second  Lieutenants 52 

United  States  Navy 

Captains  (Medical  Directors) 53 

Captain  (Line) 53 

^         Commanders 53 

•  ^       Lieutenant  Commanders 53 

N^         Lieutenants 53 

Ensigns 54 

U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  Force 

Lieutenant  Commanders 55 

Lieutenants 55 

Lieutenants  (J.  G.) 55 

Ensigns 55 

British  and  French  Armies 

Lieutenant  Colonel 56 

Captains 56 

First  Lieutenants 56 

Second  Lieutenants ' 56 

Officers  in  Chinese  Army 5 


ii  Contents 

SERVICE  ROSTER— Continued 

ENLISTED  PERSONNEL 

United  States  Army 58 

Marine  Corps 62 

Navy 63 

Allied  Armies 64 

CANDIDATES  FOR  COMMISSION: 

Camp  Taylor 66 

Camp  Pike 67 

Camp  Lee 67 

Fort  Monroe •.  .  .  .  67 

Washington,  D.  C 67 

Gettysburg,  Pa 68 

Plattsburg,  N.  Y 68 

Camp  Hancock 68 

Fort  Sheridan 68 

Camp  Kearny 68 

Camp  Joseph  E.  Johnston 68 

Camp  Fremont 68 

Camp  Gordon 68 

Camp  Grant 68 

Unknown  Camps 68 

STUDENTS  ARMY  TRAINING  CORPS 69 

DECORATIONS 72 

CITATIONS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS 75 

CASUALTIES: 

Killed  in  Action,  or  Died  in  the  Service 85 

Wounded,  or  Seriously  Gassed,  in  Action 89 

Prisoners  of  War 99 

SOME  ALUMNI    IN   CIVIL   SERVICE   DURING 

THE  WORLD  WAR lOo 

V.  M.  I.  TRAINING  CAMPS 108 

SOME   OF  THE   SPECIALLY   DISTINGUISHED 
ALUMNI  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR: 

Adams,  F.W 195      Almond,  E.  M * 175 

Adams,  Walker  H 147      Aloe,  Alfred 133 

Alexander,  G.  H: 275      Amerine,  W.  M 275 

Alexander,  G.  M 172      Amory,  T.  D 247 

Allison,  W.R 345      Anderson,  J.  Aylor 140 


Contents 


111 


SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DISTINGULSHED  ALUMNI— Continued 


Anderson,  S.  W 233 

Angle,  J.  M 296 

Arms,  T.  S 181 

Baldinger,  O.  M 161 

Baldwin,  J.  F 346 

Barksdale,  A.  D 190 

Baugham,  W.  E 287 

Beckner,  W.  H 166 

Beirne,  R.  F 180 

Bell,  Alden 308 

Benners,  A.  W 339 

Bertschey,  S.  L 208 

Biscoe,  Earl 132 

Blackford,  CM 135 

Blackford,  G.-T 290 

Blackmore,  P.  G 181 

Blake,  E.M 128 

Blow,  G.  A 182 

Blundon,  M 263 

Bonnycastle,  H.  C 130 

Booker,  P.  W 133 

Bosiey,  J.  R 127 

Bowe,  Jr.,  W.  F 234 

Bowering,  B 211 

Bradbury,  Eugene ^ 182 

Brander,  W.  W 181 

Brett,  G.H 155 

Brooke,  G.M 125 

Brooke,  Richard 183 

Brooks,  R.R 303 

Brown,  A.  D 208 

Brown,  E.C 274 

Brown,  F.  M 239 

Brown,  Jr.,  F.  V 246 

Brown,  J.  McK 344 

Browne,  B.  B 151 

Bryan,  Jr.,  L.  R 159 

Burress,  J.  W 288 

Burress,  W.  A 203 

Cammer,  C.  R 246 

Cann,  W.  G 262 

Cann,  S.  A 262 

Campbell,  A.  G 146 

Carroll,  J.  W 175 

Carson,  C.H 177 

Carter,  C.S 293 

Carter,  F.W 263 


Chambliss,  Hardee 136 

Chambliss,  T.  M 177 

Charlton,  S.  A 236 

Childs,  J.  R 279 

Christian,  Jr.,  C 221 

Clarke,  C.K 232 

Clarke,  Jr.,  F.  W 319 

Clarkson,  B.  B 181 

Clement,  J.  T 173 

Clemmer,  R.  H 236 

Cocke,  John 140 

Cocke,  W.H 181 

Cochran,  W.B 116 

ColdweU,  Philip 181 

Cole,  Jr.,  J.  E 202 

ColUns,  C.  C 121 

Collins,  C.J 160 

Conquest,  E.P 226 

Conrad,  R.Y 197 

Converse,  A.  J 360 

Cootes,  H.N 127 

Corey,  J.  L 338 

Couper,  William 135 

Coupland,  R.  C 237 

Creswell,  H.  I.  T 165 

Crittenden,  J.  D 299 

Crockett,  G.  K 289 

Crowder,  R.T 261 

Gumming,  S.C 319 

Currier,  W.  P 151 

Cushman,  J.  R 302 

Cutchins,  Frank 301 

Cutler,  Stuart 220 

Dalton,  J.  N 208 

Dance,  P.  R 339 

Dashiell,  G.F 205 

Dashiell,  H.  G 206 

Dashiell,  R.M 174 

Davant,  E.  T 193 

Davenport,  R.M 238 

DeButts,  H.  A 333 

De  Graff,  De  L.  A 298 

Denham,  J.  L 318 

Derbyshire,  G.  A 300 

De  Vahn,  C.  M 341 

Dillard,  A.W 180 

Dockery,  A.  B 144 

Dodson,  R.  S 151 


IV 


Contents 


SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DISTINGUISHED  ALUMNI— Coxtinued 


Downer,  J.  W 134 

Downing,  F.B -  133 

Drake,  Jr.,  J.  H 350 

Drayton,  C.H 211 

Drew,  O.  C 181 

Dunbar,  R.B 162 

Earle,  L.  H 212 

Eastham,  K.G 174 

Edwards,  M.F 376 

Edwards,  R.O 144 

Effinger,  W.  L 259 

Eglin,  H.  W.  T 175 

Ellison,  A.  H 210 

Ellison,  L.H 210 

Etheridge,  C.  A 313 

Ewing,  J.  D 218 

FaUigant,  L.  A 157 

Fauntleroy,  J.  D 183 

Fochheimer,  J.  H 291 

Fenner,  G.C 181 

Figgins,  B.  W 344 

Fraser,  A.  H 286 

Fugate,  Jr.,  J.  H 315 

Garland,  H.  G 294 

Garnett,  Jr.,  J.  H 299 

Garvey,  W.  A 224 

Geiger,  H.  J 242 

Gerow,  L.  S 167 

Gerow,  L.  T 142 

Gerson,  G.  R 237 

Getzen,  T.  H 298 

Gignilliat,  L.  R 127 

Gill,  H.  F 214 

Gill,  W.  H 154 

Glazebrook,  Jr.,  L.  W 21 9 

Glazebrook,  O.  A 370 

Gleaves,  S.  R 119 

Goddard,  W.  S 303 

Goodfellow,  J.  C 128 

Goodwin,  Jr.,  Walton 140 

Gould,  Jr.,  W.  T 259 

Graves,  S.  P 262 

Gray,  Jr.,H.  P 239 

Gregory,  J.  C 129 

Greene^  F.  S 167 

Griffin,  F.W 133 


Gwathmey,  J.  T; 181 

Hagan,  J.  A 314 

Hagenbuch,  J.  S 235 

Hager,  R.B 295 

Handy,  T.T 159 

Harris,  H.W 285 

Harrison,  G.  M 238 

Harrison,  J.  S 172 

Harrison,  W.  Burr 183 

Hart,  Jacks 328 

Hartz,  R.  S 138 

Hastie,  Jr.,  Jack 174 

Harrington,  F.  C 120 

Hathaway,  E.T 288 

Hawes,  Jr.,  G.  P 131 

Hawks,  A.  W 377 

Heflin,  S.  M ! 175 

Henderson,  Jr.,  E 203 

Hickman,  E.  A 132 

Hock,  Conrad 260 

Holmes,  Jr.,  H.  B 177 

Holtzman,  Jr.,  C.  T 239 

Hordern,  H.R 356 

Howard,  C.R 233 

Howard,  R.  J 357 

Howard,  S.L 310 

Hull,  R.M 259 

Humphreys,  W.  H 200 

Hutton,  Jr.,  F.  B 236 

Hyatt,  J.  W 157 

Ives,  E.  L 375 

James,  Jules 342 

Jamison,  S.  C 176 

Johnson,  E.  H 163 

Johnson,  William  R 261 

Johnston,  Jr.,  A.  L 343 

Johnston,  Charles 223 

Jordan,  H.L 149 

Karow,  Gustav 331 

Keezell,  R.  P 237 

Kelly,  Russell  A 365 

Kilbourne,  C.  E 115 

Kimberly,  Allen 151 

Kimberly,  C.  O 292 

Kingman,  M.H 308 

King,  O.  D 335 


Contents 
SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DISTINGUISHED  ALUMNI— Continued 


Knight,  R.  R 235 

KoUock,  C.  W 160 

Kraft,  W.  R 234 

Lange,  L.  G 338 

Langhorne,  C.  D 341 

Langhorne,  G.  T 129 

Langstaff,  J.  D 209 

Lansing,  C.C 130 

LaRue,  B.  V.  M 189 

Lee,  Fitzhugh 133 

Letcher,  G.D 191 

Lincoln,  A.  T 194 

Lloyd,  O.C 161 

Locke,  M.E 119 

Lockhart,  G.  B 317 

Lohmeyer,  Jr.,  W 199 

Loughridge,  S.  A 354 

Lowry,  S.  De  L 187 

Lyerly,  Ballard 133 

Lyerly,  Jr.,  C.  A 183 

Lyne,  R.  G 158 

Magruder,  John 150 

Marshall,  Jr.,  G.  C 117 

Marshall,  Jr.,  R.  C -  115 

MarshaU,  R.  J 204 

Marshall,  Samuel 186 

Martin,  C.  A 209 

Mason,  H.  M 344 

Massie,  H.  W 269 

Massie,  N.  H 317 

Maxwell,  E.G 296 

Meem,  J.  G 230 

Michaux,  E.  R 240 

Michie,  R.  E.  L 114 

Miller,  J.  A 280 

Miller,  Jr.,  J.  C 251 

Minton,  C.  A 247 

Mills,  Jr.,  M.  R 318 

Milton,  M.M 180 

Minnigerode,  Karl 286 

Money,  W.T 361 

Moore,  A.  W 235 

Moore,  B.S 235 

Moore,  C.E 184 

Moreno,  Aristides 123 

Morison,  R.  A 208 

Morrissett,  D.  G 163 


Mort,  J.  E 150 

Munce,  G.  G 309 

Murphy,  D.E 181 

Murphy,  R.W 335 

McAnerney,  IL,  J 299 

McClellan,  J.  M 334 

McChntock,  Alex 361 

McCoy,  W.S 289 

McGiffert,  S.  Y 300 

McKee,  J.  L 240 

McKinney,  S.  A 286 

McLeod,  Hugh 183 

McMiUen,  D.R 155 

McMiUin,  D.  N 207 

McMillin,  E.  W 207 

McRae,  D.  M 143 

Nash,  C.  P 325 

Nash,  John 162 

Nash,  Lloyd  N 297 

Nelms,  J.  A 324 

Nelly,  H.M 131 

Nelson,  Jr.,  J.  C 253 

Nichols,  E.W 183 

Nichols,  Jr.,  J.  A 205 

Nichols,  Maury 133 

Nichols,  W.R 149 

Noland,  C.  P 182 

Nowlin,  Jr.,  J.  C... 259 

Outten,  E.  C 241 

Owen,  W.  O.  (Col.) 133 

Owen,  W.  O.  (1st  Lt.) 263 

Owens.  B.B 363 

Owens,  W.I 273 

Owsley,  A.  M 138 

Owsley,  Clark 139 

Parker,  Jr.,  J.  C 297 

Parks,  Jr.,  Victor 152 

Parsons,  H.H 171 

Patterson,  A.  S 303 

Patterson,  M.  G 182 

Patton,  Jr.,  George  S 120 

Paul,  John 231 

Peek,  G.  M 143 

Peek,  W.  H 128 

Pendleton,  R.  T 167 

Perkins,  K.  S 151 

Parkinson,  A.  C 310 


VI 


Contents 


SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DLSTIN 

Perry,  J.N 183 

Peyton,  J.  W 180 

Peyton,  P.  B 126 

Pickett,  in.,  G.  E 301 

Pigue,  J.  A 283 

Pitts,  Jr.,  J.  L 182 

Pitts,  Lindsay 182 

Poag>ie,  H.  G 182 

Polack,  R.  W 281 

Polk,  G.  W 238 

Polk,  Harding 171 

Potts,  Jr.,  P.  M 261 

Powell,  Llewellyn 182 

Purdie,  K.  S 156 

Randolph,  R.I 171 

Rapkin,  E.  L 307 

Read,  Jr.,  O.  M 342 

Reed,  Washington 274 

Rhett,  R.  B 349 

Rich,  A.  H 298 

Richards,  J.  N.  C 191 

Richards,  W.  A 266 

Robinson,  F.S 328 

Rockenbach,  S.  D 115 

Rockwell,  Kif fin  Y 358 

Ruffner,  D.  L 213 

Schmidt,  H.  C 176 

Schoen,  AUen  McG 374 

Schwabe,  H.A 133 

Schwartz,  B.W 305 

Scott,  Jr.,  W.  D 174 

Seaman,  E.  C 176 

Seay,  Joseph 182 

Shepherd,  Jr.,  L.  C 322 

Sheppard,  W.  W 182 

Shipp,  A.  M 129 

Sitwell,  H.  C.  F 285 

Smiley,  W.  V 214 

Smith,  Alan  McC 260 

Smith,  Jr.,  H.  L 187 

Smith,  Estil  V 153 

Smith,  T.  Chilton 298 

Smith,  W.C 166 

Snidow,  R.  C 233 

Somers,  V.  L 336 

Speer,  Jr.,  G.  A 345 

Spessard,  R.  H 154 


GUISHED  ALUMNI— Continued 

Spihnan,  R.  S 182 

Spragins,  W.  E 183 

Stark,  J.  Vincil 284 

Staton,  Adolphus 342 

Steger,  J.  O T 131 

Stude,  A.  J 217 

SuUivan,  M.E 338 

Taber.  W.  A 173 

Talbot-t,  S.  G 149 

TaUaferro,  Jr.,  E.  H 183 

Taylor,  James 215 

Taylor,  James  D 123 

Templeton,  Hamilton 148 

Thompson,  Ernest  O 145 

Thompson,  G.  Otho 259 

Throckmorton,  R.J 234 

Tobin,  R.  G 343 

Tomhnson,  J.  B 216 

Townes,  Jr.,  J.  E 143 

Trinkle,  L.  L 235 

Tyree,  H.  B 202 

Upshur,  A.  P 147 

VanSant,  J.  A 278 

Venable,  H.  M 304 

Waddey,  D.  M 238 

WaddiU,  E.  C 121 

Wall,  W.  G 137 

Walton,  J.  S 239 

Walker,  W.H 138 

Waring,  J.  M.S 137 

Weaver,  W.  R 182 

Welborne,  H.  B 307 

WeUs,  E.  L 227 

Welton,  Jr.,  R.  F 260 

Whiting,  Edgar  M 165 

Whiting,  G.  W.  C 134 

Whiting,  T.S 326 

Whittle,  W.M 232 

Wilbourn,  A.  E 145 

Williams,  F.J 178 

WllUams,  J.  S 148 

Williamson,  S.  B 125 

Wilmer,T.  W 291 

Wilson,  C.R 182 

Wilson,  L.C 295 


Contents  vii 

SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DISTINGUISHED  ALITMNI— CoNTiNrEo 

Wilson,  R.  M 222      Woolford,  A.  W 282 

WiLson,  Scott 261       Wood,  F.  T 206 

Wiltshire,  T.  H 175      Wood,  W.  S 128 

Wiltshire,  G.  D 175 

Winn,  CD 134      Yancey,  J.  P 181 

Wise,  H.D 133      Yancey,  W.  B 286 

Wise,  J.  C 141      Yost,  H.  McC 182 

Witt,  T.  F 182      YoueU,  R.  M 152 

Wolfe,  W.  McI 183 

"LAST  WORDS"  OF  SOME  OF  V.  M.  I.'S  MAR- 
TYRED   SONS 378 

CONCLUSION 379 


GENERAL  PERSHING'S  ESTIMATE  OF  V.  M.  I.   38i 

APPENDIX 383 

INDEX 405 


COMPILER'S  NOTE. 


This  RECORD  is  not  complete,  but  its  publication  can- 
not be  longer  delayed.  It  is  believed  many  more  names  will 
be  added  to  the  Service  Roster  when  all  the  returns  are 
in  hand. 

The  Compiler  laboured  earnestly  for  many  months  to 
make  the  Roster  complete,  but  his  eiforts  have  been  only 
partly  successful.  Whetlier  it  be  because  of  modesty,  or  due 
to  a  disinclination  to  recall  the  awful  scenes  through  which 
many  of  them  passed,  our  Service  Men  have  been  loath  to  tell 
about  themselves.  In  all  cases  it  has  been  difficult  to  get  them 
to  speak  in  detail  of  their  personal  experiences,  and,  in  many 
instances,  a  single  word  could  not  be  drawn  from  them.  It 
will  thus  be  seen  what  difficulties  have  beset  the  Compiler. 
He  has  called  to  his  aid  every  known  source  of  information 
in  the  endeavour  to  make  the  Record  absolutely  correct,  as  to 
persoimel,  and  as  aiCcurate  as  possible,  in  regard  to  the  other 
facts  wanted ;  but  his  hopes  have  not  been  fulfilled. 

Especially  difficult  has  it  been  to  secure  definitely  the 
Rank,  Command  and  Station,  in  many  cases.  These  have 
been  given  only  when  there  seemed  to  be  no  doubt  of  their 
correctness ;  therefore,  many  omissions,  and,  doubtless,  some 
errors,  will  be  found  in  that  connection. 

The  Casualty  List  is  also  believed  to  be  far  from  com- 
plete. It  is  thought  that  others  of  our  Brotherhood  made  the 
Supreme  Sacrifice,  and  it  is  quite  certain  that  many  were 
wounded,  or  gassed,  whose  names  are  not  given  lierein. 

As  far  as  possible,  credit  has  been  given  for  Decorations 
Awarded  and  Citations  Published;  but  here,  too,  the  record 
is  probably  incomplete.  But,  with  all  its  defects,  this  work  is 
full  of  interest,  as  showing  how  these  brave  men  volunteered 
for  their  Country's  defense,  at  tlie  first  call  to  arms,  and  how 
gallantly  they  served.  It  has  ever  been  so.  In  every  War 
our  Country  has  waged  since  tlie  birth  of  our  Alma  Mater, 


4  Compiler's  Note 

her  sons  have  borne  a  glorious  part,  and  on  every  battlefield 
their  blood  has  been  freely  poured  out. 

This  publication  must  not  be  considered  as  final,  for  it  is 
believed  the  Record  will  yet  be  perfected.  To  that  end,  let  all 
who  read  these  pages  endeavour  to  supply  the  omissions 
and  correct  the  errors  discovered  in  tlie  Service  Roster.  If 
this  be  faithfully  done,  then,  and  not  till  then,  shall  we  be 
able  to  tell  tlie  whole  story  of  V.  M.  I.'s  Sons  in  the  WORLD 
WAR. 


December  15,  1920. 


THE  VIRGINIA  MILITARY  INSTITUTE  IN  THE 
WORLD  WAR. 

The  V.  M.  I.  in  all  previous  Wars  waged  by  the  United 
States  since  1839  had  borne  a  glorious  part.  It  was,  there- 
fore, not  strange  tliat  Virginia  and  the  Country  at  large  looked 
to  her  for  valuable  service  when  this  greatest  War  came. 
Did  she  fulfill  the  expectations  of  the  World? 

The  triumphant  answer  to  this  question,  it  is  confidently 
believed,  will  be  f omid  in  the  following  pages. 

The  Story!  Who  can  do  it  justice?  Certainly  not  this 
writer  whose  pen  falters  as  he  essays  the  task  assigned  him. 

Perhaps  no  fitter  preface  for  tliis  publication  can  be  given 
than  is  found  in  a  recent  issue  of  The  Confederate 
Veteran,  in  the  article,  under  the  above  heading,  written 
in  February,  1919,  by  Colonel  W.  M.  Hunley,  the  accomplished 
Professor  of  Economics  and  Political  Science  at  the  V.  M.  I., 
who  performed  such  splendid  service  himself  as  the  Execu- 
tive Secretary  of  Virginia's  first  Council  of  Defense. 

He  wrote : 

'*  'The  past  is  but  prelude.'  Shakespeare  gives  this 
doctrine  as  a  m'axim  of  optimism. 

''Three  Wars  before  the  World  War  had  our  Country 
waged  since  the  birth  of  the  V.  M.  I.  In  those  wars — the 
Mexican,  that  between  the  States,  and  the  Spanish- American — 
the  Institute  did  what  was  expected  of  her  and  added  fame 
to  fame.  Those  wars  now,  liowever,  appear  like  preliminary 
skirmishes  when  compared  to  the  World  War,  and  the  In- 
stitute's prelude  to  the  heroic  part  she  gave  herself  to  do, 
with  Western  Europe  for  a  stage. 

"  'True  to  tradition' — that  must  be  the  final  word.  And 
there  is  none  other  that  those  who  know  her  and  love  her  can 
wish  to  have  added. 

"In  the  fall  of  1914,  long  before  many  people  believed 
that  this  Country  would  enter  the  conflict,  sons  of  the  V.  M.  L, 
restless  under  the  injunction  of  neutrality,  and  burning  with 
zeal  to  help  avenge  a  mighty  wrong,  sought  service  under 
foreign  flags.     They  fought  nobly  and  won  renown.     Some 


6  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

of  them  have  since  joined  their  own  colors,  a  few  remain  in 
the  service  of  Great  Britain  and  France,  and  others  sleep 
'in  Flanders'  Field.' 

"As  the  clouds  grew  blacker  and  it  was  seen  that  we 
should  begin  to  mobilize  along  every  line,  the  Governor  of 
Virginia,  wishing  to  put  the  State  in  a  condition  of  prepared- 
ness and  to  lay  the  foundation  for  whatever  of  effort  might  be 
required,  organized  a  Council  of  Defense,  with  headquarters 
at  Richmond.  It  was  composed  of  fourteen  of  the  State's 
leading  citizens,  men  of  finance,  business,  agriculture,  and  the 
professions.  The  Governor  selected  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Institute  to  be  Chairman  of  the  Council  and  a  member  of 
our  Faculty  as  Executive  Secretary.  The  work  of  tliis  body 
has  been  highly  commended  as  helping  to  make  it  possible 
for  Virginia  to  play  so  effectively  the  part  she  did  in  the  War. 

''The  next  step  marking  the  V.  M.  I.'s  war  contributions 
consisted  in  an  arrangement,  made  at  the  request  of  the  au- 
thorities of  Washington  and  Lee  University,  whereby  forty 
members  of  the  Corps  spent  four  afternoons  a  week,  during 
the  Spring  of  1917,  drilling  the  student-body  of  the  Univer- 
sity. In  the  same  Spring  and  Summer,  and  the  Summer  of 
1918,  as  well,  a  'Rookie'  Training  Camp  was  conducted  at 
the  Institute,  officered  by  members  of  our  Tactical  Staff*.  The 
attendance  at  these  Camps  was  large  and  representative.  The 
records  show  tliat,  Avith  hardly  an  exception,  graduates  of  the 
Camps  won  commissions  soon  after  entering  the  Service. 

"Perhaps  the  most  striking  recognition  of  the  V.  M.  I. 
from  the  War  Department  came  in  the  Fall  of  1918  with  the 
organization  of  miits  of  the  Student  Amiy  Training  Corps. 
The  Institute  was  the  only  College  in  the  Country,  Military  or 
Non-Military,  which  had  a  sufficient  number  of  her  officers 
commissioned  in  the  Regular  Army,  They  were  assigned  to 
duty  at  the  Institute,  without  interruption  of  their  routine 
work.  This  unusual  designation  was  amply  justified  by  the 
admirable  way  in  which  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  units  here  Avere  con- 
ducted. Large  groups  of  men  were  called  away  to  Officers' 
Camps  at  frequent  intervals,  and  the  demands  for  admission 
to  take  their  places  increased  from  week  to  week,  up  to  the 
time  of  demobilization  of  the  units. 

"Very  soon  after  this  took  place  the  War  Department 
announced  that  Cavaln',  Artillery,  Infantry,  and  Engineer- 
ing Units  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps  would  be 
established  at  tlie  V.  M.  I.     [These  Units  were  established 


The  V.  M.  I.  in  the  World  War  (Continued)  7 

and  have  been  successfully  conducted    under    distinguished 
Army  Officers  to  the  present  time. — Historiographer.] 

'•And  now  of  the  men  who  fought  in  France,  of  those  who 
did  their  best  to  go,  of  those  who  worked  mth  devotion  in 
Camps  here  and  abi'oad,  what  shall  we  say  of  them?  One  i?, 
in  fact,  embarrassed  by  wealth  of  material  in  attempting  to 
write  a  short  account  of  tlie  V.  M.  T,  in  the  World  War. 

"Wliere  to  begin  and  what  to  sav  that  needs  be  said! 
Our  records  are  not  complete,  and  as  these  lines  are  written 
(late  in  February,  1919,)  news  comes  of  heretofore  unrecorded 
casualties  and  honours  won  by  our  men  in  France. 

''The  Historiogrnpher  of  the  Institute  is  making  a  com 
plete  record  of  V.  M.  I.  Men  in  the  War.  The  material  he 
has  already  collected  is  an  imposing  tribute  to  the  valour  of 
Institute  Men.  Space  does  not  permit,  and  this  is  not  the 
place  to  attempt,  a  statement  of  the  War  Roster,  as  of  this 
date :  but  we  should  like  to  quote  a  few  sentences  from  a  letter 
from  the  Historiographer,  Colonel  Joseph  R.  Anderson,  Class 
of  1870,  as  sho^ving  the  sort  of  material  he  is  collecting  for 
the  V.  M.  I.  War  History.  Colonel  Anderson  wrote:  'I  feel 
sure  that  we  have  had  more  than  two  thousand  Alumni,  Gradu- 
ates and  Non-Graduates,  in  the  Service.  A  great  many  of 
our  boys  have  been  decorated  by  France,  England,  and  our 
own  Countrj^  for  dauntless  courage  and  the  most  conspicuous 
gallantry.  I  could  tell  of  the  heroic  conduct  of  Lieutenant 
Amory,  of  Delaware,  'the  bravest  and  most  beloved  man  in 
his  battalion,'  as  his  commanding  officer  wrote.  Wliile  still 
incapacitated  for  active  duty  on  account  of  previous  wounds, 
and  when  he  was  believed  to  be  in  the  Hospital,  Amory  led 
his  Company  far  in  advance  of  the  Battalion  in  the  assault 
and  capture  of  a  stronghold.  He  died  in  the  action.  I  could 
tell  of  Captain  Glazebrook  who,  when  suffering  from  serious 
wounds,  jumped  out  of  the  mndow  of  the  Hospital,  when  the 
nurse  was  absent,  and  joined  in  the  battle  then  in  progress, 
for  which  'military  crime'  he  was  severely  reprimanded  and 
then  promoted.  leould  tell  of  the  hero,  J.  Favre  Baldv/in,  of 
Texas,  calmly  writing  his  last  letter  to  his  'saintly  mother 
and  revered  father,'  the  night  before  he  was  killed  in  actio-n, 
a  letter  which  will  stand  as  a  classic,  breathing,  as  it  does, 
the  most  sublime  courage,  patriotism,  filial  affection,  and 
religious  faith. ' 

"Thus,  we  could  even  now  set  forth  a  recital  of  death  of 
our  men  that  would  make  one  of  the  brightest  pages  in  the 
historv  of  America's  heroic  part  in  the  War.     But,  as  has 


S  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

been  said,  this  is  not  the  place  and  this  is  not  the  time  for 
that,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  jnst  now  any  recital 
of  the  sort  would  be  quite  incomplete.  The  real  story  will 
be  eloquently  told  at  the  proper  time  and  in  a  manner  worthy 
of  the  theme. 

''To  indicate  the  nature  of  that  story  is  our  purpose  here. 

''In  closing  this  brief  index  to  the  V.  M.  I.'s  part  in  the 
War,  we  should  like  to  quote  from  an  address  delivered  before 
the  Corps  of  Cadets  by  Major  J.  C.  Hemphill,  of  South  Caro- 
lina, one  of  the  South 's  most  distinguished  journalists  and 
publicists.  Major  Hemphill  emphasized  the  duty  of  us  who 
face  the  new  world  and  the  Greater  V.  M.  I.  in  the  spirit  of 
the  poet  who  said:  'It's  the  torch  the  people  follow,  whoever 
the  bearer  be.'     In  this  connection,  he  said: 

"  'There  was  never  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  world 
when  the  opportunity  of  Service  was  so  great,  when  the  call 
for  educated,  thoroughly  trained  men  was  so  insistent  and 
imperative — men  of  ideas,  forward-looking  men — for  the 
world  has  to  be  built  over,  and  you  must  be  among  the  builders. 
Think  of  what  youi-  predecessors  who  should  be  emulated  by 
you  in  your  day  and  generation  accomplished  for  their  coun- 
try in  war  and  peace,  and  under  far  less  propitious  circum- 
stances than  confront  you.  Their  work  should  cheer  you  on 
to  high  endeavour  and  noble  achievement.  Almost  without  ex- 
ception, these  elder  brothers  of  yours  have  proved  themselves 
worthy  of  the  best  traditions  of  this  School  of  Soldiers — sol- 
diers holding  themselves,  according  to  the  American  ideal,  al- 
ways subject  to  the  civil  powers,  but  ready,  upon  every  pa- 
•triotic  call,  with  bodies  and  souls  both  responsive  to  the  call 
of  duty,  to  say  to  the  State,  in  the  words  of  the  ancient  prophet 
as  set  down  in  his  divine  vision:  'Here  am  I;  send  me.' 

"  'In  every  war  in  which  tliis  Country  has  been  engaged, 
since  the  founding  of  this  institution,  the  men  of  the  V.  M.  I. 
have  added  lustre  to  American  Arms.  Valiant  in  war,  the3/ 
have  been  effective  in  the  pursuits  of  peace.  The  full  stor}' 
of  your  glory  in  War  and  Peace  has  not  been  fully  told  and 
\vill  not  be  until  your  accomplished  Historian,  Joseph  Tv. 
Anderson,  has  finished  his  monumental  work;  but,  incomplete 
as  it  is,  his  would  be  a  sorry  soul  indeed  that  did  not  thrill 
at  the  thought  of  the  deathless  deeds  of  those  who  were  taught 
here  that  all  that  a  man  hath  will  he  give  for  his  country.'  " 


The  V.  M.  I.  in  the  World  War  (Continued)  9 

It  will  not  be  amiss,  in  connection  with  reference  to 
Colonel  Hunley's  fine  article,  to  quote  from  the  Chronicles 
of  the  day. 

On  July  15,  1917,  information  was  received  by  the  au- 
thorities that  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  had  been  desig- 
nated by  the  War  Department^ as  a  "  Jmiior  Training  Camp." 
This  designation  was  made  on  account  of  the  excellent  service 
already  voluntarily  performed  by  the  Institute  in  the  train- 
ing of  men,  prior  to  the  establishment  of  the  Government 
Training  Schools.  The  full  text  of  the  communication  from 
tlie  War  Department  is  here  given.  The  Assistant  to  the 
Adjutant-General  wrote : 

*'I  am  directed  by  the  Commanding  General  to  write  you, 
as  follows: 

''1.  It  appears  that  from  April  3,  1917  to  July  3,  1917, 
you  established  at  your  justly  celebrated  Institution  of  Learn- 
ing a  Camp  for  Intensive  Military  Training  in  conjunction 
with  your  regular  work,  using  the  members  of  the  senior 
Classes  as  Instructors.  That  139  members  were  enrolled  in 
said  Camp  at  the  moderate  cost  of  $100  for  the  three  months. 

''2.  That  from  April  9,  1917  until  June  6,  1917,  the  400 
students  of  Washington  and  Lee  University,  a  neiglibouring 
institution,  Avere  given  military  instruction  by  the  members 
of  the  Senior  Class,  a  member  of  your  Faculty  being  detailed 
as  Commandant  of  Cadets,  there  being  no  charge  absolutely 
by  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  aiuthorities  for  this  instnic- 
tion. 

''3.  It  still  further  appears  that  under  date  of  June  20, 
1917,  you  established  a  second  Camp  for  Intensive  Military^ 
Training,  which  it  is  proposed  to  conduct  until  August  20, 
1917,  your  enrollment  to  the  present  date  being  thirty-eight 
members,  necessitating  special  provision  for  subsisting  and 
quartering  of  the  members,  the  regular  session  of  your  in- 
stitution ha\dng  ended  on  June  15th. 

^'4.  Finally,  you  haA^e  just  apphed  for  and  have  received 
authority  from  tliese  Headquarters  to  establish  a  Junior 
Training  Camp,  under  conditions  laid  down  by  the  War  De- 
partment. 

''5.  This  record  of  your  efforts  in  the  interest  of  patriotic 
service  you  may  well  be  proud  of,  and  shows  that  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  true  to  its  reputation,  is  alive  to  the  neces- 


10  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

sities  of  the  times,  and  is  making  every  use  possible  of  its 
facilities  to  further  the  cause  of  Intensive  Military  Training. 
The  Commanding  General  desires  me  to  say  that  he  heartily 
indorses  your  patriotic  Avork.  and  he  feels  assured  that  all  the 
young  men  who  have  had  the  opportunities  thus  offered  by 
the  Virginia  Military  Institute  will  be  great  gainers  thereby, 
not  only  in  'esprit  de  corps,'  from  their  association  theremth, 
but  also  in  the  practical  knowledge  that  will  stand  them  in 
good  stead  when  the  time  comes  to  give  their  services  to  their 
Country.     With  best  wislies  for  your  continued  success,  etc'  " 

The  following  is  taken  from  The  Rockbridge  County 
News,  of  October  3,  1918 : 

''The  V.  M.  I.  Battalion  Organized  as  S.  A.  T.  0. 
With  V.  M.  T.  Officers." 

''The  Battalion  of  Cadets  of  the  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute massed  on  the  Parade  Ground  Tuesday,  October  1st, 
under  command  of  Lieutenant  George  A.  Derbyshire,  U,  S.  A., 
Commandant  of  the  Corps,  saluted  the  P'lag  of  their  Couutrs^ 
as  it  was  raised,  while  the  band  played  the  Star  Spangled 
Banner,  and  repeated  after  the  Adjutant  their  pledge  of 
allegiance :  'I  pledge  allegiance  to  my  flag  and  to  the  Republic 
for  which  it  stands ;  one  nation,  indivisible,  vni\\  liberty  and 
justice  for  all.'  It  was  the  formal  entrance  of  the  men  of  the 
Battalion  whose  age  exceeds  eighteen  into  a  Students'  Army 
Training  Corps,  as  part  of  the  Army  of  their  Country. 

"At  nearly  500  institutions  of  the  land,  at  the  same 
calendar  hour,  the  same  impressive  ceremony  was  carried 
out  which  transformed  the  men  of  their  student-body  into  a 
part  of  the  armed  forces  of  the  Country. 

"The  action  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  however, 
was  distinctive.  The  distinction  lay  in  a  recognition  by  the 
War  Department  of  the  veiy  honourable  record  and  high  ef- 
ficiency of  this  institution  as  a  Military  School.  The  War 
Department  rating  for  many  years  has  put  the  Virginia  Mili- 
tary Institute  as  standing  at  the  head  of  the  Militaiy  Colleges 
of  the  United  States.  This  recognition  was  made  in  an  Order 
published  for  this  year  as  late  as  September  21st. 

"The  distinction  at  the  V.  M.  I.  referred  to  will  be  under- 
stood from  tliis  statement:  No  Army  Officers  from  outside 
appeared,  as  at  the  establishment  of  all  other  S.  A.  T.  C.'s,  to 
assume  command  of  the  Corps.     The  Commander  of  the  Corps 


The  V.  M.  I,  in  the  World  War  (Continued)  11 

Tuesday  was  General  Edward  W.  Nichols,  the  Institute's  o^\^l 
Superintendent,  who  wore  on  his  shoulder  the  gold  leaf  of 
Major  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States.  This  office  was 
conferred  upon  him  late  last  week  and  he  returned  home 
Sunday  with  his  commission  to  command  the  V.  M.  I. 
S.  A.  T.  C." 

And  his  six  Tactical  Officers  were  commissioned  like- 
wise, and  assigned  as  his  Aides-de-Camp. 

Thus,  the  V.  M.  I.  was  honoured  above  every  other  College 
in  the  land.  This  compliment  to  the  Institute  was  not  the 
result  of  any  political  influence;  it  was  simply  a  recognition 
))y  the  War  Department  of  tlie  V.  M.  I.  's  incomparable  value 
as  a  School  of  Arms  (second  only  to  the  National  Military 
Academy),  and  as  a  National  Military  Asset. 

Another  distinction  conferred  upon  the  Institute  was  its 
selection  by  the  Major-General  Commandant  of  the  Marine 
Corps  as  one  of  the  fifteen  from  among  the  five  hundred 
Colleges  of  the  Country  liaving  Military  Training  under  the 
Government,  for  the  establishment  of  a  Marine  Unit  of  the 
S.  A.  T.  C,  and  the  V.  M.  I.  was  the  only  Military  School  in 
the  Countiy  thus  lionoured.  Harvard,  with  its  thousands  of 
students,  was  asked  to  furnish  a  unit  of  150;  the  V.  M.  I., 
with  its  hundreds,  was  asked  to  establish  a  unit  of  100.  This 
unit  was  established  and  was  commanded  by  Captain  Ben- 
jamin A.  Goodman,  U.  S.  M.  C,  of  Class  1917  (from  Vir. 
ginia),  who  had  distinguished  himself  in  battle,  and  it  had 
reached  almost  perfection  in  training  when  the  Armistice  oc- 
curred— a  body  of  as  superb  soldiers  as  were  ever  seen. 

The  V.  M.  I.  trained  in  the  Military  Art  during  the  period 
of  emergency  approximately  1,800  Cadets  for  their  Countrj^'s 
service.  Many  of  these  young  men  joined  the  ''Colors"  ajid 
siaiw  service  in  the  field;  the  others  were  only  debarred  from 
service  by  the  termination  of  hostilities. 

The  ROSTER  in  this  book  gives  the  names  (with  Class, 
State,  Command  and  Rank)  of  all  V.  M.  I.  Men  (so  far  as  as- 
certained) who  served  in  the  Militaiy  Establishment  of  the 
Nation  and  in  the  Allied  Annies,  during  the  World  War. 
Reports  have  not  been  received  yet  from  several  hundred 


12  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Alumni,  many  of  whom,  it  is  believed,  were  in  the  Military 
Service. 

From  a  careful  analysis  these  facts  are  officially  an- 
nounced : 

1.  One  hundred  and  ninet}^  Graduates  and  Non-Oradu- 
ates  were  already  in  the  •Service  when  War  was  declared. 

2.  Not  counting  these,  more  than  Eighty- two  (82)  per 
cent,  of  V.  M.  I.  Men  between  the  ages  of  17  and  40,  w^ere  in 
the  Military  Service  during  the  War  (with  several  hundred 
to  hear  from  still),  and 

3.  Over  Seventy-eight  (78)  per  cent,  of  V.  M.  I.  Men  in 
the  Service  belonged  to  the  COMMISSIONED  PERSON- 
NEL. 

4.  These  ratios  are  produced,  after  deducting  the 
Alumni  of  military  age  who  volunteered  their  services  in  the 
Military  Establishment,  but  who  were  rejected,  because  of 
physical  disability  (determined  by  Medical  Boards),  or  be- 
cause their  valuable  services  were  required  by  the  Govern- 
ment in  Civil  Purp.uits  deemed  essential  to  the  successful 
prosecution  of  tlie  War. 


TJ.  S.  Army  :    Brigadier  Generals — Colonels  13 


SERVICE  ROSTER 


COMMISSIONED  PERSONNEL 


UNITED  STATES  ARMY 

BRIGADIER  GENERALS. 

Michie,  R.  E.  Lee Va.,  1883.    Commanding  53rd  Infantry  Brigade, 

29th  Division.  A.  E.  F.  Died  in  the  Service 
in  France,  June  5,  1918. 

Marshall,  Jr.,  Richard  C Va.,  1898.     Chief  of  Construction  Division,  U. 

S.  A.     D.  S.  M. 

Rockenbach,    Samuel    D Va.,  1889.     Chief  of  Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     D. 

S.  M.,  Cross  of  Legion  of  Honour,  Croix  de 
Guerre  with  Palm,  and  Companion  of  Order 
of  Bath. 

Kilbourne,    Charles    E D.  C,  1894.    Chief  of  Staff,  89th  Div.  and,  later, 

Commander  of  the  36th  Heavy  Art.  Brigade, 
A.  E.  F.,  until  Nov.  15,  1918,  and  3d  Inf. 
Brigade  until  Feb.  15,  1919.  (Army  of  Occu- 
pation.) Wounded  in  action.  D.  S.  C,  D. 
S.  M.,  Croix  de  Guerre,  and  three  other 
decorations. 

Cochran,  William  B Va.,  1888.  Second  in  Command,  and  organ- 
izing 100th  Division,  Camp  Bowie,  U.  S.  A., 
at  time  of  Armistice. 

COLONELS. 

Aloe,   Alfred    Mo.,    1895.      Commanding    12th    Infantry,    8th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Biscoe,    Earl    D.  C,  1900.     342d  F.  A.,  89th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Blake,  Edmund  M S.   C,   1885.     C.  A.,   U.   S.  A.     Liaison  Officer, 

French  Artillery  Headquarters,  A.  E.  P. 
Legion  of  Honour. 

Bonnycastle,    Henry    C Ky.,  1895.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Booker,    Philip    W Va.,  1905.    F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Bosley,    John    R Md.,   1895.     Medical   Corps,   U.   S.   A.     Retired 

after  War.     Died,   Jan.   8,  1920. 

Brooke,   George   M Va.,  1896.     301st  F.  A.,  76th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Collins,    Christopher    Clark    .  Va.,     1892.      Medical     Corps.       Commander     ot 

Base  Hospital  No.  12,  A.  E.  F.,  until  Feb., 
1918,  then  Surgeon,  2d  Corps,  and  served  In 
all  its  battles.  Companion  of  Order  of  St, 
Michael  and  St.  George  (British). 

Cootes,    Harry    N Va.,   1896.     Chief  of  Staff,  78th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Recommended  for  Distinguished  and  Meri- 
torious Service  in  Division  and  G.  H.  Q. 
Orders. 


14 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 


Dov/nlng,  Frederick  B Va.,  1902.     Corps  of  Engineers,  U,  S.  A, 

Gignilliat,  Legli  R Ga.,  1895.     General   Staff,  A.  E.  F.     Legion  of 

Honour. 

Cleaves   Samuel  R Va.,    1898.      Observations    Section    (G-3),    Stall, 

Commander-in-Cliief,  A.  E.  F.  Recommended 
by  C.  in  C.  for  grade  of  Brigadier  General. 
(No  nominations  sent  to  Senate  after  Oct. 
1,  1918.)  D.  S.  M.,  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Le- 
gion of  Honour. 

Goodfellow,  John  C D.    C,    1894.      Commanding    315th    F.    A.,    86th 

Division,  A.  E.   F. 

Gregory    Junius  C Va.,  1895.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Griffin,  Francis  W Va.,  1896.     334th  F.  A.,  87th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Harrington,  Francis  C Va.,  1908.  Corps  of  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.  Com- 
manded 603rd  Engineers.  Later,  commanded 
215th  Engineers,  15th  Division.     Decorated. 

Hawes    Jr     George  P Va.,    1898.      Brigade    Adjutant.     Promoted    Col- 

■     onel  155th  F.  A.,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Hickman,  Edwin  A Mo.,  1895.     U.  S.  Cavalry.     General  Staff,  U.  S. 

A. 

Langhorne,  George  T Va.,   1887.     Commanded   8th   Cavalry,   U.   S.   A. 

Mexican  Border  duty  during  entire  War. 
Lansing,  Cleveland  C N.    Y.,    1995.      F.    A.,    U.    S.    A.      Had    resigned 

from   the   Service,   but   returned   as  soon   as 

War  was  declared. 

Lee,   Fitzhugh Va.,  1896.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Locke    Morris  E Ohio,    1899.     Commanding   51st   F.   A.    Brigade 

and  102nd  F.  A.,  26th  Division;  Instructor, 
Army  Gen.  Staff  College,  and  Director  Army 
Centre  of  Artillery  Studies,  A.  E.  F.  D.  S. 
M.,  Legion  of  Honour. 

Lyerly,  Ballard .Tenn.,  1906.    F.  A.,  78th  Regt,  A.  E.  F. 

Marshall,  Jr.,  George  C Pa-i    1901.     Asst.    Chief   of   Staff   and    Chief   of 

Operations,  First  Army;  Staff,  Commander- 
in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.  Decorations:  D.  S.  M., 
Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm,  Legion  of 
Honour,  Order  of  Crown  of  Italy,  Order  of 
St.  Maurice  and  Lazarus,  and  Order  of  La 
Solidaridad. 

Moreno,  Aristides N.  Y.,  1899.    Intelligence  Section,  General  Staff, 

A.  E.  F.  Decorations:  D.  S.  M.,  British  Ser- 
vice Order,  French  Legion  of  Honour,  Bel- 
gian Order  of  the  Crown,  Italian  Order  of  the 
Crown,  Panama  Order  of  Solidaridad,  Ser- 
bian Order  of  the  White  Elephant. 

Nelly   Henry  M W.    Va.,    1898.      Lt.    Col.    and    Adjt.    Infantry, 

34th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Later,  Adjt.  1st  Army 
Corps.  Promoted  Colonel  and  placed  in 
charge  of  Central  Records  Office,  France. 
Prof.  Mil.  Science  and  Tactics,  and  Com- 
mandant, V.   M.   I.,   1918-1920. 

Nichols,  Maury ^-  '^■<  1S80.  U.  S.  Infantry.  Retired  after  dis- 
tinguished services  in  the  mobilization  of  the 
Army. 

Owen,  William  O Va.,    1876.     Medical   Corps,   U.    S.   A.     He   had 

been  retired  by  a  Medical  Board,  after  39 
years'  service,  but  returned  to  duty  when 
War  was  declared,  and  served  to  the  end. 


U.  S.  Army:  Colonels  (Cont'd) — Lieutenant  Colonels         15 

Patton,  Jr.,  George  S Cal.,    1907.      Tank    Corps,    A.    E.    F.      Went   to 

France,  May  28,  1917,  in  charge  of  H.  Q. 
Troop,  A.  E.  F.  Detailed  as  first  officer  In 
American  Tank  Corps.  Major;  Lt.  Colonel, 
August  22,  1918.  Organized  1st  (now  called 
304th)  Brigade,  Tank  Corps;  commanded 
this  brigade  in  St.  Mihiel,  and  Meuse-Ar- 
gonne  Offensive.  Severely  wounded  in  ac- 
tion, September  26,  1918.  Promoted  to  col- 
onelcy, October  17,  1918.  Returned  to  duty, 
November  5,  1918.  Awarded  D.  S.  C.  and 
D.  S.  M.  (1920)  Colonel  commanding  b04th 
Brigade,   Tank  Corps,   Camp   Meade,   Md. 

Peek,  William  H Va.,  1896.  As  Lt.  Col.  commanded  302nd  Am- 
munition Train,  77th  Division,  Headquarters, 
1st  Army,  A.  E.  F.     Later,  promoted  Colonel. 

Peyton,  Philip  B Va.,    1901.      Infantry,    5th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

D.   S.  M.    (Twice.) 

Schwabe,  Henry  A W.  Va.,  1904.    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Shipp,    Arthur   M Va.,  1897.     19th  Infantry,  18th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Steger,   John   0 Va..,  1898.    C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.    In  charge, 

construction,  Langley  Field  (Aviation),  Jan.- 
Dec,  1917;  Commandant,  Anti-Aircraft  Art. 
School,  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  December,  1917- 
Jvne,  191S;  Anti-Aircraft  service,  France  and 
Italy,  July-November,  1918;  Commandant, 
Anti-Aircraft  Art.  School,  Fort  Monroe,  Va., 
November.  1918-July,  1919;  Operations  Officer, 
Commandant,  Vocational  Training  School, 
and  in  charge  of  anti-aircraft  defense,  Fort 
Mills,  P.  I.  since  August,  1919. 

Taylor,  Blair  D Va.,  N.  M.  Corps.     Deputy  Surgeon  General,  U. 

S.  A.     Retired. 

Taylor,  James  D Fla.,  1898.  Commanded  355th  Inf.,  89th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.  D.  S.  M.,  1919,  for  distin- 
guished service  in  the  Philippine  Islands  in 
1901,  in  connection  with  the  capture  of  the 
Insurgent  Chief,  Aguinaldo.  Commended  by 
President  of  U.  S.  for  distinguished  service 
in  line  of  his  profession,  during  World  War. 

Waddill,  Edmund  C Va.,  1903.  Lt.  Colonel  commanding  357th  In- 
fantry, 90th  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  and  promoted 
to  Colonel  of  358th  Infantry.  Severely  gassed 
in  action.     D.  S.  C. 

Whiting,  Geo.  W.  C Va.,  1906.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Williamson,   Sydney  B Va.,  1884.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Winn,    Charles   D Ky.,  1893.     F.   A.,  A.   E.  F. 

Wise,    Hugh    D Va.,  1891.     61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Wood,  William   S Va.,  1899.     53rd  F.  A.,  U.  S.,  later,  347th  F.  A. 

91st   Division,   A.    E.   F. 

LIEUTENANT    COLONELS. 

Adams,  Walker  H Va.,  1911.  Maj.  3d  Battn.,  317th  Inf.,  80th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.  Promoted  Lt.  Col.,  Aug.  9, 
1919,  R.  C. 

Anderson,  James  A Va.,  1913.  Major,  Assistant  to  Operations  Of- 
ficer, 1st  Army,  A.  E.  F.  Promoted  to  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel. 


16  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Ayres,  Henry  Fairfax N.  Y.,  1906.    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Blackford,  Charles  M Va.,  1897.  75th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.  Died  in  the  Ser- 
vice. 

Browne,  Bowyer  B Va.,  1901.  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E,  F.  En- 
tered service  at  beginning  of  War,  Captain 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  Organized,  commanded 
and  carried  overseas  the  39th  Engineers; 
later,  commanded  the  303rd  Engineers,  78th 
Div.,  A.  E.  F.  (1920)  Commanding  the  318th 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Bull,   Raymond   C From    Mo.     Professor    and    Surgeon,    V.    M.    I. 

During  War,  Med.  Corps,  U.  S.  A.  Retired  as 
Maj.  for  phy.  dis.  in  line  of  duty.  Ordered 
to  active  duty  as  a  Retired  Officer,  July  20, 
1917.  Lt.  Col.  Med.  Corps,  Nov.  8,  1918.  Re- 
turned to  inactive  list,  May  31,  1919.  Adjt. 
Walter  Reed  Gen.  Hosp.,  Dec.  6,  1916  to  June 
24,  1918.  Duty,  Surg.  Gen.'s  Off.,  June,  1918 
to  May  31,  1919.  Present  status.  Major, 
U.  S.  A.     Retired. 

Campbell,   Arthur   G Va.,  1906.     Battery   "M,"   7th  Regiment,  C.   A. 

C,  A.  E.  F.  Battery  Commander  and  Regtl. 
Adjt.  Transferred  to  General  Staff,  U.  S.  A. 
G.  S.   Executive  Assistant. 

Chambliss,   Hardee    Ala.,    1894.     Ordnance   Dept.,   U.    S.    A.      Com- 
manding Nitrate  Plant  No.  1. 
Christian,  Thos.  J.  Jackson.  .  Ga.,  1909.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
Cocke,    John    Va.,  1896.     Ordnance  Officer,  87th  Division,   A. 

E.  F. 

Couper,  William  Va.,  1904.  Ordnance  Department.  Construc- 
tion Division,  U.   S.   A. 

Currier,  William   P Va.,  1904.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

De  Armond,  George  W Mo.,  1905.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

DeVoe,   Ralph   G Wash.,  1905.     Medical  Corps,  U.   S.  A. 

Dockery,  Albert  B Mo.,  1899.     Asst.  Chief  of  Staff,  14th  Div.,  and, 

later,  at  War  College,  U.  S.  A.  Assigned  to 
V.  M.  I.,  1919,  as  instructor  of  Cavalry.  Pro- 
moted Sept.,  1920,  to  Prof.  Mil.  Science  and 
Tactics  and  Commandant,  V.  M.  I. 

Dodson,  Richard  S Va.,   1906.     Adjutant   General,  Corps,   A.   E.   F. 

(Previously,  Major,  303d  F.  A.) 

Downer,  John   W Va.,  1902.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded. 

D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre,  Legion  of  Honour. 
With  Army  of  Occupation  as  late  as  June, 
1920,  Commanding  2nd  Battalion,  6th  F.  A. 

Edwards,   Robert  0 Va.,  1908.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Commanding  Coast 

Defense,  Oaku,  H.  T.,  till  Oct.,  1918.  From 
July,  1919,  in  France. 

Garrard,  Louis  F Ga.,  1894.    Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Gerow,   Leonard  T Va.,  1911.     Signal  Corps.     Officer  in  charge  of 

Purchasing  and  Disbursing,  A.  E.  F. 

Goodwin,  Jr.,  Walton   D.  C,  1901.     59th  Infantry,  4th  Division,  A.  E. 

F.  Wounded  severely,  Sept.  29,  1918. 
Hartz,  Rutherfurd  S Va.,  1901.    Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.    Performed  the 

historic  "Rim  Flight"  of  circumnavigating 
the  United  States,  9823  miles,  in  104  hours 
and  23  minutes,  in  1919. 


U.  S.  Army:  Lteutexant  Colonels  (Continued)  17 

Jordan,   Harry   L Va.,    1900.       Inspector     General's     Department 

and  Division  Inspector,  18th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Kimberly,    Allen    Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lee,    George    M Va.,  1896.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Maddux,  Rufiis  F Ky.,  1912.     Chemical  Warfare  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Magruder,  John    Va.,    1909.      Acting    Chief    of    Staff,    4th    Corps 

Artillery,   A.   E.   F. 

Marshall,    Gilbert    Miss.,  1904.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Maury,  Dabney  H Va.,  1882.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Miller,  Benjamin  F Va.,  1901.     Q.  M.  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Mort,  John  E Va.,  1904.  Chief  of  Artillery,  Information  Ser- 
vice, and  Counter-Battery  Officer,  3rd  Corps, 
A.  E.  F. 

McCord,    James   H Mo.,    1879.      Inspector    General's    Department, 

U.  S.  A. 

McRae,    Donald    M D.    C,    1912.      Infantry,    A.    E.    F.      Rose    from 

Private  to  Major  in  British  Ex.  Force.  Rose 
from  Captain  to  Lt.  Col.  in  Amer.  Ex.  Forces. 
Wounded  in  action  at  Vesle,  Apr.  9,  1917. 
British  Military  Cross.  Cited  for  gallantry 
three   times. 

Nichols,  William  R Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A.    (A.  E.  F.) 

Owsley,    Alvin    M Texas,  1909.     Adjutant,  36th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Highly  Commended  and  promoted  for  dis- 
tinguished gallantry  in  action.  After  Arm- 
istice detailed  to  take  a  course  of  Lectures  at 
Inns  of  Court,  London.  Now  Asst.  Attorney 
General  of  Texas. 

Peek.   George   M Va.,    1907.     Chief   of   Staff,    76th    Div.      La.er, 

Asst.  G.  3.  Operations,  6th  Army  Corps, 
A.  E.  F.  With  Army  of  Occupation,  as  late 
as  June  1920. 

Perkins,  Kenneth  S Va.,  1905.  Major,  350th  F.  A.  Inspector-In- 
structor, F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.  Lt,  Colonel,  Inspec- 
tor '  General's  Department.  Detailed  to  V. 
M.  I.,  1919. 

Porter,   Daniel   L Va.,  1901.     Motor  Transport  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Talbott,    Samuel    G Va.,  1899.     73rd  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.     With  Army  of 

Occupation,  Adjutant  General,  Army  in  Ger- 
many. 

Templeton,  Hamilton    Texas,  1912.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Thompson,    Ernest    O Texas,    1914.      Major,    344th    M.    G.    Battalion, 

90th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Promoted  to  Lt. 
Colonel.     With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Townes,  Jr.,  John  E Va.,    1907.      C.    A.,    Chief   of    Section,    Railway 

Artillery   Reserve,    A.    E.   F. 

Upshur,  Alfred  P Va.,  1904.     Medical  Corps,  Regular  Army,  U.  S. 

A.  Organized  and  commanded  Base  Hospi- 
tal, Camp  Pike,  Ark.;  organized  and  com- 
manded General  Hospital  No.  3.  Recom- 
mended by  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army 
for    Distinguished    Service    Medal. 

Walker,    Walton    H Texas,   1909.     Major,   13th   M.   G.   Battalion,   A. 

E.  F.  In  a  number  of  engagements.  Pro- 
moted to  Lt.  Colonel.  Cited  twice  in  G.  O., 
5th  Division  for  distinguished  conduct  in 
action. 


18  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Kecord 

Wall,  William  G Md.,  1894.     Ordnance  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Senior  Officer  on  Board  of  Caterpillar  Artil- 
lery Design. 

Waring,  James  M.  S Md.,  1894.  Ordnance  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.  Command- 
ing Officer,  Ordnance  Depot  at  Nitro  Plant, 
W.  Va. 

Wllbourn,  Arthur  E Va.,  1904.  Commanded  Kelly  Field,  and  or- 
ganized and  commanded  other  Flying  Fields. 
Then  commissioned  Lt.  Colonel  of  810th 
Pioneer   Infantry,   U.   S.  A. 

Williams,  John  S Va.,  1904.  C.  A.  General  Staff,  A.  E.  F.  Pro- 
moted from  Major  commanding  a  battalion 
of  the  1st  Prov.  8th  Howitzer  Regiment 
which  he  led  at  the  front,  to  Lt.  Colonel, 
Oct.,  1918. 

Wise,  Jennings  C Va.,   1902.     Commanding   2nd   Battalion,   318th 

Inf.,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action. 
Twice  cited  for  "meritorious  and  courag- 
eous conduct  in  battle,"  by  both  Division  Com- 
mander and  Commander-in-Chief.  Decorated 
by  French  by  appointment  as  a  "Grenadier, 
Regiment  de  Zuzey."  Later,  awarded  D. 
S.   C. 

MAJORS. 

Akin,    Spencer    B Miss.,   1910.     20th   Division,  Infantry,   U.  S.  A. 

Alexander,   George   M Va.,  1909.     116th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F,     Wounded 

in  action. 

Allderdice,    Fitzhugh    B Md.,  1901.    64th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Almond,  Edward  M Va.,   1915.     12th  M.  G.  Battalion,  4th  Div.,  A. 

E.  F.     Wounded  in  action  at  Vesle  River. 

Arms,   Thomas    S Ohio,  1915.  .31st  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.     Served  in 

Siberia  over   three  years. 

Baldinger,    Ora    M Va.,  1910.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.     Commanding 

Unit. 

Baxter,   Jere    Tenn.,  1905.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A.     (Hawaii). 

Beckner,    William    H Ky.,    1907.      115th   F.    A.,   A.    E.   F.   and,   later, 

H.  Q.,  55th  F.  A.  Brigade,  30th  Div.,  as 
Brigade  Adjt.  (Permanent  address:  Galax, 
Va.) 

Beirne,  Richard  F Va.,  1902.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Bergman,    Lloyd    H Texas,  1914.     48th  Infantry,  20th   Division,   U. 

S.  A. 

Blackmore,  Philip  G Va.,  1911.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A.     On  duty  in  Hawaii 

during  entire  War. 

Blow,    George    A Va.,  1906.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Bradbury,  Eugene  Va.,  1896.  5th  Engineers,  Construction  Divi- 
sion, U.   S.  A. 

Brander,  William  W Va.,  1887.  Chaplain,  8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.  Re- 
signed 1920,  after  nearly  20  years'  service. 
Resumed  service  in  P.  E.  Church  Ministry. 

Brett,  George  H Ohio,  1909.  Air  Service.  Commanding  Con- 
centration Camp,  Codford,  Eng„  A.  E.  F. 

Brooke,    Richard    Va.,    1908.      Engineers,    A.    E.    F. 

Brown,  Charles  0 Mo.,  1910.  317th  Ammunition  Train,  92d  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F. 


U.  S.  Army:  Majors   (Continued)  19 

Bryan,  Jr.,  Lewis  R Texas,  1912.     Adjutant  72nd  Inf.  Brigade,  36th 

Division,  A.  E.  F.  Promoted  Major  for  gal- 
lantry and  remained  with  Headquarters, 
this   unit,   to    the    end. 

Buckner,  Jr.,  Simon  B Ky.,  1906.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Carroll,  John  W Va.,  1900.     Medical   Corps.     Base  Hospital,  No. 

41,  St.  Denis,  France,  A.  E.  F. 

Carson,  Charles  H Va.,    1915.       Infantry,     155th     Depot    Brigade, 

Camp  Lee,  Va.,  U.  S.  A. 

Chambliss,  Turner  M Va.,  1914.  30th  (Reg.)  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action.  Promoted  to 
Major,  30th  Infantry.  With  Army  of  Oc- 
cupation. 

Clark,  Harvey  R Texas,  1912.     U.  S.  A. 

Clarkson,  Blandy  B Va.,  1914.     328th  Inf.,  82nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Clement,  Joseph  T S.  C,  1906.  39th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action.  Croix  de  Guerre 
with   Palm. 

Cocke,    William   H Va.,    1894.      Adjutant,    70th    Infantry    Brigade, 

35th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Service  in  St.  Mihiel  and 
Meuse-Argonne   Offensives. 

Coldwell,    Philip    Texas,  1910.     After  returning  from  P.  I.,  June, 

1919  (unassigned),  in  command,  3rd  Regi- 
ment (4,000),  161st  Depot  Brigade,  Camp 
Grant,  and  for  a  short  while  in  command  of 
Camp  Grant  (35,000).  Seriously  injured  in 
line  of  duty  at  Camp  Grant  and  in  Hospital 
eight  months. 

Collins,  Charles  J Fla.,  1916.  Intelligence  Officer,  Heavy  Artil- 
lery, 4th  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Crane,    James    M Texas,   1914.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Creswell,  Harry  I.  T Cal.,    1913.      Infantry,    A.    E.    F.     Wounded    in 

action.  Commended  for  gallantry  at  Can- 
tigny. 

Dashiell,  Robert  M Va.,  1908.  Promoted  from  Captain,  3rd  Batta- 
lion, 106th  Inf.,  21st  Div.  to  Major,  302nd 
Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F.  In  Hospital  several 
months,  after  middle  of  December,  1918. 

Dennis,  William  F Va.,  1882.     Engineers.  O.  R.  C.     (Unassigned.) 

Dillard,  Alexander  W Md.,    1913.      Capt.    26th    Div.,    102nd    Infantry, 

A.  E.  F.  Severely  gassed  in  action.  Wound 
stripe.  D.  S.  C.  Promoted  Major.  Acci- 
dentally killed  while  on  duty  in  the  Service, 
at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  inspecting  Military 
Schools. 

Drew,  Octavius  C Texas,  1895.    Assistant  Adjutant,  96th  Division, 

A.  E.  F. 

Dunbar,  Richard  B Ky.,  1908.    111th  Engineers,  36th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Gassed  in  action. 

Eastham,   Kenna  G Va.,  1910.     815th  Pioneer  Infantry.     Later,  1st 

Section,  General  Staff,  commanding  2nd 
Cavalry,  Advance  Section,  S.  O.  S.,  A.  E.  F. 

Eglin,  Henry  W.  T Va.,    1905.      Assistant    Chief    Ordnance    Officer. 

2nd  Army,  A.  E.  F. 

Ellerson,  John  H Va.,  1903.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Elliott,  Samuel  T Va.,  1897.    Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

English,  Paul  X Va.,  1911.     Inspector,  97th  Division,  U.  S.  A. 

Erck,  Alfred  H Porto  Rico,  1908.     Q.  M.  Corps,  General  Staff, 

U.  S.  A. 


20  Virginia  Military  Institute — "World  War  Eecord 

Falk,  Jr.,  David  B Ga.,  1911.     (Reg.)  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Falligant,  Louis  A Ga.,  1909.     15th  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F.     4th  Combat 

Division.  Com'd'g  3d  Battn.,  39th  Regular 
Infantry.     Promoted  Major. 

Fauntleroy,   James   D Va.,  I'SSS.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Fenner,   Guy   C La.,  1898.     86th  Inf.,  18th  Div.,  U.  S.  A.     Died 

a  few  weeks  after  honourable  discharge. 
April  9,   1919. 

Gates,  Oscar  Irvin Ark.,  1909.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Gerow,  Lee  S Va.,  1913.     U.  S.  A.    (A.  E.  F.)     Training  new 

Division  at  Camp  Devens,  Mass.,  and  in 
charge  of  Soldiers  "Bonus"  Section  of  Fi- 
nance Division  of  War  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.  Com- 
manding Officer,  Visitors'  Bureau  in  Ger- 
many, June,  1920. 

Gill,   William    H Va.,  1907.     Division  Provost  Marshal,  A.  E.  F. 

Transferred  to  6th  U.  S.  Inf.,  1st  Battalion. 
With  Army  of  Occupation.  Recommended 
for  grade  of  Lt.  Colonel. 

Gwathmey,  James  T Va.,  1883.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Handy.  Thomas  T Va.,  1914.     F.  A.     Transferred  to  Staff  of  Maj. 

Gen.  Menoher,  42nd  Division,  A.  E.  F.  D.  S. 
C,  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Hardaway,  Jr.,  Benjamin  H..Ga.,  1913.     90th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Harrison,  John  S Army   Post,    1913.     142nd   M.    G.   Battalion.    A. 

E.  F. 

Harrison,  William  B Va.,  1892.     U.  S.   Engineer.     Assigned  to  War 

Dept.  Service  for  equipping  Engineer  Troops. 
About  to  sail  in  charge  of  153rd  Regiment, 
Engineers,  at  time  of  Armistice. 

Hastie,    Jr.,    Jack Wash.,  1912.  91st  Division,  A.  E.   F.     Co.  "E." 

^  Am.  Train — changed  to  Prov.  Cav.  Squadron 

and  attached  to  2d  Cavalry  in  France.  Later, 
commanded  H.  Q.  Troop,  9th  Army  Corps. 
Promoted  Major.  Severely  gassed  in  action. 
Croix  de  Guerre. 

Heflin,  Sterling  M Va.,  1916.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A.     Instructor,  O.  T. 

Camps.  Later,  Adjutant,  C.  I.  O.  T.  S.,  at 
Camp  MacArthur. 

Holmes,  Jr.,  Henry  B Va.,  1916.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A.     Instructor  at  Fort 

Monroe  and  other  Posts. 

Hunt,  Claude  DeB Mont.,  1910.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Hyatt,   John  W Va.,    1900.      Infantry,    Staff,    Maj.    Gen.    C.    R. 

Edwards,  A.  E.  F. 

Jackson,   Charles   S W.  Va.,  1906.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Jamison,  Stanford  C La.,  1907.     Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Jenkins,  Coleman  W Va.,  1909.    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Johns,   Glover   S Texas,  1909.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Johnson,  E.  Hammond Va.,   1904.     328th   Inf.,   82d   Division,   A.   E.   F. 

Died  in  the  Service  at  Cochem,  Germany, 
while  with   112th   Inf.,   Army  of  Occupation. 

Karst,   Jr.,   Charles La.,  1914.     51st  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Went 

overseas  with  17th  Brig.,  17th  Division.  In 
action  at  Chateau  Thierry  as  Battery  Com- 
mander. 

Keen,  Hugh  B Va.,  1909.     24th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Kollock,  Charles  W S.  C,  1877.    Air  Service,  Flight  Surgeon,  Kelly 

Field,    U.    S.    A. 

LaPrade,   W.    W Va.,  1904.     111th  F.  A..  A.  E.  F. 


U.  S.  Army:  Majors   (Continued)  21 

Law,  William  L S.  C.   1891.     Engineers,  U.   S.  A.     Honourably 

discharged. 

Lloyd,  Orin   C N.  C,  1910.     Camp  Personnel  Adjutant.     Later, 

A.  G.  Dept.,  planning  mobilization,  etc. 

Luke,  John  M Va.,  1900.    Inspector  General's  Departmefit,  U. 

S.    A. 

Lyerly,  Jr.,  Charles  A Tenn.,  1907.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Lyne,    Richard    G Va.,    1916.      Battery    "B,"    1st    Battalion,    51st 

C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.  Slightly  wounded  In 
action.  Highly  commended  by  Division  Com- 
mander for  conduct  at  St.  Mihiel.  Promoted 
to  Major. 

Magoffin,  Jr.,  Beriah  Ky.,    1893.     Major    Engineers,   U.    S.    A.     Hon- 
ourably discharged    (beginning  of  War). 

Marrow,  George  P Va.,  1897.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A.     Discharged 

on    Surgeon's    certificate   for    disability. 

Milton,    Marshall    M Va.,  1903.     60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Moore,   Sidney  T Va.,  1896.     Signal  Corps,  U.   S.  A. 

Morrissett,  Daniel  G Va.,  1912.     With  Ammunition  Trairj,  1st  Div., 

Headquarters,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  wounded  in 
action,  Meuse-Argonne,  Oct.  2,  1918. 

Murphy,   Daniel  E D.  C,  1910.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.   (Hawaii). 

Myers,  Jr.,  E.  T.  D Va.,   1882.     Ordnance   Corps,   U.   S.   A. 

McLeod,   Hugh    Va.,  1893.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

McMillen    Donald    R Wis.,   1909.     9th  M.   G.  Battalion,  3rd  Div.,  A. 

E.  F.  Severely  gassed  twice  and  evacuated 
to  Hospital. 

Nash,  John    Va.,    1906.      2nd    Battalion,    313th    F.    A.,    80th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Nichols,   Edward   W Va.,   1878.     Engineers,   U.   S.    A.     Commanding 

V.  M.  I.  S.  A.  T.  C. 

Noland,    C.    P Va.  1904.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Parks,  John  N W.  Va.,  1897.     Inf.,  155th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp 

Lee,  Va.  U.  S.  A. 

Parks,  Jr.,  Victor Va.,  1915.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     Commanded 

166th  Aero  Squadron.  American  Ace  with 
8  Enemy  Planes  to  his  credit.  Officially 
cited  three  times  by  American  Commander 
and  once  by  French  Commander.  Awarded 
Croix  de  Guerre  and  another  French  decora- 
tion. Two  years  and  five  months'  foreign 
service.     Continues  in  the  Service. 

Parsons,  Houston  H Montana,  1906.     Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Patterson,  Max  G Va.,  1913.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Pendleton,    Randolph    T Va.,    1908.      1st    Battalion,    Trench    Artillery, 

1st  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Perry,   Josiah   N D.   C,   1906.     PJngineers,   IT.    S.   A. 

Peyton,  James  W Va.,     1906.       Infr-ntry,     A.     E.     F.       Severely 

wounded  in  action. 

Pitts,   Jr.,   John   L Va.,  1916.     Infantry,  Camp  Lee,  Va.,  U.  S.  A. 

Pitts,  Lindsay  . Va.,   1916.     Infantry,   Camp  Lee,  Va.,  U.   S.   A 

Poague,  Henry   G Va.,  1910.    816th  F.  A.,  81st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Polk,  Harding  Texas.   1907.     Cavalry,   17th   Div.  &  92nd   Div. 

U.  S.  A.,  and  General  Staff  Officer,  A.  E.  F. 

Powell,   Llewellyn    Va.,  1899.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Purdie,  Kenneth  S Va.,   1912.     C.    A.   Ft.   Monroe   Coast   Artillery 

Training  Centre,  U.  S.  A.    Promoted  to  Major. 


22  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Randolph,  Robert  Isham Til.,   1903.     Engineers,   attached   to   2nd   Army, 

A.  E.  F. 

Robertson,  Reuben  L Va.,  1880.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Schmidt,  Hermann  C Va.,  1908.     Engineering  Division,  Office,  Chief 

Ordnance  Officer,  A.  E.  F. 

Scott,  Jr.,  William  D Va.,  1899.  Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Command- 
ing Field  Hospital  No.  320,  350th  Sanitary 
Train. 

Seaman,    Evan   C Pa.,  1915.    C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A.     Instructor  at  Ft. 

Monroe,    Va. 

Seay,  Joseph   Va.,  1892.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Sheppard,  W.  Wallace   S.  C,  1901.    Judge  Advocate,  U.  S.  A. 

Sinclair,  Jesse  L Va.,  1909.    C.  A.  C,  Ft.  Monroe,  U.  S.  A. 

Smith,   Estil    V Kansas,    1912.      Infantry,    Philippine    Islands. 

A.  E.  F.,  after  Armistice.  With  Army  of  Oc- 
cupation as  late  as  June,  1920. 

Smith,  Sidney  C W.  Va.,  1914.     48th  Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

Smith,   Walter   C W.  Va.,  1909.    319th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Spessard,  Rutherford  H Va.,  1915.     58th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     With 

*  Army  of  Occupation.    Promoted  for  gallantry 

at  Vesle  River,  and  awarded  D.  S.  C. 

Spilman,  Robert  S Va.,  1893.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Spragins,  William  E Ala.,  1906.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Stroud,  Jr.,  Edward   B Texas,   1913.     Infantry,  U.   S.   A.     Commanded 

Development  Battalion  at  Camp  MacArthur. 

Taber,   Wlliiam   A Ala.,  1916.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Taliaferro,  Jr.,   Edward   H...La.,  1908.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Walbach,  James  de  B Md.,     1913.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Weaver,  Walter  R Ind.,  1904.     Signal  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Whiting,  Edgar  M Va.,  1904.  77th  Field  Art.,  A.  E.  F.  Very  seri- 
ously wounded. 

Williams,   Frederick   J N.  J.,  1915.    342d  F.  A.,  89th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Many  months  in  Hospital  in  Germany  and  in 
U.  S.  from  the  hardships  of  the  Service,  and 
died  March  15,  1920.  at  Camp  Stotsenberg, 
P.  I.,  from  injury  received  while  playing  polo. 

Wilson,    Cary    R Va.,  1906.     C.  A.  C,  A.  E.  F. 

Wilson,  John  P W.  Va.,   1911.     1st  Battalion,   6th   Inf.     Later, 

1st  Battn.,  Inf.,  at  Camp  Pike  O.  T.  School, 
U.  S.  A.  Retired  by  Medical  Board,  Sept. 
26,   1919. 

Wiltshire,  Turner  H... Md.,  1909.      Infantry,  Headquarters,  80th  Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Wise,  Henry  A N.  Y.,  1894.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A.     Graduated  at 

War  College  as  G-3,  and  on  duty  at  Camp  Lee 
and  at  War  Department. 

Witt,  Thomas  Foster Va.,  1912.    C.  A.  C.  Ft.  Monroe,  U.  S.  A. 

Wolfe,  Walter  McI N.  J..  1908.     6th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Yancey,  James  P Va.,  1910.    Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Yost,   Howard   McC Ohio,  1906.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Youell,  Rice  M Va.,  1914.  26th  Inf.,  1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action.  Recommended  for 
his  Majority  by  Wireless,  during  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  battle,  and  received  the  promotion 
immediately.  Awarded  D.  S.  C  Croix  de 
Guerre  and  Chevalier,  Legion  of  Honour,  and 
received  one  Corps  Citation.  Commanded 
Vanguard  of  his  Division  in  march  into  Ger- 
many. 


::•  c- 


5. 

1 

3 

O 

o 

0) 

1/ 

r-f- 

2- 

oo' 

CD 

^ 

5* 

B^ 

'-t 

Cfi' 

< 

go' 

13 
rt- 

o 

rD 

■"t 

Ui 

Cfi 

o 

rD 

ro 

a! 

O 

O) 

B. 

rD 

o 

r-t- 

i-^ 

o 

ro 

<-h 

a> 

CL 

tJ^ 

i-t 

(T> 

f-^ 

C«* 

"O 

tr 

(/I 

o 

P 

ro 

CD 
r-f- 

A- 

i-t- 

1 

o 

o 

^^ 

tfi 

•— * 

<-h 

cr 

CD 

a. 

>-^> 

o 

O 

p 

2 

§. 

a. 

2. 

w' 

o 

crq' 

M_ 

o 

3 

o' 

3 

CD 

3 

> 

H 
H 

in 

H 


ATTENTION! 


It  is  earnestly  requested  that  Errors  and  On 
discovered  in  this  Record  be  reported  to  the  undersigned 
immediately. 

I^^The  reverse  side  of  this  sheet  will  be  found  con- 
venient for  this  purpose. 


Many  of  the  Alumni  Hsted  in  this  book  have  so  far 
failed  to  send  in  data  for  their  histories  for  "THE  V.  M.  I. 
BIOGRAPHY."  It  is  hoped  all  of  these  will  report  the 
facts  wanted  at  once. 

S^^  The  formal  Questionnaire  for  this  purpose  will  be 
forwarded  upon  request. 

JOSEPH  R.  ANDERSON. 

Historiographer.  V.  M.   I 
Lee,  \'irginia.  December  15,  1920. 

as^  Please  have  the  kindness  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  this  SERVICE  RECORD. 

(Over) 


a^^WRITE  FULLY  AND  DISTINCTLY  "^i 

iPlaceand  Date) ^ „ 1921 

To  JOSEPH  R.  ANDERSON, 

Historiographer.  \'.   M.   I., 

Lee,  X'irginia. 

I  note,  of  my  positive  knowledge,  the  fo\\o-9/lng        •    •        in  this  Record  of  Sen  ice  of  V.  M.  I. 
Men  in  the  World  War: 


( Signature)  .„ 


t' 


^ 


GO 


r 

re 

0) 

^ 

&5 

<^ 

D- 

H 

ri- 

"-:* 
7Q 

^3- 

O 

"-^ 

a 

3 

3 

o 

'>s 

Jj' 

3 
1— > 

5: 

o 

£L 

rD 

CD 

O 

rri 

r+ 

c 

3 

«— ( 

re 
en 

■-t 

o 

o' 

p     5- 
"Si  . 

PS 


-^ 


^^ 


LP 


> 

a 

LP 
O 


o 


3 

£^. 

"-I' 

o 

•-! 

r+ 

Bt 
CO* 

I— 

O 


cr 


I— I 

o 

O 
> 


o 
re 

SL 
o 


o 

tr 


PUBLISHERS'   ANNOUNCEMENT 


THE  RICHMOND  PRESS,  INC.,  RICHMOND, 
VIRGINIA,  respectfully  announce  that  in  compliance  with 
the  request  of  the  Institute  Authorities,  they  have  issued, 
at  their  own  cost  and  risk,  a  small  SPECIAL  EDITION  of 

"F.  M,  I.  in  the  JVorld  War'* 

This  Special  Edition  is  attractively  presented  in  Book 
form,  and  is  bound  in  dark  blue  silk  cloth,  with  title  in  gold. 
The  work  will  be  sold  at  $2.00  per  copy,  postpaid. 


Referring  to  the  above  Announcement: 

In  order  to  supply  the  increasing  demand  for  this  work  in  a  more  attractive 
and  substantial  dress  than  that  of  the  regiilar  edition  issued  by  the  V.  M.  I.  for 
gratuitous  distribution  among  the  Alumni,  the  pubUshers  were  asked  to  issue  on 
their  own  account,  and  place  on  sale,  a  SPECIAL  EDITION  of  the  work.  This 
has  been  done;  but,  as  the  edition  is  limited,  intending  purchasers  are  advised  to 
make  early  appUcation  to  the  publishers  for  copies. 

JOSEPH  R.  ANDERSON, 

Historiographer,  V.  M.  I. 

April  1,  1921. 


^^  Send  check  or  money  order  to  the  publishers 

RICHMOND  PRESS,  Inc. 


Richmond,  Va. 


IT.  S.  Army:    Captains  23 

CAPTAINS. 

Adams,  Jr.,  Arthur  A Ala.,  1912.    SlTth  F.  A.,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Adams,    Frederick   W Mo.,  1909.     16th    (Regular)    Infantry,  1st  Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action.  Awarded  D. 
S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Alsop,  Thomas Va.,  1893.     Medical  Corps,  U.   S.  A. 

Anderson,   Stewart   W Va.,  1908.    307th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.    (Sappers). 

Service  in  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Of- 
fensives. Entered  service.  May  16,  1917. 
Discharged,  May  27,  1919. 

Bailey.    Weldon    M Texas.  1908.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Baker,    Arthur    M Ga.,  1896.     Infantry.  U.  S.  A. 

Barksdale,  Alfred  D Va.,   1911.     Co.   "M,"   116th   Inf.,   29th   Div.,   A. 

E.  F.  Awarded  D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre  and 
Chevalier,  Legion  of  Honour.     Student,  Uni 
".  versify  of  Paris,  March-June,  1919. 

Barnes,  Olin  B Md.,  1908.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Barr,    Albert   T Va.,    1905.      119th    Infantry,    30th    Division,    A 

E.  F. 

Pass,  Lucian  L Va.,    1902.      Engineers,   U.    S.   A. 

Beasley,   Oscar  H Va.,  1915.     Co.  "A,"  63rd  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Beasley,  Thomas  H Va.,  1916.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Becker,  Leland  S Va.,  1912.     55th  F.  A.  Brigade,  A.  E;  F. 

Bell,  Jr.,  Francis  Va.,  1915.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Bentley,  James  B Va.,   1910.     C.  A.  C,  U.   S.  A. 

Berry.    Edwin    S Calif.,  1900.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Bertschey,   Stanton   L Va.,  1918.     5th  Division,  6th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  in  action.  With  Army  of  Occupa- 
tion. 

Bowe,  Jr..  William  F Ga.,  1910.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F.     Commissioned 

2nd  Lieut.  Engineers,  U.  S.  R.,  September 
25,  1917;  sailed  for  France  in  three  months; 
stationed  at  General  Intermediate  Storage 
Depot,  which  he  aided  in  constructing,  at 
Gievres  during  entire  service  overseas.  Pro- 
moted to  First  Lieut.  Promoted  to  Captain, 
Engineers.  Returned  to  U.  S.,  January  25, 
1919,  and  honourably  discharged. 

Powering,    Benjamin    Va.,  1915.     Bat.  "D,"  74th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Bradford,  William  B Fla.,  1916.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Brazelton,  Thomas  B Texas,  1912.  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.  (Commis- 
sioned after  Armistice.) 

Brister,   Jr.,   Charles   M Va.,  1911.    38th  C.  A.,  Bat.  "A,"  A.  E.  F. 

Brown,  Alanson  D Missouri,   1912.     167th   Inf.,   42nd   Div,     Later, 

Instructor,  1st  Army  School  and  3rd  Corps 
School,  A.  E.  F. 

Brown,  Francis  M Ala.,  1913.     320th  F.  A.,  82nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Bryan,   Jr.,   Henry   T N.  C,  1913.     30th  Div.     Aide  to  General   Fai- 

son,  A.  E.  F. 

Bucher,   Oliver   B Va.,  1917.     C.  A.  C,  U.   S.  A. 

Burress,  Withers  A. Va.,  1914.     Operations  Officer  and  C.  O.,  Hdqrs. 

Co.,  23rd  Inf..  2nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Decora- 
tions: Chevalieri  di  Coronna  d'ltalia  and  La 
Solidaridad    (Panama). 

Caffery.  James  P La.,    1910.      F.    A.      Attached    to    Air    Service, 

U.  S.  A. 


24  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Camp,  P.   Ryland Va.,  1904.     U.  S.  A. 

Campbell,    Alexander    G Va.,  1915.    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Campbell,    George    B Va.,  1911.     166th  Inf.,  42nd   Div.,  A.   E.  F.,  as 

1st  Lt.  Returned  to  U.  S.  as  Instructor,  and 
promoted  Captain,   Infantry. 

Carlton,  Harry   Va.,  1905.     Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A, 

Carneal,  William  L Va.,  1903.     Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A. 

Castleman,  Howard  *B Va.,  1901.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Charbonnet,  Pierre  N La.,    1914.      Reserve    Medical    Corps,    A.    E.    F. 

Transferred  to  Regular  U.  S.  Medical  Corps 
as  1st  Lieut,  and  returned  to  U.  S.,  account, 
disability.      (Continues  in  the  Service.) 

Charlton,  S.  Allen Texas,   1907.     343rd  F.  A.,  90th  Div.,  A.   E.   F. 

With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Christian,    Arthur    H Va.,  1912.     Battery  "D,"  351st  F.  A.,  92nd  Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Christian,  Jr.,  Camillus Va.,  1914.     Co.  "E,"  363rd  Inf.,  91st  Div.,  A.  E. 

F.  Cited  for  gallantry  at  Argonne  Forest, 
and  promoted.  Detailed  at  Peace  Commis- 
sion's Headquarters  at  Paris. 

Christian,  Mortimer  H Va.,  1916.    17th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Clarke.  Charles  K N.  J.,  1913.     302nd  M.  G.  Battalion,  70th  Div., 

and  M.  G.  Co.,  3rd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  In  Hospi- 
tal two  months. 

Clemmer,    Richard    H Va.,  1911.     351st  F.  A.,  92d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Cocke,  Philip  St.  George Va.,  1894,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Cockrill,   Thomas   McF Mo.,    1913.      Cavalry,    U.    S.    A. 

Cohen,  Rodney  S Ga.,  1903.     Ordnance   Corps.     Later,    Personnel 

Adjt.,  A.  E.  F. 

Cole,  Jr.,  James  E Va.,    1917.      61st    Inf.,    5th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

Received  Citation  from  General  Officer  for 
gallantry  in  both  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Ar- 
gonne   Offensives. 

Colonna,  Benjamin  A D.   C,   1914.     Infantry,  A.   E.   F.     Wounded   in 

action. 

Conquest,  Edwin  P Va.,  1914.     5th  F.  A.,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Ccnrad,  Robert  Y Va.,  1905.     Co.  "I,"  116th  Inf.,  29th  Div.,  A.  E. 

F.  Killed  in  action,  battle  of  Marne,  Oct. 
12,  1918.     Awarded  D.  S.  C.   (posthumously.) 

Conway,   Coleman   B Va.,  1915.     119th  Inf.,  30th  Div.,  A.   E.  F. 

Cook,  Jr.,  Robert  E.  L N.  C,   1915.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Coulbourn,  Daniel  L Va.,  1913.  Asst.  Disbursing  Q.  M.,  Headquar- 
ters, 1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  With  Army  of  Occu- 
pation. Recommended  for  grade  of  Major, 
but  Armistice  prevented   promotion. 

Coupland,    Richard    C Va.,  1915.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Detailed  to  Aviation 

duty  in  Italy  and  on  the  Western  Front, 
where  he  served  with  distinction.  Since  the 
Armistice  engaged  in  Research  Work  for  the 
Government. 

Cunningham,  W.  Frank Ala.,  1914.  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.  With  Army  of  Oc- 
cupation. 

Cutler,  Stuart  N.  Y.,  1918.  23rd  Inf..  2nd  Div..  A.  E.  F.  Seri- 
ously gassed,  April,  1918,  and  invalided  home, 
and  long  in  Hospital.  Ordered  before  Medical 
Board,  February,  1920.  (Continues  in  the 
Service.) 

Dalton,  Joseph  N N.   C,   1912.     Infantry,   A.    E.   F.     With    Army 

of  Occupation  as  late  as  June,  1920. 


U.  S.  Army  :  Captaixs  (Continued)  25 

Dashiell,  George  F Va.,  1919.  M.  G.  Co.,  11th  Infantry,  5th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action,  Nov.  10, 
1918,  near  Souppy,  in  the  Argonne. 

Dashiell,    Henry    G Va.,    1911.     3rd    Ammunition    Train,    3rd    Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Davant,  Edward  T Va.,    1911.     315th   M.   G.   Battalion,   80th   Div., 

A.  E.  F.  With  Army  of  Occupation.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action.  Cited  for  valour 
at  Sommei-ance,  Nov.  1,  1918. 

Davant,    Henry   W Va.,   1906.     46th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Davenport,  Ralph  M Colo.,  1911.     Ammunition  Train,  Motor  Section, 

1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action.  Highly 
commended   for  gallantry,  and  promoted. 

Deeble,  William  R D.  C,  1914.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Dillard,  John  W Va.,  1917.     C.  A.  C,  Ft.  Barrancas,  U.  S.  A. 

Doyle,  John  E Va.,  1908.    2nd  Replacement  Regiment,  U.  S.  A., 

Camp  Gordon,   Ga. 

Drayton,  Charles  H S.  C,  1909.     323rd  Infantry,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Commanded  battalion  after  his  major  fell. 

Drewry,  Guy  H Va.,   1916.     C.   A.   C,   Ft.    Barrancas,    U.    S.    A. 

Later  in  Philippines. 

Drewry,  Herbert  R Va.,  1887.  Medical  Corps,  112th  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion,  29th   Div.,    U.    S.   A. 

Durant,  Armand    Ga.,  1916.     6th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Earle,   Lawrence   H N.  J.,  1908.    Ordnance  Corps,  A.  E.  F.    Charged 

with  making  report  on  production  of  Tanks 
and  Tractors  by  British  and  French  Minis- 
tries of  Munitions,  and  on  observing  them  in 
action. 

Eastham,   Robert  F Va.,  1902.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Ellison.   Alexander  H Va.,  1910.    34th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.,  and,  later, 

with  Army  Transport  Service  in  charge  of 
Repair  Shops  and  Electrical  Installations. 
In  three  major  engagements. 

Ellison.   Lewis  H Va.,    1909.      Regimental    Supply    Otticer.    37th 

Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Etheridge,    David    M Va.,  1907.     306th  Trench  Mortar  Battery,  156th 

Brigade,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Ewell     Nathaniel    McG Va.,  1913.    1st  Lt.  Co.  "C,"  116th  Inf.,  29th  Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Promoted  to  Captain,  returned  to 
U.  S.,  and  assigned  to  90th  Inf. 

Ewing,  John  D La.,    1913.      128th     Inf.,     32nd    Div.,    A.    E.    P. 

Croix   de    Guerre   for   gallantry   in    Argonne. 

Fenno,  Sylvan  A D.   C,   1911.     Infantry,   U.    S.   A.     112th   Regt., 

Mounted   Scouts. 

Flannagan,   Coke    N.    Y.,    1913.      23rd    Inf.,    Signal    Corps,    2nd 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Croix  de  Guerre.  Highly 
recommended  for  permanent  Army. 

Fleming,  Charles  S Fla.      1897.      Judge    Advocate,    28th    Artillery 

Brigade,  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Foster,    Sidney    Texas,   1898.     C.   A.,   U.   S.  A. 

Franklin,  Henry  C Va.,  1917      Battery  "B,"  35th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Fray,   John   M Va.,  1908.     Battery  "A,"  117th  F.  A.,  31st  Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Fudge,    Caleb    S 111.,  1907.     Engineers,  U.  S.  R.  C. 

Funkhouser,    Samuel    K Va.,  1904.     Battery  "C,"  35th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Gaillard,  Frederick  E Texas,   1916.     Infantry,  U.   S.   A. 

Gant,  Edwin  H N.  C,  1911.    Q.  M.  Reserve,  U.  S.  A. 


26  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Garing,  Robert  F Va.,  1915.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Garvey,   Willis   A Kansas,    1916.      Battery    "F,"    15th    F.    A.,    2d 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Member,  Military  Committee, 
American  Section,  Peace  Congress.  Recom- 
mended for  D.  S.  C. 

Gayle,  Jr.,  Lester  T Va.,  1912.  26th  Inf.,  1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Trans- 
ferred to  Air  Service;  in  command,  Field  of 
Issoudiin.  Seriously  injured  in  line  of  duty 
when  his  plane  fell.  Retired  by  Medical 
Board  in  November,  1919.  Appointed  Q. 
M.  at  V.  M.  I.   1920. 

George,  Robert  C Texas,  1887.  Chaplain,  U.  S.  A.,  Ft.  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas. 

Gerson,   Gustave  R Texas,  1912.    Medical  Corps,  B.  E.  F.  and  A.  E, 

F.  Recommended  for  bravery  in  Flanders 
and  promoted.  Slightly  wounded  in  action. 
Decorated   for    conspicuous   gallantry. 

Gibson,  William  L Md.,  1912.    Cavalry,  A.  E.  F. 

Giffin,   David   E W.   Va.,   1907.     322nd   Labour  Battalion,  Q.  M. 

Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Gill,  Howard  F Va.,  1914.     C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A.     Died  in  Service 

at  Ft.  Monroe. 

Glazebrook,  Jr.,  Larkin  W...D.   C,    1918.      12th   F.   A.,    2nd    Div.,    A.    E.    F. 

Wounded  several  times,  and  severely  gassed 
at  St.  Mihiel.  Highly  commended,  promoted 
and  invalided  home. 

Goodman,  Moses   Va.,  1912.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Goodyear,   George   A Va.,  1915.     8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Gordon,  T.  Croxton Va.,  1904.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Constn.  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Grant,   Percy   S Va.,  1908.     368th  Infantry,  92nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Gray,  Jr.,  Henry  P Va.,  1918.  51st  Inf.,  6th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  At- 
tached to  Commander-in-Chief's  TTiird  Regi- 
ment Escort  in  France  and  England,  after 
Armistice. 

Greene,  Frederick   S Va.,  1890.     302d  Engineers,  77th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Promoted  Major,  but,  through  error,  never 
received  commission. 

Grove,  Jr.,  Frank  A Va.,  1912.    F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Hagenbuch,   Joseph    S Pa.,    1911.      Sanitary    Corps,    A.    E.    F.      With 

Army  of  Occupation,  performing  Major's 
duty  as  Chief  Sanitary  Officer  of  different 
Armies.  After  Armistice  remained  in  charge 
of  all  Red  Cross  work,  with  headquarters 
near  Bordeaux,  and  there  as  late  as  Feb.. 
1920. 

Harman,  Charles  P Va.,  1888.     Ordnance  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Harrison,  Gunyon  M Va.,  1907.     Headquarters  Company,  116th  Inf., 

29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  wounded,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1918,  and  in  Hospital  over  a  year. 
Only  officer  of  his  Company  left  after  terrific 
drive  of  his  Division — all  lieutenants  killed. 

Hayden,    Alfred    D Fla.,  1915.     3d  Div.,  30th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F, 

Henderson,  Jr.,   Eugene ,  .Ark.,  1912.     Co.  "C,"  312th  Ammunition  Train, 

87th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  After  Armistice,  Camp 
Provost  Marshal,  Bordeaux  Embarkation 
Camp,  Feb.  12  to  July  9,  1919. 


U.  S.  Army:  Captains  (Continued)  27 

Hepner,   John   F Va.,  1915.    7th  Brigade.  7th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Herrick,  George  F .111.,   1915.     27th   Inf..   A.   E.   F.      (Vladivostok, 

as  late  as  February,  1920.) 

Hirst,  Virginius  B Va.,  1911.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Hitt,    Walter    L Va.,  1915.     Infantry,  U,  S.  A. 

Holtzman,  Jr.,  Charles  T Va.,  1915.    29th  Div.,  116th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.     With 

Army  of  Occupation. 

Howard,  Conway  R Va.,  1900.     17th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.     (As  late 

as  February,  1920,  was  still  with  Relief  Com- 
mission near  Salonilia,  reconstructing  rail- 
roads, in  order  to  carry  food  to  starving 
people.) 

Howell,  Evan  P Ga.,  1902.  Q.  M.  Corps,  312th  Labour  Batta- 
lion,   U.    S.    A. 

Humphreys,  William  H Va.,  1915.     Company  "L,"  58th   Inf.,  4th   Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action  in  Chateau 
Thierry  Sector,  July  18,  1918.  Killed  in  ac- 
tion  in  Argonne  Sector,  October  4,  1918. 

Husson,  William  M Fla.,  1914.  82nd  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.  Hon'bly  dis- 
charged, Jan'y,  1918.  Re-enlisted  as  a  private 
at  Camp  Taylor,  O.  T.  C,  but  War  ended  be- 
fore he  could  be  re-commissioned. 

Hutton,  Jr.,  Frank  B Va.,  1913.  Medical  Corps,  No.  127,  Field  Hos- 
pital, 32nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  While  on  way  to 
France  his  ship,  The  Tuscania,  was  torpedoed. 
In  every  engagement  in  which  American 
Army    participated. 

Hyland,  John  L Miss.,  1916.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A.     Stationed  at 

C.  0.  T.  School  at  Camp  Pike,  as  Instructor, 
U.  S.  A. 

James,  Bartlett Va.,  1915.     U.  S.  A.     Died  in  the  Service. 

Jamison,   Peyton   T Va.,  1906.     Battery  "A,"  35th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Jemison,   Elbert   S Ala.,  1914.    306th  Ammunition  Train,  81st  Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Later,  Instructor,  F.  A.  Replace- 
ment Depot,  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C. 

Johns,  Jr.,  Claude  D Texas,  1915.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A.     A.  E.  F. 

Johnson,  A.  Broaddus Va.,  1911.    Post  Adjutant,  2nd  Aviation  Centre, 

A.  E.  F.     Recommended  for  grade  of  Major. 

Johnson,  Conrad Va.,  1908.     116th  Infantry,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  in  action.  Returned  to  U.  S.  as  In- 
structor. 

Johnson,  Francis  L W.  Va.,  1910.    21st  (Regular)  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Johnson,  I.  Branch  Va.,  1902.    29th  Div.,  111th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Johnson,  James  V Ark.,  1901.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Johnston,   Charles    Va.,   1902..     Headquarters  Co.,   111th   Inf.,  2yth 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Very  severely  wounded  in  ac- 
tion. Perm,  address,  Ch.  of  Comm'ce,  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  care  Carneal  &  Johnston 

Jones,  Alger  Texas,    1907.       Commanding     Troop    "H,"    5th 

Cav.,  stationed  at  Camp  Stanley,  Texas 
Cavalry  School,  under  Colonels  Fitzhugh 
Lee  and  Ben  Law,  U.  S.  A. 

Jones.  James  S Texas,  1895.     111th  Military  Police,   U.   S.   A., 

at  Camp  Bowie,  Texas. 

Kahn    Lucian   L Ohio,  1906.     Infantry,  8th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Keeze'll,    Rembrandt    P Va.,  1914.     Co.   "H,",  319th   Inf.,  A.   E.   F. 

Kelly,   Warren    N.  Y.,  1913.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Kennard,   Hartwell   J Texas,  1917.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 


28  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Kennon,  William  G Va.,   1904.     Medical   Corps,   18th   Inf.,  1st  DIv., 

A.  E.  F.  Later,  in  charge  of  Camp  Hospital 
No.  28  at  Nevers,  France.  Distinguished 
himself. 

Kibler,  A.  Franklin Va.,  1912.     2nd  F.  A.,  8th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

King,    Lawrence   G Ohio,    1911.      Quartermaster    Corps,    A.    E.    F. 

Attached  to  Headquarters,  Chief  Medical 
Corps  in  France.  In  charge  of  Red  Cross  at 
Salonika,  as  late  as  January,  1920.) 

Kinsolving,  Jr.,  Herbert  B..  .Ky.,    1911.      Battalion    Adjutant,    138th    F.    A., 

38th  Div.  Later,  Instructor,  School  of  Fire 
at  Fort  Sill,  U.  S.  A.  Discharged  as  Major 
F.   A.   R.   C. 

Knight,    Robert    R Va.,    1914.      Adjutant     and     Personnel    Officer, 

112th  Heavy  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.  Later,  Camp 
Commander,  Receiving  Station  (7,000  re- 
cruits). Camp  McClellan. 

Kraft,  William  R N.    Y.,    1912.      Regimental    Intelligence    Officer, 

309th  Infantry,  78th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lackey,  Jr.,  Samuel  C Texas,  1916.  Co.  "B,"  3rd  Trench  Mortar  Bat- 
tery, 3d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lafferty,  Frederick  R Calif..  1917.     5th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Langstaff,  James  D Ky.,  1907.     801st  Pioneer   Inf.     Transferred  to 

77th  Div.,  308th  Inf.  Commanded  Co.  "C," 
of  the  "Lost  Battalion,"  A.  E.  F. 

La  Rue,  B.  V.  M N.  Y.,  1896.  355th  Inf.,  89th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action  in  the  Meuse-Ar- 
gonne.  Later,  died  of  pneumonia  in  the  Ser- 
vice in  France. 

Lawrason,  George  B La.,   1873.     Appointed   Medical   Reserve   Corps, 

but  died  Feb.  3,  1918,  before  he  could  be  as- 
signed. 

Lee,  James  C Ala.,  1914.  Adjutant,  1st  Battalion,  106th  En- 
gineers, A.  E.  F. 

Letcher,  Greenlee  D Va.,  1886.     Battery  "F,",  111th  F.  A.,  29th  Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Said  to  be  the  oldest  Volunteer 
Line  Officer  in  American  Army. 

Lewis,  S.  Oliver Texas,  1915.    Q.  M.  Corps,  A.  E.  F.    With  Army 

of  Occupation. 

Lewis,  Wickliffe  B La.,   1915.     Aide-de-Camp  to  Major  Gen.   H.  J. 

Hatch,    A.    E.    F. 

Lincoln,   Atwell    T Miss.,  1897.     Co.  "B"    (M.  G.),  354th  Inf.,  89th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action  in  St.  Mihiel 
Salient,  Sept.  18,  1918. 

Lindner,   John    A Pa.,  1916.-    C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lindsey,   Eugene   L Va.,   1909.     Engineers,    A.    B.   F.     Commended 

for  "Exceptionally  Meritorious  and  Distin- 
guished Services." 

Lipper,  Lawrence Texas,  1910.     Judge  Advocate,  U.  S.  A. 

Logan,  Dulaney    Ky.,  1909.     Battery  "F,"  60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lohmeyer,    Jr.,    William W.    Va.,    1916.       Corps     Engineers      (Regular 

Army),  A.  E.  F.  Very  severely  wounded  in 
action  near  Chateau  Tliierry,  July,  1918,  and 
not  recovered  as  late  as  Oct.,  1919. 

Loth,   Moritz   A.   R Va.,  1916.     49th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lowry,  Jr.,  S.  L Fla.,  1914.     ]24th  Inf.,  31st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Mackall,   Porter   A Ga.,  1910.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 


TJ.  S.  Army:  Captains  (Continued)  29 

Malone,  Paul    N.  Y.,  1908.    Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.,  and  A.  E.  F. 

Then  7  months  in  Balkan  States  with  Ameri- 
can Relief  Administration. 

Marshall,    Jr.,   Joseph   M Va.,  1905.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Marshall,  Richard  J Va.,  1915.  6th  F.  A.,  1st  Division,  A.  B.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded,  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive, 
Nov.  1,  1918,  and  in  Hospital  until  March, 
1919.      (Continues  in  the   Service.) 

Marshall,  Samuel Va.,    1914.      M.    G.    Co.,    30th    Inf.     (Reg.),    3d 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.     With  Army  of  Occupation  as 
late  as  June,   1920. 

Martin,  Clarence  A Va.,   1917.     56th   Infantry,   7th   Div.,   A.   E.   F. 

Highly  commended  for  conspicuous  gallantry. 
(Continues  in  the  Service.) 

Martin,  Marlin  C Ark.,  1912.     (Regular)    Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Maury,  Lewis  A Va.,  1913.     44th  Infantry   (Reg.),  U.  S.  A. 

Meem.  John  G Brazil,    1914.     General    Staff,   War   Plans    Div., 

Education  and  Special  Training  Section,  U. 
S.  A. 

Merritt,  James  A Md.,  1905.     U.   S.  A.     (Retired.)     On  duty  at 

Colorado  University. 
Michaux,  Edward  R N.  C,  1917.  60th  (Reg.)  Infantry,  5th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.  With  Army  of  Occupation. 
Wounded  in  action,  Oct.  12,  1918,  at  Cunel, 
France.  Citation  from  a  General  Officer  for 
conspicuous  bravery  in  action.  Resigned 
from  Service  after  his  return  to  U.  S. 

Millner,  Jr.,  Samuel  M Va.,  1911.     314th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Zone  Major. 

Minton,  John  T Kansas,  1912.     8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Moore,    A.    Wylie S.  C,  1898.    Medical  Corps,  Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Moore,  Baxter  S S.  C,  1899.    Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.    In  charge, 

Brain  and  Spinal  Cord  Surgery,  at  Evacua- 
tion Hospital  No.  25. 

Moore,  Charles  E Va.,   1913.     23rd    (Reg.)    Infantry,   2d  Div..   A. 

E.  F.  Severely  wounded  at  Vaux,  July  1, 
1918,  in  which  action  he  led  his  company 
with  great  gallantry,  though  suffering  from 
a  serious  wound.  For  this  he  was  highly 
commended  by  the  Commander-in-Chief  in 
person,  and  recommended  for  promotion 
later.    Still  in  Hospital,  as  late  as  April,  1920. 

Moore,   Roy   C S.  C,  1916.    18th  F.  A.,  3d  Div.,  A.  E.  F.    With 

Army  of  Occupation,  as  late  as  June,  1920, 
as  Assistant  to  A.  C.  of  S.,  G-1. 

Morison,   Rufus    A Va.,  1905.     Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     In  charge, 

Convalescent  Hospital  of  two  thousand  beds. 

Morris,  William  S Md.,    1916.      36th    (Reg.)    Infantry,    U.    S.    A. 

(Continues  in  Service.) 

Murrill,  Jr.,  Hugh  A N.  C,  1913.     Infantry  Staff,  A.  E.  F. 

McAdow,  Lewis  H Mont.,  1903.  Transferred  from  Captain  of  In- 
fantry, U.  S.  A.,  to  Captain  in  charge  of  Avia- 
tion General  Supply  Depot,  Americus,  Ga. 

McGill,   E.   Leavenworth Va.,  1897.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

McKee,  John  L Va..  1915.  7th  Inf.,  3d  Division,  A.  E.  F.  In- 
jured when  horse  was  killed  in  battle,  and 
invalided  home.  Overseas  from  February 
to  October,  1918.    In  four  major  engagements. 

McMillin,  Douglass  N Tenn.,  1910.     U.   S.  A.     Commanding  Co.   "B," 

114th  M.  G.  Battn.,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.,  in  all 
actions  in  which  his  Division  was  engaged. 


30  Virginia  Military  Institute — AVorld  War  Eecord 

McMillin,  Edwyn  W Tenn.,   1913.     Commanding  Co.   "D,"   114th   M. 

G.  Battalion,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Nash,  Jr.,  Edgar   Va.,  1 914.    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Nichols,  E.  Hunter Va.,    1914.      Commissioned,    April,     1917,    and 

served  until  discharged  for  physical  dis- 
ability, Oct.  11,  1918.  Served  then  as  Capt. 
and  Asst.  Prof.  V.  M.  I.,  till  Jan'y.,  1920. 

Nichols,  Jr.,  James  A Va.,  1910.     Acting  C.  0.,  2nd  Battalion,  345th 

F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Three  times  wounded,  and 
gassed  once.     Recommended  for  D.  S.  C. 
Nottingham,  Jr.,  Lucius  S Va.,   1906.      Headquarters   Company,   320th  In- 
fantry, 80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Oakes,  Lawrence  L Okla.,  1917.    Motor  Transport  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Orme,  James  B,  L D.  C,  1904.     Ordnance  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Otey,  Kirkwood    Va.,  1906.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Outten,  Edgar  C Va.,  1912.     1st  Lt.  17th  F.  A.,  2d  Div.,  A.  E.  F., 

and,  later,  Capt.  36th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Owsley,  Clark Texas,  1916.     142nd  Infantry,  Regimental  Gas 

Director,  36th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Commended 
for  valour. 

Page,  Edwin  R W.  Va.,  1904.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A, 

Palmer,  C.  Bryan Fla.,  1916.    C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Parker,  Jr.,  John  P La.,  1902.     Cavalry  Staff  Officer,  U.  S.  A. 

Parrish,  Robert  E Md.,    1910.      5th    Inf.,    164th    Depot    Brigade, 

U.   S.  A. 

Parsons,  Xenophon •  Va.,  1915.    361st  Inf.,  91st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Pattison,   Theodore    S Md.,  1910.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Paul,  Charles  G Va.,  1907.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Paul,  John  Va.,  1903.     Battery  Commander,  Adjutant,  1st 

Battalion,  313th  F.  A.,  80th  Div.,  and  Regi- 
mental Adjutant  for  a  while,  A.  E.  F. 

Paul,  John  G Va.,    1916.      6th    Trench    Mortar    Battery,    6th 

Brigade,  F.  A.,  6th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Pendleton,  Arvid  M N.  Y.,  1909.     C.  A..  U.  S.  A. 

Pennybacker,  Percy  V Texas,  1915.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Phelan,  Julian   E Tenn.,  1901.   1st  Battn.,  19th  F.  A.,  Replacement 

Depot,  Camp  Jackson,  U.  S.  A. 

Poague,   William    T Va.,  1909.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Polk,   George   W Texas,    1909.      61st    F.    A.    Brigade,    36th    Div., 

A.  E.  F. 
Porter,   Ernest   C Va.,  1917.    102nd  F.  A.,  26th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.    Re- 
turned to  United  States  as  Instructor. 

Porter,  Howard  D Va.,  1906.     Motor  Transport  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Ranson,    Henry    H Va.,  1914.     Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Rathbone,  Wofford  R Texas,  1913.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Rawls,  Jr.,  William  A Fla.,  1913.     30th  Infantry,  3d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Reardon,  Jr.,  Henry  B Va.,  1912.     Ordnance  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Renshaw,    Alfred    H Md.,  1881.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Rhett,  Wythe  M Miss.,   1909.     Medical   Corps,  A.   E.  F, 

Richards,    James   N.    C Va.,    1914.      Company    "F,"    26th    (Reg.)    Inf., 

1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action  near 
Soissons,  France,  July  19,  1919.  D.  S.  C. 
(posthumously)    awarded  him. 

Riddick,  Jr.,  Alfred   T Va.,  1908.     312th  F.  A.,  79th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Roberts,  William  A D.  C,  1896.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U,  S.  A. 

Robertson,   James   F N.  C,  1908.     Medical  Corps,  A.  E,  F. 

Robertson,  William  J Va.,  1908.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Rogers,   Clarke Ind.,  1897.    Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 


TJ.  S.  Army:  Captains  (Continued)  31 

Rogers,   Lynn    Va.,  1897.    Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Roper,  LeRoy    Va.,  1914.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Royall,  William   L Ind.,  1897.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Ruffner    David  L Va.,  1917.     103rd  F.  A.,  26th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Satterfield,  Jr.,  Calvin Va.,    1913.      111th    F.    A.,    29th    Div.,    U.    S.    A. 

When  Regiment  went  overseas  was  ill  with 
typhoid  fever.  Given  duty  in  U.  S.  until 
War  ended.     On  detail  at  V.  M.  I.,  1918. 

Saunders,    I.   H Va.,   1884.       Commissioned     Captain,    Aviation 

Section,  Signal  Officers  Reserve  Corps,  Oct. 
1,  1917.  Assigned  to  duty  as  President,  Avia- 
tion Examining  Board  at  various  Flying 
Fields  until  Dec.  31,  1918,  when  made  Off. 
in  charge  of  Authorities  of  Military  Aero- 
nautics  (Air  Service).     Discharged,  Mch.  31, 

1919.  Appointed  Division  Personnel  Chief, 
Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance,  A.  &  A.  Divi- 
sion,   April    1,   1919.      Served    until    Jan'y    2, 

1920,  when  appointed  Training  Officer,  Fed- 
eral Board  for  Vocational  Education,  and 
serving  as  late  as  June,  1920. 

Scott,  Kirkwood  D Va.,   1914.     Aide-de-Camp   to   Brig.   Gen.   E.   E. 

Hatch.  Later,  Commander,  154th  Depot  Bri- 
gade   Inf.,   U.    S.   A. 

Semmes,   Thomas    M Va.,    1904.      Q.    M.    Corps,    Financial    Division, 

U.  S.  A. 

Shaner,  Henry  L Va.,  1899.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Slingluff,  Fielder  C Md.,  1895.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A.     (Unattached.) 

Smiley,  William  V Va.,   1902.     Co.   "A,"   46th   Engineers,   A.   E.   F. 

and  in  charge  of  costly  construction  work 
in  France. 

Smith,  Frank  M Tenn.,  1907.     61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E. 

(Formerly   Calvin    M  F.     Received  two  Citations  from  General  Of- 

Smith)  fleers     for    conspicuous    bravery    in    action. 

Wounded  near  Cunel,  Oct.  14,  1918. 

Smith,  Jr.,  Horace  L Va.,  1915.  1st  U.  S.  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.  Com- 
mended many  times  for  most  distinguished 
bravery.     Awarded  D.   S.  C. 

Smith,  Julian   P Ala.,    1911.      106th    Supply    Train,    31st    Div.. 

A.  E.  F. 

Snidow,  Robert  C Va.,  1910.    C.  A.,  3rd  Army,  A.  E.  F.     (On  duty 

in  Poland  as  late  as  January,  1920.) 

Sprigg,    Rodney    S Calif.,  1915.    62nd  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.     (Russia.) 

Stafford,  Frederick  D Texas,  1906.     105th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Stuart,  Jr.,  Harry  C Va.,  1915.    322nd  Inf.,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Stude,  Alphonse  J Texas,    1907.      14th     (Railway)     Engineers,    A. 

E.  F. 

Taliaferro,  Jr.,  John  C Md.,  1910.     Cavalry,  U.  S.   A. 

Tate,  William  P Va.,  1907.     306th  Engineers,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Taylor,  James  N.  J.,  1918.     301st  Heavy  Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

and,  later,  with  Motor  Transport  Corps,  A. 
E.  F.  (after  Armistice).  Wounded  in  action, 
Oct.  23,  1918,  at  Montrebain. 

Thomas,   Charles   B Md.,  1916.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Thompson,   John    V Va.,  1910.     Battery  "D,"  35th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Throckmorton,   Robert  J Va.,  1912.    Commanding  H.  Q.  Troop,  80th  Div., 

A.   E.   F. 


32  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Tinsley,   George   C Va.,  1917,    C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.    Observer  in  London, 

Eng.     (Continues  in  the  Service.) 

Todd,  Charles  L Va.,  1901.    Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Tomlinson,   John   B Ala.,  1917.     18th  (Reg.)   Inf.,  1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Died  in  France,  Oct.  14,  1918,  from  effects 
of  being  twice  gassed.  May  1st  and  again  in 
October,  1918. 

Trinkle,  Lacy  L Va.,  1911.     308th  Engineers,  83d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Trinkle,  Robert  J Va.,  1914.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Tucker,  Beverley  H Calif.,  1902.     M.  G.  Company,   137th  Inf.,  35th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.     With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Tyree,    Harold    B W.  Va.,  1915.     338th  Inf.,  Soth  Div.,  and,  later, 

Co.  "H,"  59th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Uhler,    Alfred   L Va.,  1905.     U.  S.  A. 

Waddey,   David   M Va.,  1913.    44th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Walton,  Joseph  S Va.,  1912.  Regimental  Adjt.,  811th  Pioneer  In- 
fantry, 80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Watson,  Howard  E Va.,   1915.     U.   S.   A. 

Wells,  Edward  L S.    C,    1907.      2nd    M.    G.    Battalion,    1st    Div., 

A.  E.  P.     Killed  near  Exermont,  France,  Oct. 

4,  1918.  Twice  promoted  for  conspicuous 
gallantry.  Specially  commended  by  his 
Brigade  and  Division  Commanders  for  ex- 
traordinary bravery,  the  latter  in  a  letter  to 
the  Mayor  of  Charleston,  in  which  he  said 
the  City  should  erect  a  monument  to  him. 
Twice  awarded,  posthumously,  D.  S.  C,  and 
also  Croix  de  Guerre. 

West,   Oscar   H Va.,  1915.    155th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee,  Va., 

U.  S.  A. 

White,  Benjamin  H Va.,  1917.     In  A.  E.  F.  four  months  and  then 

returned  to  U.  S.,  as  Instructor,  90th  In- 
fantry, 20th  Division.  Promoted  to  Captain. 
Commission  to  date  from   July  30,  191'8. 

White,  George  W Va.,  1917.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Whittle,   William    M Va.,  1917,  314th  M.  G.  Battalion,  80th  Div.,  A. 

E.  F. 

Willcox,  Jr.,  Thomas  H Va.,    1909.     Co.    "D,"    811th    Pioneer    Infantry, 

A.  E.  F. 

Willis,  William  T Va.,  1905.     Chaplain,  150th  Inf.,  38th  Div.,   A 

E.  F. 

Wilmot,   Frederick  A Mo.,  1910.    Q.  M.  Corps,  83rd  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Wilson,   Rogers   M Ga.,  1911.     Co.  "L,"  18th  Inf.,  1st  Division,  A 

E.  F.  Severely  wounded  in  action  at  Sois- 
sons,  while  commanding  his  battalion,  July 
21,  1918.  Many  months  in  Hospital  in  France 
and  United  States.  Awarded  the  D.  S.  C.  and 
Croix  de  Guerre. 

Wilson,   William    V Mo.,  1907.    Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Wiltshire.   George   D Md.,  1915.     1st  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F. 

Wise,  Jr.,  James  B Va.,  1915.    59th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Withers,   A.    Putney Va.,  1907.    Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

(Formerly    Stephen    Put- 
ney, Jr.) 

Wood,    F.    Travers Va.,    1904.      Engineer    with    the    Construction 

Division,  U.  S.  A.,  in  charge  of  extensive  and 
costly   construction    in   different   parts   of   U. 

5.  Promoted  to  Major  in  Q.  M.  Corps,  but 
declined  commission  and  asked  for  dis- 
charge, after  War. 


U.  S,  Army:  Captains  (Continued) — First  Lieutenants        33 

Wright,  Jesse  B Va.,  1902.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Wysor,  John  D Va.,  1915.     Inf.   154th  Depot  Brigade,  U.  S.  A. 

Wysor,  Jr.,  Robert  E Va.,    1915.      6th    Inf.,    5th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

(Continues   in    Service.) 
Zimmer,  Jr.,  William  L Va.,  1899.     Q.  M.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.     Stationed  in 

Washington. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANTS. 


Aiken,    Archibald    M Va.,  1909.     60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Alexander,  Gail  H Va.,  1899.     47th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Killed 

in  action  near  the  Vesle  River,  at  Bazoches, 
France,  Aug.  7,  1918. 

Allison,  James  A Va.,  1915.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Alvey,  R.  W Texas,  1900.     U.  S.  A. 

Amerine,   Warren  M Ala.,  1912.     Intelligence  Officer,   56th   Inf.,   7th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Amory,  George  S Del.,  1914.     303rd  Inf.,  76th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Amory,  Thomas  D Del.,   1916.     26th   Inf.    (Reg.),   1st   Div.,  A.   E. 

F.  Killed  in  action  leading  assaulting  pla- 
toon ahead  of  his  regiment,  near  Verdun, 
Oct.  2,  1918.  Awarded  the  D.  S.  C,  posthum- 
ously, and  recommended  for  the  "Medal  of 
Honour." 

Anderson,  Jr.,  George  K Va.,    1916.     H.   Q.   Troop,   15th   Div.,   Infantry, 

Camp   Logan,  U.   S.  A. 

Anderson,  John  Kyle Va.,  1913.     21st  F.  A.,  5th  Div.,  A.  E.  P. 

Angle,  James  M Pa.,  1906.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Ayres,  Blackstone  D Va.,  1916.     47th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Bagby,  Ph.  D.,  English Md.,   Adjunct    Prof.,    V.   M.    I.    Sanitary    Corps, 

Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.  Later,  Comdg.  Med.  Re- 
search Lab.,  Kelly  Field.  Still  later,  Adjt., 
Med.  Research  Lab.,  at  Hazelhurst  Field. 

Barrett,   William   S Va.,  1917.     Aide-de-Camp,  U.   S.  A.     With  31st 

Inf.,  in  Siberia  after  Armistice. 

Batten,   Raymond   M Va.,  1915.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Baugham,   William   E N.  C,  1915.     115th  F.  A.,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Black,  William  L Tenn.,  1899.  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.  After  Armis- 
tice on  duty  with  Peace  Commission. 

Black,  Jr.,  William  M D.  C,  1920.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Blackford,  George  Tayloe   .  . .  Va.,  1901.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F.     Recommended 

for  grades  of  Captain  and  Major.  Com- 
manded detachment  of  3,500  men,  including 
900  prisoners. 

Blundon,    Montague    Md.,    1902.      74th    Engineers,    30th    Brigade,    R. 

A.  R.,  A.  E.  F.  Specialized  in  "Burst  Rang- 
ing and  Flash  Ranging"  and  prepared  a 
Manual  on  same. 

Bond,  Edward  J Md.,  1908.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Borden,  Jr.,  Frank  K N.  C,  1909.     113th  F.  A.,  30th  Div.,  detached  to 

Air  Service,  135th  Squadron,  as  Aerial  Ob- 
server, A.  E.  F. 

Borde,  Harry  J Calif.,    1913.       Cavalry,     U.    S.    A.      Promoted 

Captain,  Nov.  13,  1918,  but  commission  re- 
voked on  account  of  Armistice. 

Bowles,  Jr.,  William  B Va.,  1913.     19th  F.  A.,  5th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Boykin,   Richard    S Va.,  1915.    31st  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.     (Siberia  as  late 

as  Feb.,  1920.) 


34  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Boykin     Robert    S N.   C,   1912.     Intelligence  Officer,  52nd    (Reg.) 

Infantry,  6th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Brabson,  Samuel  M Texas,  1914.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Brooks,    George   R W.  Va.,  1915.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Brown,   Ernest   C Tenn.,   1917.     Battalion   Adjt.,   117th   Inf.,   30th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  action. 

Brown,  Jr.,  Foster  V Tenn.,    1912.       28th     Inf.,     1st    Div.,    A.    E.    F. 

Wounded  severely  in  action.  Croix  de  Guerre 
with  Palm  for  exceptional  bravery  in  going 
into  "No  Man's  Land,"  while  wounded,  and 
rescuing  his   Captain. 

Brown,  John   S Texas,    1908.      Field    Re-Mount    Squadron    354, 

U.  S.  A.,  Camp  Johnston. 

Brown,  Mills  Texas,  1911.    F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Buracker,   Samuel  L Va.,  1916.    318th  Inf.,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Burdeau,    Jr.,   George   T., Mo.,    1£11.     15th   Cavalry,   A.   E.   F. 

Burress,  Jack  W Va.,  1918.     371st  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.     Wounded 

four  times,  Sept.  30,  1918,  in  the  Champagne 
Sector,  the  last  time  seriously,  and  in  Hos- 
pital several  months,  and  then  invalided 
home. 

Burton,  Jr.,  Reuben    Va.,  1912.     317th  Infantry,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Caldwell,  Francis  Y Va.,  1918.  317th  Inf.,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Re- 
turned to  U.  S.  and  assigned  to  90th  Inf., 
20th  Div.,  Sept.,  1918. 

Cammer,   Claude   R Va.,  1915. M.  G.  Battalion,  1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Gassed,  May  28,  1918,  at  Cantigny,  and  se- 
verely wounded  in  action,  west  of  Soissons, 
and  not  released  from  Walter  Reed  Hospital 
until  Jan.  13,  1919.  Permanently  disabled. 
Highly  commended  for  gallantry  at  Can- 
tigny where  he  commanded  his  M.  G.  Com- 
pany. 

Camp,  Vaughan    Va.,  1911.     (A.  E.  F.)     Battalion  Adjt.  at  Camp 

Lee,  80th  Div.,  U.  S.  A.,  then  Zone  Major, 
Advance  Station,  S.  O.  S.,  A.  E.  F. 

Campbell,  A.  Horace Canada,  1918.  Co.  "L,"  317th  Inf.,  80th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  action. 

Campbell,   Jr.,   Hugh   A Va.,  1917.     60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Campbell,  William  S Va.,  1914.    810th  Pioneer  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Cann,  Samuel  A Ga.,  1913.    307th  Ammunition  Train,  A.  E.  F. 

Cann,  William   G Ga.,   1909.     151st   M.   G.   Battalion,   42nd   Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action,  July,  1918,  St. 
Mihiel. 

Carpenter,   John   I Ky.,   1911.     334th   M.   G.   Battalion,   87th   Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Carr,  Harrison  F Va.,   1906.     5th    Engineers.      Service    at   Camp 

Humphreys,  U.  S.  A. 

Carter,  Charles  S Va.,  1908.     316th  Infantry,  82d   Div.,  A.   E.   F. 

Carter,  Franklin  W Va.,  1912.  165th  Inf.,  42d  Div..  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action.    Awarded  D.  S.  C. 

Chllds.  J.  Rives   Va.,  1912.     Intelligence  duty  with  Commanding 

General,  A.  E.  F.  After  Armistice  with 
Peace  Commission.  At  various  times  as- 
signed to  duty  with  British  and  French 
Armies. 

Chittum,  Harold  T Va.,  1916.     111th  F.  A.,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Christian,  John  H Va.,  1914.     323rd  F.  A.,  83rd  Div.     Detached  to 

Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.,  as  Aerial  Observer. 
Was  hurt  in  a  fall  with  his  plane. 


IT.  S.  Army:  First  Lieutenants  (Continued)  35 

Clopton,  Edward  J Va.,  1914.     312th  F.  A.,  79th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Coburn,  Hugh  S Miss,   1913.     Infantry,  A.   E.  P. 

Colbern,  Jr..  Wm.  H Mo.,    1916.      15th    Inf.,    A.    E.    F.,    at    Tien-Sin, 

China. 

Corey,   Lawrence   O Ind.,  1917.     336th  Inf.,  84th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Cox,  Daniel  E Va  ,   1916.     U.   S.   A. 

Craig,  M.  L.  Weems   Texas,   1915.     U.    S.   A. 

Crockett,   Jr.,   George   S Va.,  1919.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.      (Discharged 

from  Service  as  Captain,  A.  S.,  R.  C.) 
Crockett,  Gilman  K Va.,  1912.     9th  M.  G.  Battalion,  3rd  Div.,  A.  E. 

F.     Wounded    twice   slightly,    same   day,    In 

action   near  Chateau  Thierry,  July   15,  1918. 

Wounded  again  severely,  Oct.  9,  1918,  in  the 

Meuse-Argonne  Offensive. 
Crowder,   Robert   T Va.,     1908.     Intelligence    and    Liaison    Officer, 

314th   M.    G.    Battalion,    80th    Div.,   A.    E.   F. 

For    one    year     after     Armistice     served    as 

"Town   Major"  in  France. 

Crowdus,  John  W Texas,  1904.    Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Crump,  Jr.,  Malcolm  H Ky.,    1914.      Adjutant,    138th   M.    G.    Battalion, 

38th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Dawes,    Byron    F Ohio,  1914.     U.S.A. 

De   Leon,   J.   Waldo Fla.,   1906.     In   Fla.   N.   G.   as  lieutenant  from 

1914  to  1917.     Then  a  few  months  with  9th 

Inf.,  U.   S.  A.,  until  discharged  for  physical 

disability. 

De  Shazo,  Martin   Va.,  1908.    Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Dillard,  J.   A.   B Va.,    1916.      Comdg.    Co.    "C,"    388th    Inf.,    97th 

Div.,  U.  S.  A.     Camp  Cody. 
Douglas,   Howard   M Ala.,    1913.     M.    G.    Battalion,    118th    Inf.,    30th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Downes,  Joseph  W Md.,  1913.     58th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Driscoll,    Marvin    G Va.,  1917.    Appointed  1st  Lieutenant  soon  after 

graduating,  but   later  discharged  because  of 

a  stiff  ankle. 
Dykeman,  Conrad  F N.  Y.,  1906.     116th  Engineers,  41st  Div.,  A.  E. 

F. 
Easley,  Cary  B Va.,    1914.      C.    A.,    U.    S.    A.    (Hawaii),      Died 

Jan.  22.  1920,  after  discharge. 

Eberle,  Eugene  G -Vrk.,  1916.     142nd  F.  A.,  39th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Echols,  Frank  Va.,  1915.    60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Effinger,  Williams  L Md.,   1907.     Co.   "C,"   143rd   Inf.,   36th  Div.,   A. 

E.  F. 

Elden,  John  A Ohio,  1911.    Chemical  Warfare  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Elebash,    Clarence   C Ala.,  1908.     Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     In  service 

at   Prince   of    Wales    Hospital,    London. 
Erck,  Carl  B N.  Y.,  1912.     In  charge  of  Gunnery,  S6th  Aero 

Squadron,   U.   S.   A.,   Ellington   Field,   Texas. 

Etheridge,   Fletcher   H Va.,  1917.     35th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Ewell,  Jr.,   James  H Texas,   1909.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     In  command  of 

first     Anti-Aircraft     Battery.       Returned     to 

U.    S.    as   Instructor   at   Fort   Monroe.      In   a 

few  months   returned  with   a  detachment  of 

trained    troops,    but    died    of    pneumonia    on 

board   of  ship    as   he   approached   the   shores 

of  England,  Oct.  18,  1918. 
Farrell,    Doddridge Mo.,    1912.      312th    M.    G.    Battalion,    79th    Div., 

A.  E.  F. 
Fechheimer,  John  H N.    Y.,    1916.      Intelligence    Officer,    165th    Inf., 

42nd    Div.,    A.    E.    F.      Cited    for    gallantry 

Wounded  slightly,  Sept.  28,  1918. 


36  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Fetterolf,   Carlos  M N.  Y.,  1917.     108th  Inf.,  27th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Fishburne.  Richard  Va.,  1916.  314th  F.  A.,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  P.  Or- 
dered to  U.  S.  Aug.,  1918,  and  assigned  to 
35th  F.  A., 

Fitzgerald,  John  H Ky.,   1913.     F.   A.,    U     S.   A. 

Eraser,  Alexander  H Texas,  1908.     Air  Service,  Kelly  Field,  U.  S.  A. 

Died  in  the  Service  of  pneumonia,  Oct.  28, 
1918. 

Frazer,  Edward  J Texas,  1913.     344th  F.  A.,   90th  Div.     Detailed 

to  Air  Service  as  Aerial  Observer  in  First 
Provisional  Wing,  U.  S.  A. 

Fry,   Henry   P Tenn.,  1901.'  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Gallagher    John   C Va.,  1917.     1st  Pioneer  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Gannaway,  Walter  C Va.,  1912.     116th  Inf.,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Garland,  Herbert  G Va.,  1902.     55th  Pioneer  Inf.,  and  61st  Inf.,  5th 

Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Gatling    Peter  F    P Va.,  1918.     Staff  Officer,  M.  G.  Training  Centre, 

U.  S.  A. 

Geiger,  Henry  J Va.,  1902.  Chaplain,  51st  (Reg.)  Inf.,  6th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F.     (Continues  in  the  Service.) 

Gould,  Jr.,  William  T N.    Y.,    1918.      Air    Service,    A.    E.    F.      "First 

Honour"  at  Ground  School  at  Princeton  Uni- 
versity. Wearer  of  "Black  Bird"  and  2  gold 
"Vs." 

Grant    Charles   S Va.    (Special    Student,    1917-18).     Infantry,   U. 

S.  A. 

Graves    Sanford  P Tenn.,    1914.      Company   "C,"    306th    Engineers, 

81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Groover,   Carl Ga.,   1916.     Infantry,   U.    S.   A. 

Grove,  Arthur  A Va.,    1912.      M.    G.    Company,    116th    Inf.,    29th 

Div.,  A.   E.  F. 

Guthrie,  Milton  M Tenn.,  1912.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Slightly  wounded 

in  action  in  Picardy,  Spring  of  1918. 

Hagan,  John  M Va.,  1911.     Ordnance  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Hager    Richard    B Ky.,  1909.     115th  F.  A.,  30th  Div.     Later,  89th, 

37th,  32nd,  79th  and  33d  Divisions,  A.  E.  F. 
Haley,  Jr.,  William  A Va.,     1918.       Infantry,     89th     Div.,     A.     E.     F. 

Wounded  in  action. 

Hamlin,  Jr.,  James  T Va.,  1917.    F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Hathaway,  E.  T Okla.,  1915.     Air  Service.     Flight  Commander, 

90th   Aero  Squadron,   A.   E.  F.     Killed  when 

his  plane  fell,  June   25,   1918. 

Hill,  Thomas  L Kansas,   1906.     13th   F.  A.,   4th   Div.,   A.   E.   F. 

Hirst,    J.    Terry Va.,    1908.      Gas    Defense,    Chemical    Warfare 

Service.     Headquarters,   32nd   Div.,  A.   E.   F. 

With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Hock,  Conrad    Va.,  1918.     Infantry,   A.  E.  F. 

Hock,  Frederick  S Va.,  1915.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Horgan,  Charles  J Va.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Hudgins,  Robert  S Va.,  1905.     Motor  Transport  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Hull,    Richard    M Ga.,  1917.     4th  Inf.,  3d  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Severely 

wounded  in  action. 
Hunter,   Chapman  K Va.,    1918.      155th    Depot    Brigade,    Camp    Lee, 

U.   S.   A. 

Hunter,  Charles  E Va.,  1908.     48th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Hurt,   Shirley   R Va.,  1914.     Acting  Adjutant,  79th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A., 

at   Camp   Logan. 


TJ.  S.  Army:  First  Lieutenants  (Continued)  37 

Hutter,  James  L Va.,  1912.  Adjutant,  1st  Provisional  Develop- 
ment Regiment,  156th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp 
Sevier,  U.  S.  A. 

Jackson,  William  C Va.,  1911.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Jarman,  Emerson  W Va.,  1914.    Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Johnson,   William    R W.  Va.,   1907.     Headquarters,  32d   Division,   A. 

E.  F.      (Previously  323d  F.  A.) 

Johnson,    Wilton    R Va.,   1914.     Temporary   Commission    in   British 

Army  and  carried  a  battalion  of  Chinese 
labourers  from  China  to  France.  Then  re- 
turned to  U.  S.  and  commissioned  in  F.  A. 
1st  Lieutenant,  31Cth  F.  A.,  Instructor.  Later, 
transferred  to  Hdq.  Co.,  F.  A.,  R.  D.  Motor 
School.  Camp  Taylor,  in  command. 

Jones,    Bernard    JVI Va.,    1909.      155th    Depot    Brigade,    Camp    Lee, 

U.  S.  A.  Later,  sailed  in  command  of  Com- 
pany of  Replacements,  but  recalled,  Nov.  16, 
1918,  after  Armistice. 

Jones,  Catesby  Ap  C Va.,  1913.  3rd  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  in- 
jured by  his  horse  kicking  him  in  the  head. 
Many  months  in  Hospital  and  invalided 
home,  but  finally  recovered  and  returned  to 
duty.  Made  Chevalier,  Order  of  the  Crown, 
by  the  King  of  Belgium. 

Jones,   Charles  H N.  Y.,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Jones,  Jr.,  Thomas  G Ala.,  1908.     M.  G.  Co.,  326th  Inf.,  82d  Division, 

and,  later,  157th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Gor- 
don, U.  S.  A.  (He  did  not  go  overseas  be- 
cause of  an  attack  of  pneumonia.) 

Jones,  William  B Va.,    1916.      2nd    Trench    Mortar    Battalion,    A. 

E.  F. 

Jones,  William  Carleton Va.,  1910.     111th  F.  A.,  29th  Division  A.  E.  F. 

JoneSr  William  G Va.,    1919.      F.    A.,    Replacement    Depot,    Camp 

Jackson,  U.  S.  A. 
Kane,  Jr.,  Heniy  S Va.,  1910.     Ordnance  Corps,  U.  S.  A.    In  Service 

at  War  Dept. 

Keith,  Lucien    Va.,  1912.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Kimberly,  Clarke  0 Va.,   1915.     12th   F.   A.,   2d   Division,   A.    E.   F. 

Croix  de  Guerre. 

Knight,   Robert  W Ga.,  1913.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Knox,  Jr.,  Robert  W Texas,  1916.     C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lawson,   Joseph    S Va.,  1917.    47th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lee,  Henry  Fitzhugh   Va.,  1911.     60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Leftwich,  Lewis  C Texas,   1904.     U.   S.   A. 

Leggett,  William  B N.  J.,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lewis,  Jr.,  William  B N.  C.  1916.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lively,  Lewis  M Fla.,    1898.      Q.    M.    Dept.      (Ordnance    Corps), 

U.   S.  A. 

Lloyd,    Jr.,    Edward    D.  C,  1912.     U.  S.  A. 

Lunt,  Samuel  M Va.,    1915.      Air     Service.      Observer    of    Day 

Bombing  with  96th  Aero  Squadron,  A.  E.  F. 
Lutz,  Robert  S 111.,   1915.     107th    Engineers,   32d   Division.     A. 

E.  F. 

Macdonald,  Charles  G N.  Y.  1908.     Tank  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Maclean,   George   M Ga.,    1910.      Tank    Corps,    A.    E.    F.      Severely 

wounded   in  action. 

Madden,  Louis  J Texas,  1915.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Malone,  Jr.,  John  F N.  Y.,  1908.     86th  Aero  Squadron,  A.  E.  F. 


57204 


38  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Mansfield,  Jr.,  Charles  F 111.,  1913.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Marshall,   Adam   J W.  Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Mason,  Robert  Bruce N.   C,  1915.     M.   G.   Battalion,  2d   Brigade,   2d 

Division,  A.   E.    F. 

Massie,  Hope  W Va.,  1918.    119th  Inf.,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.    Killed 

on  patrol  duty  in  "No  Man's  Land,"  August 
6,  1918. 

Maxwell,  Edward  G Va.,  1915.  Signal  Officer,  317th  Inf.,  80th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F. ;  highly  commended  for  initia- 
tive and  courage  in  battle  by  his  regimental 
commander.  Col.  Kellar. 

Melton,  Waveriy  F Va.,    1919.     A.    S.,   A.    E.    F.     Hurt   flying    in 

France. 

Merrlam,  Jr.,  Lewis   D.  C,  1913.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Merry,   Howard   R Md,,  1915.     13th  Battalion^  Replacement  Troops, 

Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Miller,  Charles  G Va.,    1912.      301st    Field    Signal    Battery,    76th 

Div.,  A.   E.   F. 

Miller,  James  A Va.,  1914.     47th    (Reg.)    Inf.,  4th  Division,  A. 

E.  F.    Wounded  in  action  in  two  places,  July, 
1918,  and  again   Sept.,   1918. 

Miller,  Jr.,  John  Craig W.  Va.,  1916.     Engineers,  then  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Severely  wounded,   June,  1918,  near  Lucy-le- 
Bocage.     D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Miller,  Rush  F Va.,  1914.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Minnigerode,   John  H Md.,  1915.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Minnigerode    Karl  Va.,   1908.     129th   M.   G.    Battalion,   35th    Div., 

A.  E.  F. 

Minton,  Charles  A N.   Y.,   1909.     Acting   Captain,   Co.    "C,"    305th 

Inf.,  77th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Died  in  the  Service, 
Oct.  12,  1918,  in  France. 

Mitkiewics,    Eugene   de D.  C,  1896.     Staff,  U.  S.  A. 

Moore,    Lawrence   K Ohio,   1916.     Infantry,   U.   S.   A. 

Moore,  Lewis  Franklin Ala.,  1911.     73rd  Heavy  Artillery,  U.  S.  A. 

Morrison,  Henry  Terry   Va.,  1920.     50th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Moseley,  Thomas  S Va.,  1912.     Battery  "C,"  111th  F.  A.,  29th  Div., 

A.   E.  F. 

Munday,    Benton   F Mo.,  1915.     7th  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F.     With  Army 

of  Occupation  as  late  as  April,  1920. 

McClintock,  Alexander Ky.,  1913.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A.     Previously,  for 

two  years,  a  sergeant  in  the  British  Expedi- 
tionary Force,  and  several  times  severely 
wounded  and  gassed.  Awarded  the  D.  S.  O. 
by  King  George,  personally,  who  visited  him 
at  the  Hospital  in  London.  Author  of  an 
interesting  book  on  Trench  Warfare  as  prac- 
tised in  this  War.  Died  in  New  York,  June 
28,  1918,  frcm  the  effects  of  his  wounds  and 
hardships  in  France  where  he  had  served 
over  three  years. 

McCormick    Edward  L Va.,    1915.      155th   Depot    Brigade,    Camp    Lee, 

U.   S.  A. 
McCoy,  William  S Mo.,  1909.     355th  Inf.,  89th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Se- 
verely wounded  in  action  at  St.  Mihiel,  Sept. 
13,   1918. 

McCurdy    John  F Mo.,  1908.     Chemical  Warfare  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

McEntee.'  Jansen  A N.  Y.,  1912.     312th  P.  A.,  79th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

McFerren,  William    HI-.    1907.      Air    Service,    Balloon    Div.,    Aerial 

Observer,  A.  E.  F. 

McGee    Ralph  W Miss.,    1913.      312th    Ammunition    Train,    87th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 


U.  S.  Army:  First  Lieutenants  (Continued)  39 

McGill,  William  Mahone Va.,    1919.      Asst.    Camp    Personnel    Adjutant, 

Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

McHugh,  Jr.,  Chas.  A Va.,  1918.     35th  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

McKinney,  Samuel  A Va.,  1914.     Adjutant,  1st  Battalion,  116th  Inf.. 

29th    Div.,    A.    E.    F. 

McMenamin,    James    Va.,  1913.     111th  F.  A.,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

McNeil,   William    A Va.,  1898.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Nash,    Lloyd    N Texas,  1912.    Air  Service,  flying  in  Italy.    With 

the  British  in  France,  and  with  the  Ameri- 
cans at  Issoudun;  then  Instructor  at  l3- 
soudun. 

Nelson,  Jr.,  John  C Va.,  1918.  119th  Inf.,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Cap- 
tured by  the  Enemy  and  not  released  until 
Armistice    was    signed. 

Noell,  William  W Va.,  1918.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Nowlin,  Jr.,  J.  Christian Va.,    1913.      Co.    "L,"    30th    Inf.,    3d    Division, 

A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  action. 

Nowlin,  Robert  A Va.,  1910.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Owen,  William  O Va.,  1915.  61st  Inf.,  5th  Division,  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion,  A.  E.  F. 

Owens,  W.  Irvine Va.,  1919.     15th  M.  G.  Battalion,  9th  Brigade, 

5th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Served  in  all  the 
Engagements  participated  in  by  his  Divi- 
sion   after    July.    1918. 

Parker,  John  C Va.,  1914.  Pilot,  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Seri- 
ously injured  when  his  plane  fell. 

Parkerson,   Emmet    La.,    1916.      114th    Trench    Mortar    Battalion, 

39th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Parsons,  William  P Va.,  1915.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Pender,  Jr.,  John  R N.  C,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Penn,  William  J N.  C,  1909.     Motor  Transport,  A.  E.  F. 

Perkinson,  Thomas  R Va.,   1918.     60th  Brigade,   30th   Div.,  A.   E.  F. 

A.  D.  C.  to  Brig.  Genl.  Faison. 

Petty,  William  W W.  Va.,  1906.    Dental  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Phister,  Lawrence  H Ky.,  1906.  Infantry.  Later,  transferred  to  In- 
telligence Division,  U.  S.  A. 

Pierce,  Reid  M Va.,  1908.    Infantry,  A.  E.  F.    Slightly  wounded 

in  action. 

Pigue,    James    A Tenn.,    1905.      117th    Inf.,    30th    Div.,    A.    E.    F. 

Killed  in  action  on  the  Marne,  July  18,  1918. 
Rec'd.  in  U.  S.  M.  C,  previous  to  War,  3  Ser- 
vice Medals. 

Polack,  Rodney  W Pa.,  1908.     60th  Inf.,  5th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Killed 

in  action,  Oct.  14,  1918,  in  attack  on  Cunel, 
about  20  miles  from  Verdun,  by  sniper's 
bullet,  while  leading  his  company.  He  had 
gallantly  fought  at  the  head  of  his  men  at 
St.  Mihiel  and  the  Argonne. 

Potts,  Jr.,  Paul  M La.,  1917.     Air  Service.  Bomber,  A.  E.  F. 

Prentiss,  W.  Pearce Md.,  1914.     Supply  Officer,  7th  Battalion,  155th 

D.  B.  Commander,  Co.  "A,"  2nd  Devel.  Bat- 
talion, Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Purman,  Daniel  0 Pa.,  1904.    Engineers  (Q.  M.  Corps),  A.  E.  F. 

Quin.  Jr.,  Oliver  B Miss.,    1909.     Co.   "A,"    140th   M.   G.   Battalion, 

A.  E.  F. 

Handle,  Cole  T Texas,  1903.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Rankin,  George  I N.  Y.,  1910.     A.  E.  F.     Highly  commended  for 

gallantry  in  battle  of  Marne.  Instructor  in 
U.  S.  a  short  while  before  Armistice  was 
signed. 


40  ViEGixiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Reed,  Washington  Va.,   1912.     60th   Inf.,   5th   Division.,   A.   E.   P. 

Severely  wounded  in  action  near  Pont-a- 
Mousson,  Sept.  25,  1918.  Awarded  D.  S.  C, 
French  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Legion  of 
Honour  Cross. 

Rice,  Henry  J Tenn.,  1914.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Richards,  Walter  A Va.,  1913.     Co.  "G,"   326th  Inf.,   82nd  Div.,   A. 

E.  F.  Cited  by  his  Regimental  Commander 
for  great  gallantry,  and  promotion  recom- 
mended. Severely  wounded  in  action  in  the 
Argonne  Forest  advance,  Oct.  11,  1918;  six- 
teen operations  already  performed;  still  suf- 
fering from  M^ounds,  though  resumed  his 
profession.     D.   S.   C.   awarded  him. 

Ripley;  Daniel  H Texas,  1918.     35th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Riser,  G.  Seaman Ala.,  1914.     U.  S.  A. 

Robinson,  Warren  S Va.,  1911.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Rodman,  John  W Ky.,    1912.      149th    Inf.,    38th    Div.,   102nd    Inf., 

26th  Div.,  and  118th  Inf.,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 
With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Rohrbough,  Wendell  W W.   Va.,   1914.     U.   S.   A. 

Sanford,  William  V Tenn.,  1914.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Schillig,  Stephen    Miss..     1913.       C.     A.     Anti-Aircraft     Artillery 

Section,  A.  E.  F.  Battery  "A,"  1st  Battalion; 
later.  Battery  "C,"  2d  Battalion.  July,  1918, 
assigned  as  Instructor,  F.  A.  Sch,ool  at  Sau- 
mur,  France. 

Schwalb,  Allyn  H W.  Va.,  1917.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Searles,  Hugh  W Miss,   1909.     Q.   M.   Corps,  154th  Art.  Brigade. 

79th  Div.,  U.  S.  A.  (Applied  for  transfer 
to   Line.) 

Shotwell,   Randolph   K Va.,  1912.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Sitwell,  H.  C.  F Va.,   1919.     1st  Pioneer   Infantry,   A.   E.   F. 

Sive,   Abram   S W.  Va.,  1911.     Q.  M.  Corps  at  various  Camps 

U.  S.  A. 

Sllngluff,  Philip  D Md.,  1902.    Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Smith,    A.    McC Ala.,   1912.     167th   Inf.,   42nd    (Rainbow)    Div., 

A.   E.   F. 

Smith,  Breedlove   Texas,  1912.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Smith,  Myron  A Texas,  1912.     Q.  M.  Corps.  U.  S.  A. 

Smith,  Jr.,  Roy  B Va.,  1912.     53rd   Pioneer   Inf.,  A.   E.  F.     With 

Army  of  Occupation. 

Sneed,  John  L Va..  1898.    Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     (Construction 

Dept.) 

Spicer,  Rolf Mass.,  1917.     4th  Inf.,  Replacement  Regiment. 

Later,  157th  Depot  Brigade,  and  from  there 
to  Camp  Exchange  Headquarters,  U.  S.  A. 

Stacy,  John  L Miss.,  1914.     68th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Stark,  John  V Mo.,  1910.     Adjutant,  8rd  Battalion  140th  Inf., 

35th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  twice,  Sept. 
26th  and  29th,  1918,  at  battle  of  the  Marne,— 
lost  one  finger  of  right  hand. 

Steele,  Matthew  W Miss.,   1917.     48th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Taylor,  George  De  B Va.,    1913.     Air   Service.   TT.    S.   A. 

Thomas,  Newell  E Texas,  1910.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Thompson,  G.  Otho   Texas.  1918.    142nd  Inf.,  36th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Croix  de  Guerre. 

Thomson,  Robert  R Ky.,  1908.  3rd  Inf.  Replacement,  Camp  Gor- 
don, U.  S.  A. 


U.  S.  Army:  First  Lieutenants  (Continued)  41 

Tinsley,  Jr.,  James  W Va.,  1910.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Twltty  James   D Va.,  1901.     A.  E.  F. 

Utter,    Jasper    S Va.,   1903.     308th  Cavalry,  commanding   M.   G. 

Troop.      Later,     commanding     22nd    Trench 

Mortar  Battery,  U.  S.  A. 

Van  Meter,  Jacob  B Ky.,  1914.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Van  Sant,  James  A Ky.,  1918.     (A.  E.  F.)     41st  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.    With 

Army    of    Occupation.      Died    in    Service    in 

France,  Nov.  9,  1919. 
Van  Valkenburgh,  III,  Jos.  B.  Ala.,  1905.     U.   S.  A. 
Vaughan,  III,  Cecil  C Va.,  1916.     Adjutant,  2nd  Battalion,  116th  Inf., 

29th  Dlv.,  A.  E.  F. 
Wales,   3d,   William   H Va.,  1916.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     "First  Hon- 
our"   in    his    Class    at    Princeton    University 

Ground   School. 

Walker,    Alexander    S Texas,  1916.     55th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  Camp  Bowie. 

Walker,   Henri    Davin    Va.,    1911.     Aerial   Observer.     Later,   on    Staff, 

Major  Gen'l.   Harry  C.  Hale,  A.  E.  F. 

Warren,  Jr.,  Robert  H Ga.,  1916.     55th  Inf.,  7th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Watson,    Thomas    M Texas,  1918.     119th  Inf.,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Wayte,  Harold  C 111.,  1916.     63rd  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Wear,  William  D Texas,  1912.     132nd  M.  G.  Battalion,  36th  Div., 

A.  E.  F. 
Wellford,  Jr.,  Armistead  L...Va.,  1915.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 
Welton,  Jr.,  Richard  F Va.,  1915.     Intelligence  Officer,  3d  Battn.,  60th 

Inf.,  5th  Division,  A.   E.   F.     With  Army  of 

Occupation.     Cited  for  conspicuous  gallantry 

in  action  by  a  General  Officer. 

West,    Robert    G Texas,  1918.    F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Whaley,   Harry  E Va.,  1912.     A.  E.  F.   (10  months).     Med.  Corps, 

Eval.   Hosp.   Unit   35. 

White,   Eugene  T Texas,  1918.     10th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Wilklns,  Jr.,  Gilbert  H Va.,  1915.     Battery  "D,"  351st  F.  A.,  92d  Div., 

A.   E.  F. 

Williams,  Charles  F N.  Y.,  1898.    110th  Engineers,  35th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Williams,  Thomas  C Va.,  1915.     46th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Wilmer,    Thomas   W Va.,  1914.     19th  F.  A.,  5th  Div.,  and  Artillery 

Instructor,  A.  E.  F.     With  Army  of  Occupa- 
tion. 

Wilson,    Frederick   W Tenn.,   1905.     Infantry,   U.   S.   A. 

Wilson,  Leroy  C Md.,   1912.     Infantry   Instructor,   A.   E.   F.     In 

four    Engagements    with    British    Colonials. 

Three  months  in  Hospital,  and  then  invalided 

home. 

Wilson,   Scott    Mo.,  1910.     356th  Inf.,  89th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Winchester,    Thomas   H Ga.,  1906.     Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Wolfson,  William  L Fla.,  1906.     Medical  Corps,  64th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Woods,  Le  Grand  J Texas,    1914.     133rd   F.   A.,   61st   Brigade,   36th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 
Woolford,   Austin   W Va.,  1917.     307th  Inf.,  77th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Lost 

left  arm  in   drive  for  Aisne  River,  Sept.   4, 

1918.     Has  three  wound  stripes. 

Worrell,  Churchill  P Va.,  1915.     Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Worthington,   Jr.,  Thomas.  ..  Ala.,  1913.     108th  M.  O.  R.  S.,  33d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 
Wright,  Crispin    Va.,  1904.     Medical  Corps,  41st  Division,  164th 

Field  Hospital,  A.  E.  F.    Died  in  the  Service, 
Wright,  Saunders    Va.,    1911.      56th    Engineers,    301st    Stevedore 

Regiment,  76th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 


42  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Yancey,  William   B Va.,  1914.    M.  G.  Co.,  51st  Inf.,  6th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  slightly  in  action,  Sept.  15,  1918. 
Yates,  Jr.,  J.  William Va.,  1899.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.     Commanding 

882d  Aero  Squadron  from  Oct.  1,  1918. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 
[Note:      It  is  probable  that  some  of  these  Officers  were  promoted.] 

Acree    Vernon  D Va.,    1918.      41st    Infantry,    10th    Division,    U. 

S.    A. 

Adams,  J.  V Texas,  1922.     F.  A. 

Allen,  Joseph  C Texas,   1902.     U.   S.  A. 

Allison,   Parker  R Ariz.,  1920.    F.  A.  (Lt.  R.  C),  U.  S.  A. 

Alston,  Edwin  S Texas,  1914.     64th  Inf.,  7th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Alverson,  Henry  L Va.,  1918.     315th  Infantry,  79th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Andrews,   Harris   G Va.,  1913.     318th  Inf.,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Armistead,    Frederick  V Va.,  1918.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Armistead,  Moss  W Va.,  1916.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Armstrong,  William  D Va.,  1914.     25th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Atwill,  Charles  t Va.,  1905.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Austin,  Samuel  L 111.,   1920.     Air   Service,   Operation   Branch,  U. 

S.  A.  Promoted  from  Sergeant  in  the  29th 
Div.,  Hd.  Qrs.,  Troop.  Injury  in  airplane 
accident  prevented  his  going  overseas. 

Averill,   Henry    Va.,   1914.     U.   S.  A. 

Bailey,  Nathaniel  H Ga.,  1921.    U.  S,  A. 

Bancroft,    John    T Md.,  1917.     113th  Engineers,  38th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Barnard,  James  H Texas,  1918.     142nd  Infantry,  36th  Div.,  A.  E. 

F.  On  detached  service  at  University  of 
London  till  June  30,  1919. 

Beard,    Charles    G '. . .  W.  Va.,  1907.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Bellezza,    Russell    G N.  C,  1918.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Berry,  Jr..  Francis  W Va.,  1920.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Berry,  Jr.,  William  T Va.,  1917.  Asst.  Adjutant,  Headquarters,  Ad- 
vance Section,  M.  T.  C,  Cavalry  Section, 
U.  S.  A. 

Bigbee,  William  O Va.,  1915.     305th  Ammunition  Train,  80th  Div., 

A.   E.  F. 

Blair,  Alexander  H Va.,  1918.     Bat.  "B,"  36th  F.  A.,  12th  Div.,  U. 

S.  A.     Battery   Supply  and  Mess  Officer. 

Blow,    George    W HI.,  1917.     F.  A.,  Camp  Taylor,  U.  S.  A. 

Blum,   Albert   H Miss.,  1915.    Air  Service  Instructor,  Scott  Field, 

U.   S.   A. 

Bly,  Merwin  C Va.,  1920.  Air  Service.  Reserve  Military  Avia- 
tor, 

Bolen,  Charles  H Va.,  1918.     116th  Infantry,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Bonsai,   Hall    P Md.,  1921.     U.  S.  A. 

Borden,  Thomas  F N.  C,  1918.    C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Boykin,  Henley  P Va.,  1912.    U.  S.  A.    Assigned  as  Aide  to  Major 

E.  W.  Nichols,  Enginers,  U.  S.  A.,  at  V.  M.  I. 

Bradford,  John  R Fla.,  1918.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Brlggs,  Archer  K.... Va.,  1917.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Briggs,    William    H Ga.,  1915.     322nd  Inf.,  81st  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Brown,  Percy    Md.,  1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Bryan,   Edward   D N.  C.,   1916.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A.,   155th  D.  B., 

Camp  Lee. 

Burger,   Henry    I Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 


U.  S.  Army:  Second  Lieutenants  (Continued)  43 

Butler,   Percy   S Va.,  1918.     P.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Button,  Frank  W Ky.,    191G.       Instructor,    Machine-Guu    School, 

Fort  Hancock,   U.   S.   A. 

Campbell,    William    P Ark.,  1917.     F.   A.,  87th  Div.;    later,  with  91st 

Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Cantrell,  Charles  C Texas,  1918.  Staff,  Major  E.  W.  Nichols,  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  commanding  S.  A.  T.  C. 
at  V.  M.  I. 

Carneal,    Charles    W Va.,  1918.     Air  Service.     Pursuit   Pilot,   R.   C, 

U.    S.    A. 

Carter,  J.  Prescott Va.,  1919.  In  charge,  6th  Naval  Training  Dis- 
trict, U.  S.  A.,  at  University  of  Georgia. 

Chapin,  Jr.,  Cornelius  C Va.,  1916.     308th  Pioneer  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Clapp,  Robert  V Ohio,  1919.     Infantry   (Unattached),  U.  S.  A. 

Clarke,  Basil  M Ala.,  1914.  135th  Aero  Squadron,  Plying  Ob- 
server, A.  E.  P. 

Colburn,   Albert  E N.  H.,  1918.     Infantry,  Camp  Gordon,  U.  S.  A. 

Collins,  George  R sW.    Va.,   1911.     Battery   "F,"   351st   P.   A.,   92d 

Div.,  A.  E,  P. 

Collins,    Harold   M Va.,   1914.     A.    E.   P. 

Conrad,  George  Bryan ...Va.,    1919.      Infantry,    U.    S.    A.      Promoted    to 

1st  Lt.,  June,  1920. 

Converse,  Joseph  B Ala.,  1908.  Engineers,  Camp  Utilities,  Con- 
struction Division,  U.  S.  A. 

Corzelius,    Frank    M Ky.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A.     Promoted  to  1st 

Lt.,  June,   1920. 

Coulbourn,  Charles  B Va.,  1910.  Staff,  Major  E.  W.  Nichols,  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  Commanding  V.  M.  I.  S.  A. 
T.  C. 

Coulbourn,    Joseph    O Ala.,  1914.    Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Cox,    Jr.,   Ross    P Ga.,  1919.     U.S.A. 

Crittenden,  John  D Mo.,  1909.     165th  Inf.,  42nd  Div.,  A.  E.  P.     In 

actions  of  Luneville,  Baccarat,  Chateau 
Thierry  and  Champagne. 

Gumming,  Jr.,  Hugh  S Va.,  1921.     C.  A.,   U.   S.  Reserve  Corps. 

Curtis,  Douglas  C Va.,  1918.     P.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Cutchins,   Frank    Va.,  1914.     309th  Engineers,  84th  Div.,  A.  E.  P. 

Died  in  the  Service  in  France  of  pneumonia, 

Dec.   26,  1918. 

Davant,  Charles  R Va.,   1911.     A.   E.   P. 

Davis,  James  K Pa.,  1921.     U.  S.  A. 

Davis,    Ronald    L La.,    1918.      Air    Service,    U.    S.    A. 

De  Cew,  Llewellyn   Hawaii,  1919.    Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

De   Graff,   DeLancy   A N.  Y.,  1916.     Battery  "E,"  16th  P.  A.,  4th  Div., 

A.  E.  P. 
Derbyshire,    George    A Va.,  1899.    U.S.A.    Retired.    Ordered  to  active 

service  as  Commandant  of  Cadets,   V.  M.   I. 

Dew,  Thomas  R Va.,  1919.     12th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Dickens,   Frank   A Va.,  1914.     U.  S.  A. 

Dickson,    Horace   K Va.,   1914.     Infantry,   U.    S.   A. 

Dishman,    Charles    H Ky..    1913.      M.    G.    Company,    149th    Inf.,    38th 

Division,   A.   E.   P. 

Dodd,  Randell  S Mo.,  1912.     A.  G.  Dept.,  U.  S.  A. 


44  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Douglas,  Thomas  B 111.,  1922.    Infantry,  U,  S.  A.    Assigned  to  Ann 

Arbor,  Mich.,  Training  School.  Transferred 
to  Co.  13,  Univ.  of  Mich.  S.  A.  T.  C.  as  sec- 
ond in  command.  Ist-Sergeant,  Co.  "A," 
Corps  Cadets,  V.  M.  I.,  1920-21. 

Downing,  Leslie  B Va.,   1919.     U,   S.   A. 

Doyle,  Robert  E Va.,  1909.     U.  S.  A.,  R.  C. 

Duff,   Joseph   E Va.,  1914.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Duffy.  Frank  L Ky.,  1911.     349th  P.  A.,  92d  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Duncan,  Paul  H Va.,    1916.      1st    Development    Battalion,    155th 

Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Easley    Richard  B Va.,  1915.    Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Echols,  Charles  L Va.,  1917,  4th  P.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Echols,  Joseph  -t. Va.,  1918.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Echols,  Marion  P Va.,   1919.     U.   S.   A. 

Edwards,    Augustus    D Texas,    1918.      71st    F.    A.,    U.    S.    A.      Brigade 

Radio  Officer,  24th  P.  A.  Brigade,  Headquar- 
ters. 

EUyson,  Robert  W Va.,  1915.  Asst.*  Adjt.,  17th  Battalion,  Infan- 
try Replacement  and  Training  Camp,  at 
Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Engleby,  George  B Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Epes,  William  J Va.,  1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Eva,  Victor   F Minn.,  1920.     69th  P.  A.,  Battery  "D,"  Del  Rio, 

Texas,  and  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 

Ewell    Jesse  R Va.,  1917.    Ordnance  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Ewing,  Jr.,  Robert    La.,  1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Ewing,  Toulmin  H La.,  1917.     P.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Paison,  Preston  K N.  C,  1917.  60th  Inf.,  5th  Div.,  A.  E.  P.  Se- 
verely wounded  in  action,  Sept.  16,  1918,  at 
Bois-de-Bon,   Vaux,    St.    Mihiel   Offiensive. 

Fletcher.  Marshall  P Va.,  1914.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

Foy,  Levie  W Ala.,  1918,     51st  Infantry,  6th  Div.,  A.  E.  P. 

Prary    Charles  C Pla.,  1914.    Casual  Detachment,  Infantry,  Camp 

Mills,   U.   S.   A. 

Prary,  Rodney  W Pla.,  1917.     M.  G.  Company,  U.  S.  A. 

Fraser,  Douglas  M Texas,  1910.     Air  Service,   U.  S.  A. 

Fraser,  Malcolm  W N.  Y.,  1921.  Infantry,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A.  (Form- 
erly in  Air  Service.) 

Freeman,  Jr.,  Edward  W Ark.,  1921.     Infantry,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A. 

Friedman,  Robert  H Va.,  1916.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Gardenhire,  Birch  C Tenn.,  1895.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Gardner,  James    Ga.,  1911.     52nd  Inf.,  6th  Div.,  A.  E.  P. 

Garnett,   Jr.,   Joseph    H Texas,  1910.     Air  Service  Instructor,  Ellington 

Field,  Q.  S.  A.  Severely  hurt  when  his  plane 
fell  nearly  600  feet. 

Gary,  Barham  B Va.,  1919.     U.  S.  A.,  R.  C. 

Gatewood,   Arthur   R Va.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Gfttzen,  Thompson  H Pla.,  1914.     13th  P.  A.,  4th  Div.,  A.  E.  P. 

Gillespie,   Victor   R Va.,  1916.     P.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Gillet,  J.  N.  D Va.,  1916.  Staff,  Major  E.  W.  Nichols,  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  Commanding  V.  M.  I.  S.  A. 
T.  C. 

Glenn,   William  R N.   C,   1920.     308th  Battalion,   Tank  Corps,   U. 

S.  A.  (Rose  from  the  ranks  after  19  months' 
training.) 

Goldsmith,  H.  C N.  J.,  1920.     U.  S.  A. 

Goodman,  Willard  G ill.,    1918.     Air   Service,   U.    S.   A.    (Signal   Re 

serve  Corps.) 


U.  S.  Army:  Secoxd  Lieutenants  (Continued)  45 

Graves,  Henry  L, Ga.,  1907.     Air  Service,  U.   S.  A.     On  duty  at 

various   Training  Schools  as   Instructor. 

Gregory,   William    K Ky.,  1912.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Grey,  Jr.,  James  P Tenn.,  1913.     U.  S.  Aviation  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

First    among     the     Red     Cross    workers    in 

France  in  1914 

Guest,  John  L. Va.,    1918.     F.   A.,   U.    S.    A. 

Hafter,  Jerome  S Miss.,    1915.      Battery    "E,"    30th    F.    A.,    10th 

Div.,  U.  S.  A. 
Hamlin,  Jr.,  Thomas    Va.,  1909.    Light  Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F.    Slightly 

wounded   in   action   in   Argonne   Forest,   Oct 

10,    1918,    and    promoted    from    Sergeant    to 

2nd  Lieutenant  for  gallantry. 

Harmon,   Lawrence   W N.  Y.,  1916.     A.  E.  F. 

Harris,  Herbert  W Va.,    1912.      Supply   Off.,   316th    Service    Battn., 

later,  Personal  Officer,  Camp  Mills,  U.  S.  A. 

Harrison,    Lucius   A Va.,  1918.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Hart,  Jr.,  J.   Brower La.,  1914.     U.  S.  A. 

Hawkins,    Chilton    T W.  Va.,   1918.     M.   G.   Company,  U.   S.  A. 

Hayes,  Ross  H Ga.,  1916.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

Healy,  John  H Va.,  1916.     Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Henshaw,  F.  R Ind.,   1921.     U.   S.  A. 

Hicks,    Hassel    T Va.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Hill,    Luther    L Ala.,    1916.      U.    S.    A.      Promoted    to    1st    Lt., 

June,  1920. 
Holt,   Jr.,   Henry   Ys^ Va.,    1917.     U.    S.   A.    (Later   promoted   to   1st 

Lt.) 

Hughes,   Gregory   W Va.,  1918.     Infantry,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Hughes,  John  B Va.,  1917.     U.  S.  A. 

Hughes,  Rozier  P Mo.,  1913.     U.  S.  A. 

Hunt,  R.  G Va.,   1923.     U.   S.   A.      (1st   Corporal   V.   M,    I., 

1920-21.) 

Inglesby,  Francis  J S.  C,  1898.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Ingram,  Sylvanus  L Va.,  1918.    Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Jackson,  Charles  R Va.,  1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Jeffries,    Francis    C Va.,  ^1918.     F.   A.,   U.   S.   A. 

Jenkins,    Elmer    M Va.,'l919.     31st   Infantry,   U.    S.    (Siberia.) 

Jerman,  William   B; N.  C;  1909.     388th  Infantry,  97th  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Jernigin,  Russell  C Texas,   1919.     Infantry,   U.   S.   A. 

Jessee,  Joshua  E Va.,  1913.     Infantry    U.  S.  A. 

Johnson,  S.  Ladd Va.,  1915.     116th  Infantry,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Johnston,  Francis  B Mich.,  1911.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Jones,  Charles  P Ala.,   1919.     U.   S.  A. 

Jones,  Fitzhugh  B Va.,  1918.     U.  S.  A. 

Jones,  Harry  T Va.,  1908.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Jordan,  James  E Va.,  1915.     Headquarters  Company,  115th  Inf., 

29th   Div.,   A.  E.   F. 

Jordan,  S.  H.  Pope   W.  Va.,  1914.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Julian,    Leo    S Fla.,    1912.      U.    S.    A.  ~ 

Keerans,  Jr.,  Charles  L N.  C,  1920,  U.  S.  A. 

Keith,   A.   A.   Morson Va.,   1911.     Air   Service,   U.   S.   A. 

Kellogg,    Kemper    L    Va.,   1919.     Air  Service,  A.   E.   P.     Cadet  Cap- 
tain at  Princeton   Ground   School. 
Kimberly,  Jr.,  John  B Va.,    1917.      305th     Ammunition     Train,    343rd 

F.   A.,   90th   Div.,   306th   Ammunition   Train, 

81st   Div.,   A.    E.    F. 
Kirkpatrick,   James    D Ala,    1913.      Air    Service.      Fighting    Pilot    of 

Pursuit  Squadron,  U.  S.  A. 


46  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Knapp,  Frederick  D Va.,  1919.    F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Kuykendall    James  E W.  Va.,  1914.    347th  Inf.,  87th  Div.,  then  162nd 

Inf.,  41st  Div.,  and  finally  M.  G.  Co.  of  312th 

Inf.,  78th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Lacy,  Seddon  C. Va.,  1920.    Infantry,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Ladd',  Arthur  K Texas,   1909.     F.   A.,   U.    S.   A.     Instructor   In 

Aerial  Gunnery,  at  Fort  Sill,  Okla. 

Lafferty,  Edgar  R Va..  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Land,  Langley   P Va.,    1919.      355th    Aero    Squadron    and    then 

609th  Aero  Squadron,  U.  S.  A. 

Lathrop    Charles  P Va.,  1908.    Motor  Transport  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Lee,  Richard  Va.,    1918.      U.    S.    A. 

Look,  Frederick  W N.  Y.,  1914.     Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

Loop,  Chester  H Tenn.,  1905.     U.  S.  A. 

Loop,  John  E Tenn.,  1907.     25th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lowery,  William  T Va.,    1915.      U.    S.    A. 

Lowry,  Loper  B Fla.,  1911.     Grad.,  U.  S.  M.  A.,  June,  1920. 

Lowry,   Robert  A Ky.,   1909.     Engineers,  U.   S.  A. 

Lum,  Robert  E S.   Dakota,   1918.     Air   Service,   U.    S.   A.     1st 

Lt,  A.  S.,  R.  C,  when  discharged. 
Lynch,  James  B Va.,    1913.      155th    Depot   Brigade,    Camp    Lee, 

U.  S.  A. 
Mann,  D.  M.  B Va.,    1914.     80th    Div.,   Camp   Lee,   and,    later, 

H.   Q.   Troop,   9th    Div.,   at   Camp    Sheridan, 

U.    S.    A. 

Mantor,  Lawrence   Texas,   1921.     Tank  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

Mantor,  Mayhew   Texas,  1918,  Infantry,  Camp  Pike,  U.  S.  A. 

Marshall,  Peyton  J Va.,    1918.      F.    A.    Replacement    Depot,    Camp 

Jackson,  later.  Fort  Sill,  Okla. 

Martin,  Frank  K.  H Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A, 

Martin,'  James  G Va.,    1909.     Infantry,   U.   S.   A. 

Maverick,  Maury   Texas,   1916".     Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

May,  Hubert  D W.  Va.,  1909.     145th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Metcalfe,  Willis  R Miss.,  1918.     Infantry,  Camp  Grant,  U.  S.  A. 

Mettenheimer,  John  M Texas,  1918.     Detailed  to  V.  M.  I.  as  Aide  to 

Commanding   Officer,    S.    A.   T.   C,    U.   S.   A. 

(Maj.  E.  W.  Nichols.) 

Michie,  H.  Norwood   N.  C,  1918.    Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Minis,  Carol  E Ga.,   1909.     Engineers,   U.   S.   A. 

Moore,  Alonzo  H Okla.,  1918.     334th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Moorei  Jr.,  Warner  Va.,  1915.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Morris,  Eugene  P HI-,  1907.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Morrison    Lawrence  P Mo.,  1911.     Bomber,  Air  Service,  U.   S.  A. 

Morrow,  Guy  H N.  J.,  1913.     310th  Infantry,  78th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Munce,  Marshall  G Va.,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

McAnerney,    2d,   John    N.   Y.,    1917.      107th    Inf.,   27th   Div.,   A.    E.    F. 

Severely  wounded, — lost  an  eye  in  action. 
McCauley,  John  W Texas,    1918.      Aide-de-Camp    to    Commanding 

Officer,  S.   A.  T.  C,  V.  M.  I. 

McClellan,  Robert  P Texas,  1912.     132iid  F.  A.,  36th  Div.,  A.   E.  F. 

McClellan,  Robert  W Tenn.,  1909.     U.  S.  A. 

McClevy,    W.    W Va.,    1913.      Infantry,    U.    S.    A. 

McCormick,  James  R Va.,  1914.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

McDonough,  Joseph  A Va.,  1921.     Infantiy,  U.  S.  A. 

McDowell,    James    Va..  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

McGiffert,  Stephen  Y Minn.,   1917.     Co.   H.   319th   Inf.,   80th   Div.,   A. 

E.    F.     Severely   wounded   in   action,    Oct.    4, 

1918,    at   Bois-des-Ogons,     Nantillois,    France, 

and  in  Hospital  till  Spring  of  1919. 
McLeod,  Frank  H S.  C,  1914.     516th  Pioneer  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 


U.  S.  Army:  Second  Lieutenants  (Continued)  47 

McNeily,    John    S Miss.,  1915.     317th  Inf.,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Nabors,   Clarence    D Texas,    1912.      U.    S.    A. 

Newburger,    Berthold    J Mo.,  1918.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Nichols,   Clive   McK 111.,   1902.     Infantry,  U.   S.   A. 

Nicolson,   Robert    E N.   C,   1916.     C.   A.,  U.   S.   A. 

Nock,   Jr.,   L.   Floyd    Va.,  1918.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Noell,    Shirley  W Va.,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Owen,  Jr.,   Archie  A Va.,  1913.     Personnel  Adjt.  at  Leave  Area,  A. 

E.  F.  In  all  actions  of  his  unit,  Sept.-Nov., 
1918.     With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Owen,    Evan    I Va.,  1914.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Owen,  Robert  A Va.,    1905.     F.    A.      School    of   Fire,    Fort   Sill, 

Okla. 

Page,  Reid  A N.  C,   1915.     Q.  M.  Corps,  U.   S.  A. 

Parsons,  A.  Morris Texas,  1917.     U.  S.  A. 

Patterson,  Richard  K.  M Va.,  1918,  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Paul,    Seymour     Va.,  1907.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Paxton,    Matthew   W Mo.,   1910.     Infantry,   U.   S.   A. 

Peebles,  Charles  W Va.,   1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Percivall,   Joseph   J Va.,   1908.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Pickett,  3d,  George  E Va.,  1916.  Q.  M.  Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  in- 
jured while  on  duty.  In  Hospital  as  late 
as  Feb.,   1920. 

Potts,   Thomas   R Va.,    1918.      Air    Service,    A.    E.    F.      Pilot    in 

Combat  Squadron,  "1st  Honour"  in  his  Class 
at    Princeton    University    Ground    School. 

Powell.    Mathew   J Va.,  1911.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Quentin,  Herman  P Colo.,  1913.     63rd   (Reg.)   Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Ramsey,  D.  F Ky.,  1919.  66th  Casual  Co.,  162nd  Depot  Bri- 
gade, Camp  Pike,  U.  S.  A. 

Reilley,    Maurice    E N.  C,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Rheutan,  Donald  E Va.,   1917.     10th  F.  A.,  3d   Div.,  A.   E.  F.     1st 

Battalion    Radio    Officer. 

Rhudy,    James    T Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  R.  C,  Nov.  2,  1919. 

Rich,  Arnold  H Va.,  1916.  313th  M.  G.  Battalion,  80th  Divi- 
sion, A.  E.  F. 

Rising,  John  D 111.,  1918.     49th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Roane,  Thomas  W Va.,  1919.  Supply  Officer,  3rd  Battalion,  Head- 
quarters, Infantry  Replacement  and  Train- 
ing Troops,  Camp  Grant,  U.  S.  A.  Dis- 
charged, Oct.  27,   1919. 

Roberts,  Alfred  E La.,  1920.     C.  A.  C,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A. 

Robertson,  Jr.,  Robert  G Va.,  1918.  Supply  Officer,  12th  Training  Bat- 
talion, 161st  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Grant, 
U.  S.  A. 

Rogers,  Edward  B Va.,   1918.     Air   Service,   Military   Aeronautics, 

U.  S.  A. 

Rogers,    Wadsworth    W Mich.,  1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Roller,   John   E Va.,  1913.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Rosenberger,  Holmes  G Va.,    1921.     Co.    E,    3d    Infantry,    Replacement 

Regt.,  U.   S.  A.,  Camp  Gordon. 

Rountree,   Andrew  J Ga.,  1915.     C.  A.  Aerial  Observer,  A.  E.  F. 

Ruffin,  Thomas  E Va.,    1919.     U.    S.    A. 

Sams,  R.  Troy Tenn.,  1911.     Transferred  from  Air  Service  to 

Infantry,  M.  G.  Corps  (unassigned),  U.  S.  A. 
Service  at  various  Flying  Fields  and  with 
Savage  Arms  Corporation,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Sansberry,  James  C Ind.,  1916.  Assigned  as  Aide-de-Camp  to  Com- 
manding Officer,  V.  M.  I.  S.  A.  T.  C,  U.  S.  A. 


48  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Schlegel,  Frank  E Va.,    1917.      60th    Inf.,    5th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

Slightly  wounded  in  action  in  France,  1918, 
after  being  transferred  to  3d  Division. 

Schriver,   Zany  J Tenn.,  1911.     63rd  Inf..  U.  S.  A. 

Scudder,    Irvine   C .Miss.,  1918.    34th  Inf.,  7th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.   Recom- 
mended for  D.  S.  C. 

Semmes,  B.  W.  Lewis Va.,  1918.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Semple,    Samuel    M Pa.,    1918.      Asst.    Personnel    Adjutant,    Army 

Service  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Shadle,  Harold  B W.  Va.,  1917.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.     With  Air 

Craft  Production  Board. 

Shields,  William   R Va.,  1905.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A.     Depot  Replace- 
ment Camps    (Lee,  Cody  and  Shelby). 

Skiles,   Llovd   A Texas,  1915.    Q.  M.  Corps,  Motor  Supply  Troop, 

90th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Slauson,  Frederick  C.  T Conn.,   1915.     Air   Service,   A.   E.   F.     Bombing 

Pilot. 

Smith,    Dudley   V Texas,  1919.     Artillery,  R.  C,  U.   S.  A. 

Smith,  Jr.,  Mortimer  W W.  Va.,   1915.     Engineers,  U.   S.   A.     On    Staff, 

Col.  Wilbur  Willing,  later,  with  Post  Com- 
mander,   Ft.    Benjamin    Harrison. 

Smith,  Russell  M 111.,    1920.      Aviation    Service,    U.    S.    A.,    Kelly 

Field. 

Smith,    Thomas    Chilton Ala.,    1915.      Battery    "D,"    57th    C.    A.    C,    A. 

E.    F. 

Smith,  Jr.,  Thomas  O Ala.,  1912.     106th   Supply  Train,   31st  Div.,   A. 

E.  F. 

Speed,  Jr.,  William  G Md.,   1918.     Air   Service.     Instructor   at   Kelly 

Field.  Later,  on  account  of  serious  injury 
received  in  line  of  duty,  assigned  to  Bu- 
reau of  Army  Aeronautics,  U.  S.  A.  (Crip- 
pled for  life  in  aeroplane  crash.) 

Sprague  Henry  H N.  Y.,  1906.     Adj't,   Ellington   Field,   A.   S. 

Springs,  Eli  B N.  C,  1914.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Squire,  J.   Walter    Va.,  1917.     816th  Pioneer  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Stalling,  Jr.,  Gustav  H Va.,  1917.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Stevens,   Cecil   W Va.,  1910.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Stevens,   Jr.,   George  W Va.,   1911.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Taliaferro,   John   M Va.,   1914.     U.    S.   A. 

Taylor,  David  A Ohio,   1919.     U.  S.  A. 

Taylor,  John  Hume Va.,  1920.     Instructor,  S.  A.  T.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  at 

University  of  N.  C. 

Taylor,  John  T Va.,  1909.     72nd   Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Thornton,    A.   Leslie Va.,    1917.      Air    Service,    U.    S.    A. 

Thraves,  Oscar  R Va.,  1909.     F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Throckmorton,  Richard  W...Okla.,  1918.     155th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee, 

U.  S.  A. 

Towers,  Robert  S Fla.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Truslow,  Hansford  B Va.,  1918.     13th  F.  A.,  U.  S.   A. 

Tucker,  Jr.,  Charles  M Va.,  1919.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

Tucker,  Isaac  D Va.,   1919.     U.    S.   A. 

Tynes,  William  F Ala.,    1916.      Air    Service,    Fighting    Flyer,    A. 

E.    F. 

Van  Dyke,  Wilson  J Md.,  1918.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Wallis,  S.  Teackle   D.  C,  lJ-19.     Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

Watson.   William    W N.   C,   1918.      (Reg.)    Infantry,  U.   S.   A. 

Webb,  Jr.,  Henry  H Calif.,  1919.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     Lost  arm 

in  line  of  duty. 

Weldman,  Frank  A Pa.,   1913.     F.    A.,   U.   S.   A. 


U.  S.  Army:  Second  Lieutenants  (Continued)  49 

West,   Robert   A Va.,    1912.      446th    Detacliment    of    Engineers, 

A.  E.  F. 

West,  Thomas  Seaton  (For- 
merly T.  Seaton  Wilson) ..  Va.,  1910.     M.  G.  Co.,  Camp  Hancock,  U,  S.  A. 

Wheeler,  Carnall   Okla.,  1909.     S.  0.,  3(1  Reg.,  A.  S.  S.  C,  Waco, 

Texas;  C.  O.,  G8th  Squadron,  (H.  Q.),  Field 
2,  Garden  City,  N.  Y.  After  War,  Construc- 
tion  Engineer,  Muskogee,   Okla. 

Whltefield,  W.  Irvine  Va.,  1911.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Wickham,   George  B Va.,  1908.     U.  S.  A. 

Williams,   Elmer   B Tenn.,  1920.     F.  A.,  Camp  Taylor,  U.  S.  A. 

Williams,  Jr.,  John  W Va.,  1918.     163d  Squadron,  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

V  Fighting   Observer.      Assigned    to    Day    Bom- 

bardment on  arrival  overseas.  Arrived  at 
front,  Nov.  5,  1918.  Participated  for  six 
days  in  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive. 

Williams,  Lawrence  M Ark,  1917.     Cavalry,   U.  S.  A. 

Williams,    Philip    Va.,  1908.     Air  Service,  Pilot,  U.  S.  A.     Distin- 
guished record. 

Williams,  Robert  M Va.,   1913.     52nd  Pioneer  Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

Williams,  Winthrop  T Mo.,  1920.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Williamson,  Jr.,  Robert  B..  .  .  Va.,  1919.     Artillery,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A 

Wood,  John   W Tenn.,  1917.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Wylie,  Robert  H W.  Va.,  1920.     U.  S.  A. 

Yancey,  Henry  A Va.,  1919.     328th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Yancey,  TTiomas  M Va.,  1914.     C.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Zea,  Frank  E Va.,   1916.     Infantry   Instructor  at  Camp   Gor- 
don, TT.  S.  A. 


50  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

U.  S.  MARINE  CORPS. 

MAJORS. 

Kingman,  Matthew  H Iowa,  1913.     A.  E.  F.    Wounded  in  action.    Re- 
ceived Croix  de   Guerre  witli,  Palm. 

Lee,  Sydney  Smith   Va.,  1903. 

McConnell,  Frederick  C Ala.,  1902.     A.  E.  F, 

Upshur,  William   P Va.,  1902.     A.  E.  F. 

CAPTAINS. 

(The  following  thirteen  Captains  were    commissioned  Majors,  but  their 
Commissions  were  revoked  later:] 

Bain,  James  M Va.,  1915. 

Brewster,  J.  E N.  Y.,  1916. 

Davis,   James   E Va.,  1915. 

Denham,  James   L D.  C,  1910.     A.  E.  F. 

Gait,  Jr.,  i^lexander Md.,   1914. 

Geyer,  Jr.,   Peter  C Canal  Zone,  1916. 

Griffin,   Raphael    Va.,  1915. 

Hamner,   George   C D.  C,  1910. 

Howard,   Samuel   L D.  C,  1912.     A.  E.  F. 

Karow,  Gustav Ga.,  1916.     Died  in  the  Service. 

Leech,  Lloyd  L Va.,  1913. 

Lloyd,  Egbert  T D.  C,  1912.     A.  E.  F. 

Watt,   Gordon    La..  1915. 

j 
[The  above  officers  head  the  list  of  Captains,  U.  S.  M.  Corps.     Additional 
Captains  follow:] 

Brown,   Campbell   H Tenn.,  1917.     A.  E.  F. 

Burks,  Jesse  J Va.,  1916. 

Clarke,  Jr.,   Frederick  W.    . .  Ga.,  1917.    A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  twice  in  action.  Awarded  the  Croix 
de  Guerre  with  Silver  Star.  Recommended 
for  the  D.  S.  C. 

Clement,  William   T Va.,  1914. 

Gumming,  Samuel  C Va.,  1917.     A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  in  action.  Awarded  the  Croix  de 
Guerre  with  two  Silver  Stars. 

Etheridge,   Charles  A Va.,  1915.     A.   E.  F.     Wounded  in  action,  and 

very  highly  commended  for  gallantry. 

Evans,   Robert  D Va.,  1914. 

Fugate,   Jr.,   Jesse   H Va.,   191G.     Died    in   the   Service   at    Santiago, 

D.  R.,  Jan.  9,  1919. 
Goodman,  Benjamin  A Va.,  1917.     A.  E.   F.     Wounded  in  action.     Se- 
lected to  command  the  U.   S.  M.  Corps  Sec- 
tion of  S.  A.  T.  C.  at  the  V.  M.  L 

Hagan,  Joseph  Addison Va.,   1916.     A.   E.   F. 

Severely  wounded  in  action  and  disabled  for 
life.  Cited  for  gallantry.  Retired  for  phy- 
sical disability  in  the  line  of  duty.  Recom- 
mended for  "Medal  of  Honour." 

Hart.  Jack  S  Texas.  1917.     A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  twice  in  action  and  seriously  gassed. 
Awarded  "Medal  of  Honour,"  D.  S.  C,  Croix 
de  Guerre  with  Palm,  and  Navy  Cross. 


U.  S.  M.  Corps:  Captains  (Cont'd) — First  Lieutenants        51 

Lockhart,  George  B Va.,   1917.     A.   E.  F.     Wounded   and  gassed  in 

action. 

Mason,  Jr.,  Horatio  P Va.,    1917.       A.    E.    F.       Wounded    in    action. 

Awarded  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Massie,  Nathaniel  H Va.,   1916.     A.  E.  F. 

Awarded  tlie  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Silver  Star. 
Selected  to  Avrite  the  history  of  his  Battalion 
which  duty  he  performed. 

Millner,  Bruce  J Va.,  1916. 

Mills,  Jr.,  Morgan  R Va.,  1917.  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action.  Award- 
ed the  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 

Munce,  George  G Va.,  1914.  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action.  Award- 
ed the  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 

McCormick,  William  H Md.,  1912.     A.  E.  F. 

McLean,   James   D Va.,  1915.     A.  E.  F. 

Nash.  Charles  P W.  Va.,  1917.  A.  E.  F.  Attached  to  Air  Ser- 
vice Section.  Shot  down  with  his  Plane  from 
a  height  of  over  2,000  feet.  Lost  an  arm  and 
made  prisoner  of  War.  Awarded  the  D.  S. 
C.  for  gaUantry  in  the  Air  and  promoted  to 
'■  Captain. 

Nelms,  James  A Va.,  1917.  A.  E.  F.  Cited  for  gallantry  in  ac- 
tion and  recommended  for  the  grade  of 
Major.  Awarded  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Gilt 
Star. 

Old,   Jr.,   NImmo    Va.,  1916. 

Pendleton.  Robert  S Va.,  1917. 

Perkinson,  Allan  C Va.,  1914.     A.  E.  F.     Wounded  twice  in  action. 

Awarded   the   Croix  de   Guerr&— the  first  V. 

M.  I.  Marine  to  be  decorated  for  conspicuous 

gallantry. 
Robinson,  Fielding  S Va.,  1917.     A.  E.  F.     Attached  to  Staff  of  Maj. 

Gen.  Harbord.    Awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 
Shepherd,  Jr.,  Lemuel  C.   ...Va.,   1917.     A.  E.  F.     Wounded  three  times  in 

action.     Awarded  the  D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de 

Guerre  with  Palm,  and,  later,  the  Navy  Cross. 

Spotts,   George  W Va.,  1914. 

Ward,  Joseph  G Va.,  1917. 

Whiting,  Thomas  S Va.,    1917.      A.    E.    F.       Wounded    in    action. 

Awarded  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 
Willcox,  Charles  S Va.,  1917. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 


Armstrong,   Anthony   G Va.,  1909. 

Carr,  Allen  P Texas,   1915. 

De  Butts,  Henry  A Va.,   191G.     Graduated   at   2nd   Training  School 

at  Quantico  with  first  honours  of  his  Com- 
pany and  the  2nd  honour  of  the  entire  School 
of  450  men. 

Emery,   Nathaniel  W Va.,  1912. 

Goodwin,   Weir   R Va.,  1917. 

Herman.  Stanley  S Va.,  1918. 

James,  Raymond  P Va.,  1918. 

Leech,  James  C Va.,  1921  Returned  to  V.  M.  I.  after  Armis- 
tice. 

McClellan,  John  M Va.,  1916.  Killed  in  action  in  France.  Award- 
ed Croix  de  Guerre    (posthumously). 


52  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record    ■ 

Stevenson,  Merile  H W.  Va.,  1917. 

Taylor,  James   M Va.,  1918.  A.  E.  F.    (Siberia.) 

Witt,  Jr.,  S.  B Va.,  1918. 

Woodward,  C.  D Ga.,  1919. 

SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

Barnes.   Robert   E W.  Va.,  1919. 

Gary,  Jr.,  T.  Archibald    Va.,  1918. 

Church,  John  F Ohio,  1918. 

David,  Robert  F Va.,  1917. 

Howard,   Hugh   M D.  C,  1302.    Retired.- 

Malsberger,  August  H.    .....Ohio,  1912. 

Murphy,  Richard  W Ala.,  1916.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Norton,  Cleveland  H N.  C,  1904. 

Patton,  Jr.,  John  M Va.,  1914. 

Puller,   Lewis   B Va.,  1921. 

Robinson,   Saunders   L Pa.,  1921. 

Sewell,   Houston   P Va.,  1914. 

Sizer,  Jr.,  James  B Tenn.,   1918. 

Somers,  Vernon  L Va.,  1915.     Killed  in  action  in  France.     Award- 
ed, posthumously,  the  D.  S.  C.  and  the  Navy  ^ 
Cross. 

Sullivan,   Melville   E Va.,  1917.    Pilot,  Air  Service,  U.  S.  M.  C.    Killed 

by  fall  of  his  Plane,  May  7,  1918. 

Terrell.  T.  F.  King   Va.,  1919. 


U.  S.  Navy:  Medical  Directors — Lieutenants  53 


UNITED   STATES  NA\^. 

MEDICAL  DIRECTORS. 

Gatewood,  James  D Va.,  1876. 

De  Valin,   Charles   M S.  C,  1888.     Awarded  Navy  Cross  and  C.  B.  E. 

(British). 

CAPTAIN. 
Proctor,  Andre  M.  (Line)    ...Ky.,  1891. 

COMMANDERS. 

Irwin,   Fairfax    D.    C,    1874.       Senior    Surgeon,    U.    S.    Public 

Health  Service.  After  July,  1917,  Sanitary 
Officer  of  U.  S.  Navy. 

Staton,  Adolphus    (Line)    ...N.   C,   1900.     Navy   Cross. 

Hyatt,  Charles  R.    (Line)    ..Va.,  1906.     Spl.  Letter  of  Commendation. 

Spilman,    John    A Va.,   1898.     Constructor. 

LIEUTENANT   COMMANDERS. 

Belt,    Haller    Texas,  1906. 

Byrd,  Jr.,  Richard  E Va.,  1908.     Spl.  Letter  of  Commendation. 

Chase,    Gilbert   P Va.,  1894. 

Henderson,  Samuel  L Ark.,  1902. 

James>  Jules    Va.,  1906.    Executive  Officer,  U.  S.  S.  Rochester, 

convoying  troops  to  Europe,  during  entire 
War.     Spl.   Letter   of  Commendation. 

Jones,   Jack  W Ga.,   1913.     Asst.   Surgeon. 

King,  Ogden  D N.  C,  1909.  Asst.  Surgeon.  A.  E.  F.  At- 
tached to  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.  Awarded  D.  S. 
C.  and  Navy  Cross.  Cited  for  extraordinary 
bravery  at  Bois  de  Belleau.  In  all  engage- 
ments with  the  Marines. 

Lovell,  John   Q Miss.,  1879.     Paymaster.     (Retired.)     Returned 

to  Service  for  duration  of  War,  in  same  ca- 
pacity. 

McCracken.  John  J Va.,  1899. 

Read,   Jr.,  O.   M S.   C,  1909.     Navy  Cross. 

Worden,  Horace  B Mont.,  1904.  Passed  Asst.  Paymaster.  (Re- 
tired.)     Returned  to  Service  for  the  War. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Banning,   Jr.,   Hancock Calif.,  1914.     A.  E.  F. 

Boykin,  Maury  W Va."  1917.      Asst.    Paymaster. 

Brown.  Willard  C N.  Y.,  1914.  Asst.  Paymaster.  A.  E.  F.  Pro- 
moted to  Lt.  Supply  Corps,  U.  S.  N.  Re- 
signed.    On  Inactive  List,  Reserve  Force. 

Campman,  J.  Henry   Texas,  1914. 

Gamble,  John  G Fla.,   1918.     Aviation   Section. 

Harrill,  William  K Tenn.,   1912.     Navy  Cross. 

Hartt,  Jr.,  William  H Va.,  1916.    A.  E.  F. 

Hix,  Jr.,  Charles  H Va.,  1916.      Asst.    Paymaster. 


54  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Hull.   Carl   T N.  Y.,  1910. 

Mason,   H.   Millard    Va.,  1917.     Asst.  Paymaster. 

McKay,  Laurence  H Ga.,  1916.     Asst.  Paymaster.     A.  E.  F. 

Parsons,    Henry    E Va.,  1905. 

Peyton,  Thomas  G Va.,  1910. 

Price,  George  D W.  Va.,  1913. 

Rembert,  Arthur    S.  C,  1915.     Asst.  Paymaster.     A.  E.  F. 

Rembert,    Gaillard    S.  C,  1911.    Asst.  Paymaster. 

Root,  Kenneth  C Mo.,  1914.     Asst.  Paymaster. 

Saunders,   Carlton  J Va.,   1917.     Assistant  Paymaster,   A.  E.  F. 

Snead,    George    M Va.,   1916.     Asst.   Paymaster.     A.  E.   F. 

Tobin,  Robert  G Va.,  1915.  The  youngest  officer  ever  given  com- 
mand of  a  ship,  and  the  only  member  of  his 
Class  who  commanded  a  ship  during  the 
World  War. 

Yeatman,  Philip  W Va.,   1912.     A.  E.  F. 

ENSIGNS. 

Barrett,    Russell    S Va.,   1917. 

Crockett,   Albert   S Va.,  1909.     (Submarine  Service.) 

Cruzen,  Richard  H Mo.,  1918. 

Kane,    Heywood   M Va.,  1916.   A.  E.  F.  (Siberia.) 

Owens,  S.  Willard  Va.,  1920.  A.  E.  F.  Aviation  Service.  Re- 
ceived "First  Honours"  of  his  Class  at  Mass. 
Inst,  of  Technology  Ground  School.  He 
served  during  the  War  in  the  Submarine 
and  Transport  Convoy,  in  conjunction  with 
the  Navy,  flying  H-S-1  and  H-S-2  type  boats. 
Was  a  member  of  the  Air  Escort  of  the 
President's  Convoy  on  both  of  his  trips 
abroad. 


U.  S.  N.  It.  F. :  Lieutenant  Commanders — Ensigns  55 

U.   S.  NAVAL  RESERVE  FORCE. 

LIEUTENANT   COMMANDERS. 

Figgins,  B.  W Va.,  1912. 

Hastie,  Colin  C.  (Civil  Engr.)  .Wash.,    1912.      In    charge    of    construction    of 

Brewerton  Dry  Dock. 

Johnston,  Jr.,  A.  Langstaff  . .  Va.,     1902.       Highly     commended     for     distin- 
guished efficiency. 

Langhorne,  Gary  D Va.,   1894.      (U.   S.   N.  Retired.) 

Medical  Corps   (Promoted  to  Commander  after 
leaving  the  Service.) 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Root,    Philip    W Mo.,  1918.     Asst.  Paymaster. 

Wheatley,   William    D.    C,   1871.     Died    in   the    Service,   Jan'y.    27, 

1918.  .         V 

LIEUTENANTS   (J.  G.). 

Daniels,  George  S N.  C,  1910.     Asst.  Paymaster. 

Falligant,   Philip  L Ga.,  1913. 

Jones,    Thomas    R Va.,   1905. 

Meekins,  Jeremiah  C N.  C,  1919.     National  Naval  Volunteers, 

ENSIGNS. 

Adkins,  Frederick  B Va.,  1918.    Naval  Air  Service. 

Kidd,  Winfred  E Va.,  1915. 

Merry.   Edward   T Md.,  1915. 

Murchison,    John    R N.  C,  1909. 

Newsome,  Tom  W Texas,  1909.     Naval  Air  Service. 

Richardson,  Jr.,  Edmund  E.   La.,  1911. 

Richardson,  J.  Gray La.,  1909. 

Ryall,  George  D N.  Y.,  1917.     A.  E.  F. 

Sydnor,  Leslie  W Va.,  1907. 

Warwick,  Henry   C W.  Va.,  1917. 


56  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

BRITISH  AND  FRENCH  ARMIES. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONEL. 

Brown,  James  McK Ky.,    1907.      British    Ex.    Force.      Operating    In 

Persia  during  entire  War.  Awarded  D.  S.  O. 
and  rapidly  promoted. 

CAPTAINS. 

Acker,  Joseph  E Va.,  1914.     B.  E.  P.     26th  Engineers,  33rd  Div., 

4th  British  Army. 
Speer,  Jr.,  George  A Ga.,  1912,  B.  E.  F.    Awarded  D.  S.  0.     (No  late 

definite  information.) 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

Allison,  Wesley  R Pa.,    1916.       B.    E.     F.       Royal    Air     Service. 

Wounded  three  times.  Machine  caught  afire 
in  midair  and  fell  with  him  to  ground.  Se- 
riously injured. 

Baldwin,    J.    F Texas,  1912.     Surgeon,  "Royal  Fusiliers,"  B.  E. 

F.     Killed  in  action  in  France,  Aug.  7,  1918. 

Drake,  Jr.,  James  H Va.,  1901.     B.  E.  P. 

Wounded  many  times.  Died  from  effect  of 
hardships  in  the  Service.  Commended  for 
extraordinary    gallantry   on    many   occasions. 

Jones,  Norman  D Pa.,  1918.     B.  E.  F.     Royal  Air  Service.     Scout 

Pilot. 

Loughridge,    Sidney  A Ky.,  1904.     Enlisted  1914,  Royal  Art.,  B.  E.  F. 

Injured  by  explosion.  Decorated.  Returned 
to  U.  S.  Sept.,  1919. 

Rhett,  R.  Barnwell S.   C,   1910.     169th   Brig.,   Infantry,   56th   Div., 

B. -E.  P.  Medical  Corps.  Prisoner  of  War. 
Awarded  Military  Cross  (British)  for  excep- 
tional valour.  Twice  recommended  for  gal- 
lantry and  to  be  promoted  Captain  and  Ma- 
jor, respectively,  and  cited  by  the  Comdr. -in- 
ch, of  the  American  Army  for  meritorious 
service  in  the  Allied  cause. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

Barry,  Arthur  P Va.,    1907.     B.    E.    P.     Instructor,    attached    to 

102nd  Canadian  Battalion,  when  last  heard 
from. 

Plordern,  Herbert  R Va.,    1914.     Commissioned    in    "Irish.   Guards," 

July,  1915.  Wounded  in  action,  Aug.  2,  1916. 
In  Hospital  for  three  years  in  France.  Dec- 
orated.   He  has  never  recovered. 

Howard,  Richard  J Mo.,  1914.     B.  E.  P.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Awarded,  posthumously,  the  "V.  C." 

Johnson,  Robert  W Ark.,  1901.     French  Army.     Failing  to  get  into 

the  U.  S.  Army,  he  enlisted  in  the  French 
Army  and  rose  to  be  a  Lieutenant  of  Artil- 
lery. 

Peeler,   Richard   McC Ala.,  1918.     B.  E.  S.     Royal  Flying  Corps. 


Allied  Armies:  Second  Lieutenants  (Continued)  57 

Rockwell,    Kiffen    Y N.  C,  1912.    British-American  Aviation  Service. 

Promoted  for  conspicuous  gallantry  in  de- 
stroying Enemy  Planes.  Killed  in  action  in 
France.      Previously    decorated. 

Shaw-Kennedy,  Vernon    111.,  1915.    B.  E.  F. 

Highly  commended  for  gallantry.  No  direct 
information  received  of  him  since  early  in 
1917. 

Taltavall,   Walter    P N.    J.,    191G.       B.    E.    F.       Royal   Air    Service. 

Fig)Uing  Squadron. 

Thomson,  Edward  W Pa.,  1919.     B.  E.  F.     Royal  Air  Service. 


OFFICERS    IN   CHINESE    ARMY. 

Chen,  Ting  Chia    China,  1907. 

Lee,  Yen  Chu China,  1917. 


58 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 


ENLISTED  PERSONNEL. 

UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 


Adelstein,  Kenneth   M Va.,  1919.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Adkins,  Eugene  M Va.,    1920.      Field    Clerk,   A.    E.    F.      Gassed    in 

action. 
Adoue,  James  H Texas,    1908.     A.    E.    F.      (It   is   not   known    if 

he  held  rank.) 

Anderson,  Brooks  N Va.,  1919.     Sgt.  Major,  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Anderson,   Marvin    J Va.,  1916.     1st  Sergeant,  3i7th  Inf.,  H.  Q.,  4th 

British  Army;  later,  27th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.    After 

Armistice    1st    Sgt.,    Presidential    Guard    in 

Paris. 
Armstrong,  Allan    G Va.,    1909.      Accounts     Section,     Signal     Corps, 

U.   S.   A. 
Ashley,  Eugene  H Ga.,   1915.     Sgt..  Co.   "H,"   109th   Inf.,  A.   E.   F. 

Slightly  wounded   in   action  at  the  Marne. 

Backus,  J.  H Va.,  1920.     Enlisted  in  Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

Bagley,  Isham  T Va.,  1908.     6th  Supp'y  Train,  A.  E.  F. 

Barbour,  Lewis  W Kansas,  1921.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Barley,  Jr.,  Louis  C Va.,  1920.     U.  S.  M.  A. 

Beauchamp,  James  R Md.,  1911.     143id  M.  G.  Battn.,  A.  E.  F. 

Beavers,   John    M D.  C,  1921.     U.  S.  A. 

Bell,   Alden    Va.,  1880.     Private.     Volunteered   and   enlisted 

Nov.  16.   1917.     116th   Inf.  and  104th  Engrs., 

A.  E.  F.     In  action  at  fr;nt.     Discharged  Apl. 

18,  1919. 
Bender,   Theodore  K Mich.,  1915.     1st  Sgt.,  C.  A.,  Aberdeen  Proving 

Grounds,  U.  S.  A. 

Bennett.   John    R D.  C,  1914.     Corporal,  M.  T.  C.  442,  B.  S.  No. 

6,    A.    E.    F. 

Blair.  Jesse  H Ind.,  1921.     U.  S.  M.  A. 

Bouldin,  Tliomas  V N.  C.  1921.     U.  S.  M.  A.  till  close  of  War. 

Boylan,  Rufus  T N.    C,   1909.     Corporal,   M.   G.   Co.,    119th    Inf., 

60th  Brigade,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Branton,  James   L Miss.,  1916.     Infantry,  A  E.  F 

Brennan,  Rudolph  W.  C D.  C,  1914.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Brevard,  Robert  J N.  C,  1908.     Air  Service,  Military  Aeronautics, 

About  to  be  commissioned  at  time  of  Armis- 
tice. 

Brooks,  Reginald  R Mont.,  1914.  Sgt.  Flyer,  Air  Service,  with  rat- 
ing of  R.  M.  A.  A.  E.  F.  20  months'  over- 
seas service.  Ship  torpedoed  before  reach- 
ing England.  Promoted  from  Sergeant  to 
Sergeant-Flyer. 

Bruns,  T.  M.  Logan La.,  1909.     Sgt.,  Base  Hospital  No.  123,  A.  E.  F. 

Bulkey,  Edward  A N.  Y.,  1917.  (No  definite  information,  but  be- 
lieved to  have  been  in  the  Service.) 

Cabell,  Charles  F Ky.,  1914.    A.  E.  F.     (No  definite  further  facts.) 

Carroll,    Adrian    M N.    C,    1919.      Sgt.,    Co.    "M,"    23rd    Engineers, 

A.  E.  F. 

Carroll,  Irwin  A Texas,  1913.     U.  S.  A.     Died   in  the  Service  at 

College  Station,  Texas. 

Carter,  Jr.,   S.  Fain    Texas,  1912.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Chambers,  Middleton Va.,  1908.     Air  Service. 


ExLisTED  Pi:i{«o\xi:l:     U.  S.  Army   (Continued)  59 

Cochran,  C.  F Ind.,  1917.     Base  Hospital  No.  12,  A.  E.  F. 

Cofer,  Jr.,  John  I Va.,    1916.      Air    Service.      (Cadet    Flyer).      U. 

S.  A. 
Compton,  William  B Va.,    1918.      Sgt.,    Co.    "F,"    104th    Ammunition 

Train,    A.    E.    F. 

Crist,  Jr.,  George  W Ala.,  1920.     U.  S.  M.  A. 

Crittenden,  Jr.,  Orlando  B..  .  .Miss.,    1914.     Air    Service,    U.   S.   A.     About   to 

fly  when  Armistice  occurred. 

Curry,  Robert  D Mo.,  1920.     U.  S.  A. 

Cushman,  Joseph  R N.  Y..  1915.     Sgt.  Co.  "K,"  107th  Inf.,  27th  Div., 

A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Dance,   Willis   J Va.,  1907.     Private,  81st  Div.,  U.  S.  A. 

Dufur,  Walter  M Md.,  1918.      1st   Sgt.,   Battery   "F,"   35th  C.  A., 

U.  S.  A. 

Dunlap,  William   A Va.,  1907.     Field  Clerk,  A.  E.  F. 

Earley,  Richard  N Va.,    1917.      Corporal,    116th    Inf.,    29th    Div., 

A.  E.  F. 
Ellerson,  Douglas  G Va.,   1907.     Sgt.,   104th   Ammunition   Train,   A. 

E.  F. 
Ely,  Gus  Z Va.,  1915.    37th  Co.,  10th  Training  Battn.,  155th 

D.  B.,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A. 

Ely,  Price  W. Va.,    1911.      Sgt.,    Co.    "A,"    Special    Training 

Battalion,  A.  E.  F. 

Estes,  Carlton  C Colo.   (Special  Student,  1917).     U.  S.  A. 

Gee,  W.  Webb Va.,   1914.     Sgt.,   104th   Ammunition   Train,  A. 

E.  F. 

Gctzen,  W.  L Fla.,  1915.  Sgt.  Base  Hosp.,  Co.  D,  306th  Engi- 
neers. 

Goddard,   Walter   S N.  C,  1910.     Sgt.,  Co.  "I,"  119th  Inf..  30th  Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action  at  Ypres,  Sept.  1, 
1918. 

Goodwyn,  Jr.,  Robert  T Ala..  1920.     U.  S.  M.  A. 

Grantham,  Thomas  D .N.  C,  1918.     Corp.,  Motor  Truck  Co.,  No.  445, 

attached  to  Engineer  Div.,  M.  T.  C. 

Harrison,  Jr.,  William Minn.,  1919.     Sgt..  Heavy  Artillery,  A.  E.  F. 

Harwood,  Robert  H Tenn.,    1916.      1st    Sgt.,  "2nd    Tenn.-Inf.,    H.    Q., 

Camp  Sevier,  U.  S.  A. 

Henderson,    S.    T N.  C,  1921.     U.  S.  A. 

Holland,  Robert  C Texas,    1914.     Corporal,    105th    Aero    Squadron, 

A.  E.  F.     In  France  over  one  year. 

Izzard,  James  J Va.,  1917.    1st  Sgt.,  Co.  "A,"  117th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Jordan,  J.  Julian W.  Va.,  1910.  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.  Severely  in- 
jured when  en  route  to  his  Command,  in 
May.  1918. 

Kester,   Walden    Va.,   1918.     1st   Sgt.,   111th   F.  A.,   A.    E.   F. 

Kimbley,  Russell  B Okla.,   1920.     117th   Field   Battn,  Signal  Corps, 

A.  E.  F.     Slightly  wounded  in  action. 

King,    James    F N.  C,  1913.     Co.  "E,"  54th  Inf.,  6th  Div.,  A.  E. 

F.  With  Army  of  Occupation. 

Kittrell,  Henry  J Tenn..    1916.      Corporal,    117th    Inf.,    30th    Div., 

A.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action  and  captured, 
but  recaptured  by  his  own  Company  the  same 
day. 

Krentel,    Fritz    E Brazil,    1914.      Sgt.,    Hdq.    22nd    Engineers,    U. 

S.   A. 

Lawson,    R.    B Va.,    1910.      Sgt.,    305th    Motor    Supply    Train, 

A.   E.   F. 

Lewis,  Jr.,  Magnus  M Va.,    1918.      McGuire    Base    Hospital    No.    319, 

A.  E.  F. 


60  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Lind,  Warner  E Tenn.,   1910.     Air   Service,  U.   S.   A. 

Lowry,  Blackburn  W Fla.,  1920.     Emergency  Medical  R.  C,  U.  S.  A, 

Marr,  Jr.,  R.  A Va.,  1918.  Top  Sgt.,  Camp  Lee,  U.  S.  A.  (Re- 
jected at  O.  T.  School  repeatedly  on  account 
of  supposed  heart  trouble.) 

Martin,  Donald  M N.    Y.,    1912.      6th    Battn.,    153rd    D.    B.,    Camp 

Dix.,  U.  S.  A. 

Martin,  William  P Okla.,  1917.    Top  Sgt.,  Battery  "A,"  16th  Battn., 

F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 
Massie,   Wilbur   N Va.,  1917.     60th  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Mayer,  Charles  L Va.,  1913.     Top  Sgt.,  Inf.,   10th  Div.,  A.    E.   F. 

Menninger,  E.  J From   Ohio.      U.    S.    A.      (Special    Student,   V. 

M.  I.,  one  month,  1918.) 

Meredith,  Jr.,  Gilmer  Mo.,  1921.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Metcalfe,  Fred   R Miss.,   1914.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Miller,   William   P Ga.,    1915.     Hospital    Base    at   Camp    Wheeler, 

U.   S.   A. 

Mitchell,   Samuel   P Va.,  1916.     Corporal,  111th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Moncure,  James  D Va.,  1900.     Sgt,  U.  S.  A.     (Before  War.) 

Montgomery,  Jr.,  Walter  S...S.  C,  1920.    U.  S.  A.     (No  definite  information 

but  believed  to  have  been  in  the  Service.) 

Morgan,  William  H Va.,    1917.       Ambulance     Div.,     McGuire    Base 

Hospital  No.  319,  80th  Div.,  Sanitation  Train 
305,  A.  E.  F. 

Morrison,  Cassell  S Mo.,   1912.     Sgt.,   Co.   "A,"   340th  Battn.,   Tank 

Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

McCabe,  James  B Va.,  1919.     1st  Sgt.,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

McCormick,  Oscar  L Va.,  1914.    A.  E.  F. 

McKinney,    John    N.    Y.,    1916.      Co.    "G,"    105th    Inf.,    27th    Div., 

A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  action. 

Newell,   Ward    M Va.,  1920.     319th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.     Ordered  back 

,  ,|  to  Camp  Lee  on  account  of  physical  dis- 
ability and,  later,  discharged  from  the  Ser- 
vice on  Surgeon's  Certificate. 

Norton,  Edwin  B Ala.,  1915.     326th  Battalion.     Tobyhanna,   Pa., 

U.   S.  A. 

Pate,  Harry  L Mo.,    1917.      Sgt.    Maj.,    Engineers,    89th    Div.. 

A.  E.   F. 

Patterson,  Andrew  S Va.,  1917.  Sgt.,  667th  Aero  Squadron,  Air  Ser- 
vice, A.  E.  F.  Cited  for  brave  act  by  his 
Major.  (Passed  examination  for  Lieutenancy 
a  few  days  before  Armistice.) 

Patton,   Julian   G Va.,  1921.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Pearson,  Thomas  J Va.,  1912.     Dental  Base  Hospital,  Camp  Sevier, 

U.  S.  A. 

Pittman,  Dalton  B Va.,  1920.    Tank  Corps,  U.  S.  A.     (About  to  sail 

for  France  when  Armistice  occurred.) 

Polk,  Isaac  Hilliard Cal.,  1920.     U.  S.  M.  A. 

Pritchett,  Jr.,  John  I Va.,    1920.      Corporal,    Co.    "B,"    104th    Supply 

Train,  29th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Radford,  R.  C.  W Va.,    1919.     McGuire    Base    Hospital    Unit    No. 

319,    A.    E.    F. 

Randolph.  Jr.,  Charles  C Va.,  1912.     111th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Rapkin,  Edmund  L N.  J.,  1919.     Co.  "L,"  107th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.     Died 

in  Service  in  France. 

Raynor,    Clark    S Md.,  1914.     110th  F.  A.,  29th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Regester,  Charles  E Va.,   1914.     Sgt.,   104th   Ammunition   Train,   A. 

E.  F. 


Enlisted  Personnel:  U.  S.  Army  (Continued)  61 

Riley,  William  L 111.,    1907.      Sgt,    1st    Class,    32nd    Engineers, 

A.  E.  F. 

Robertson,   B.   Lynn Va.,  1913.     U.  S.   A.     On  duty  in  Washington 

from  Oct.  31  to  Dec.  18,  1918. 

Roller,  Charles  S Va.,  1901.     Private  and  Stretcher-Bearer,  314th 

Sanitary  Train,  89th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  At  front 
in  Argonne-Meuse  Offensive,  and  working  all 
the  while  with  American  Red  Cross.  With 
Army  of  Occupation.  Commissioned  by  the 
President  of  the  U.  S.  a  Captain  in  the  Red 
Cross,  on  his  return  to  the  United  States. 

Rosenstock,   Edwin  A Va.,    1914.     Corporal,    Battery    "E,"    lllth.    F., 

A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Rothert,    J.    Milton     Va.,  1918.     Battery  "F,"   lllth  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Saunders,  John  W Miss.,  1909.     Infantry,  37th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     One 

year  in  Service.     Six  months  overseas. 

Schoen,  Edward  C Ga.,  1917.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.       Died  after 

discharge,  Feb.,   1920. 

Schwartz,  Bryan  W Pa.,   1920.     Ambulance  Corps  No.  13,  A.  E.   F. 

Commended  for  bravery  in  action. 

Scott,    Thomas    B Va.,  1917.     lllth  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Scriven,   Edward   B Minn.,    1919.      Sgt.,    Field    Remount    Squadron 

No.  334,  A.  E.  F. 

Sebrell,  Russell  G Va.,  1917.    117th  Train  H.  Q.,  F.  A.,  42nd  Divi 

sion,  A.  E.  F. 

Seelye,  Jr.,  Thomas  T N.  Y.,  1921.     Range  Sgt,  M.  G.  Co.,  53rd  Inf. 

A.  E.  F. 

Sloan,    James   K Pa.,  1904.     1st  Class  Sgt.,  Tank  Corps,  Co.  "A,' 

338th  Battn.  Instructor.  Ordered  overseas 
but  stopped  by  the  Armistice. 

Smith,  Charles  G Mo.,  1919.     1st  Sgt.  Base  Hosp.,  No.  28,  A.  E.  F 

Smith,  E.  Marcus   Ga.,   1914.     Medical    Student.     Member,    Emer 

gency  Medical  R.  C.  Died  of  influenza  in 
the  Service,  while  ministering  to  the  stricken 
citizens   of   Philadelphia. 

Smith,  Jr.,  Howard   F Texas,  1909.     127th  Ordnance  Depot  Co.,  Camp 

Bowie,  U.  S.  A. 

Smith,   Philip    Ohio,  1914.    301st  Water  Tank  Train,  A.  E.  F. 

Smith,  William  N.  H N.  C,  1920.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Squiers,  Herbert  G England,  1915.  A.  E.  F.  (Previously  a  Lieu- 
tenant in  B.  E.  F.,  and  commanded  a  section 
of  armored   cars.) 

Stokes,  Thomas  A N.  C,  1921.     In  Naval  Aviation  Service;    later 

transferred  to  Army  Aviation  Service.  Rank 
C,    Q.   M. 

Stone,  Jr.,   Everett  B Va.,    1913.     Co.    "F,"    4th    Pioneer    Inf.,    Camp 

Wadsworth,  U.  S.  A. 

Stoops,  Jr..  Thomas  D Pa.,  1915.    Sgt.,  Ambulance  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Stuart,  C.  E Special  Student,  V.  M.  I.,  1918.     U.  S.  A. 

Stucky,    Harry    C Ky.,  1912.     Base  Hospital,  No.  40,  A.  E.  F. 

Sturcke,  Albert  F N.  Y.,  1918.  Co.  "M,"  2nd  Replacement  Regi- 
ment,  Camp   Gordon,   Ga. 

Sydnor,  R.  Barrett  Va.,    1918.      Sgt.      In     charge     Post    Exchange, 

U.  S.  A. 

Tardy,    Thomas   H Va.,  1914.     Sgt.,  118th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Taylor,    Albert    L Pa.,    1910.      Sgt.,    H.    Q.-   Company,    110th    Inf., 

28th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

Taylor,   Morgan    Mo.,  1908.     Sgt.,  Q.  M.  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 


62  Virginia  Military  IiNstitute — World  War  Eecord 

Tinsley,    Benjamin    F Va.,  1901.     Field  Clerk,  A.  E.  F.     Died  in  the 

Service   in   France. 
Trisler,   Jr.,   John  L Ohio,    1909.      Sgt.,    Mil.    Intelligence    Division, 

148th  Div.,  37th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 
Tucker,  James  E Ky.,   1915.     Chief  Mechanic,  Battery  "C,"  55th 

F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Venable,  Henry  M W.  Va.,  1912.    Master  Engineer,  23rd  Engineers, 

A.  E.  F. 

Walker,  Richard    Va.,  1917.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Wallace,    Lee    A Va.,  1915.     Sgt.,  39th  Co.,  10th  Training  Battn., 

155th  D.  B.,  Camp  Lee,  Va.  (Turned  down 
repeatedly  at  O.  T.  Camps  on  account  of  phy- 
sical  disability.) 

Warner,  James  L Mo.,  1913.     Company  "C,"  24th  Battalion,  U.  S. 

Guards. 

Welborne,  Harry  B N.  J.,  1906.    104th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.   Slightly 

gassed   in   Argonne  Forest. 

Welsh,  Cecil   T Va.,  1920.     Company  "A,"  312th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 

Wharton,  John  O Texas,  1905.    Accepted  for  Air  Service,  U.  S.  A., 

after  securing  a  special  dispensation  on  ac- 
count of  being  over  age. 

Wierum,   Richard    F N.  J.,  1919.     Co.  "I,"  107th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  in  action. 

Wilson,  F.   C Ala.,  1912.    Emergency  Medical  R.  C,  U.  S.  A. 

Woodson,  John  S Okla.,  1919.    U.  S.  A. 

Wool,   Jr.,  Theodore  J Va.,  1920.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Wright,  Richard   H N.  C,  1915.     Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Wright,   Thomas    D N.  C,  1912.    Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

MARINE  CORPS. 

Ancker,  William  M Md.,   1921.     Private    since    Sept.,     1918.       Saw 

service  in  Santo  Domingo  against  bandits. 
For  conduct  there  recommended  by  his  Col- 
onel for  Exam,  for  Naval  Academy,  1920. 

Armstrong,  Reuben  C ..Miss.,  1907.     Aero  Section  in  U.  S. 

Bacharach,    Bertram    M N.  J.,  1920.     In  U.  S. 

Benners,   Archibald   W Pa.,  1919.     A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Butler,  Jr.,  Charles  N Pa.,  1920.     Corporal,  13th  Reg.,  A.  E.  F. 

Chapin,   William   E Va.,  1917.     In  U.  S. 

Cole,  John   Va.,  1917.    Serving  with  Army,  A.  E.  F. 

Corey,  James  L Ind.,   1917.     Corporal   83rd   Co.,   6th   Regiment, 

A.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action,  July  19,  1918,  at 
Chateau   TTiierry. 

Dance,  Powhatan  R Va.,    1920.     A.   E.    F.     Killed    in   action,    Nov. 

1,  1918. 

Darby,   James  F Texas,   1910.     A.   E.  F. 

Finley,   Hugh    P Ky.,    1920.     Corporal    Aero    Section.      In    U.    S. 

Served  as  Instructor,  Marine  O.  T.  School, 
and  as  Asst.  Adjutant  and  Inspector. 

Fisher,  Ralph  A Fla.,   1907.     Enlisted,  but  later  discharged   be- 
cause  of  broken   wrist. 

Foy,  Fred.  H Ala.,  1918.     Corporal.     In  U.  S. 

Fraser,  Douglas  D Va.,  1916.   Instructor,  School,  Non-Com.  Officers. 

In  U.  S. 

Garry,  Edward  H Wis.,  1921.     Corporal,  A.  E.  F.     18  months  sea 

service  on  board  U.  S.  S.  Pittsburgh. 

Gibson,  Holcombe   D Va.,  1920.     Corporal.     In  U.  S. 


Enlisted  Personnel:  Marine  Corps   (Continued) — Navy      63 

Higgins,  John  D Tenn.,  1919.     In  U.  S. 

Huntt,  Spotswood  H Va.,  1918.     In  U.  S. 

Jenkins.   Jule   D Va.,  1919.     In  U.  S. 

Johnston,  Horace  S Va.,   1920.     Corporal.     In  U.  S. 

Jones,  Jr.,  Charles  A Va.,    1919.      A.    E.    F.      Served    with    Army    in 

France.     Qualified  as  a  sharpshooter. 

Keith,   John   W Texas,  1918.     Corporal.     In  U.  S. 

Kyle,  Gordon  Va.,  1918.  Gunnery  Sgt.  Finished  all  train- 
ing, but  Armistice  prevented  his  being  com- 
missioned. 

Lamb,   E.   Blair    Va.,    1918.     A.    E.    F.      Serving   with   Army    in 

France. 

Lange,  Louis  G La.,  1920.    A.  E.  F.    Passed  three  examinations 

for  commission,  but  rejected  every  time  be- 
cause too  young.  Only  19  years  old,  Nov.  3, 
1918,  but  gallantly  served  to  the  end.  Com- 
piled remarkably  interesting  diary  of  service 
abroad.) 

Mahone,   Thomas   W Va.,  1917.     A.  E.  F. 

Mallory,  Jr.,  F.  D Texas,  1920.     Private.     In  U.  S. 

Metcalfe,  Jr.,  Harley Miss.,  1918.     In  U.  S. 

Miller,  Charles  B N.  C,  1918.     In  U.  S. 

Parker,  Alexander  W Va.,    1918.      Sgt.,    attached    to    Aero    Section. 

Flying  in  Florida  when  Armistice  occurred. 

Porcher,  Francis  D Mo.,  1917.     In  U.  S.,  training  for  Aero  Service 

when  Armistice  occurred. 

Smith,   Gilbert  R 111.,   1914.     Corporal,   A.   E.   F.      Serving  with 

Army  in  France. 

Spence,  Elias  H Va.,  1918.     In  U,  S. 

Steadman,  Walter  T Mich.,   1910.     In  U.   S. 

Summers,  Francis  L Va.,  1921.     In  U.  S. 

Swift,  Carter  G Va.,  1919.     In  U.  S. 

NAVY. 

Adams,  T.  Stokes   Va.,  1914.     (No  definite  information.) 

Baldey,  Charles  T La.,  1917.  On  Patrol  Ship  "Sunflower."  (Sa- 
bine Island,  Texas.) 

Booth,  C.  Murray 111.,  1911.     Electrician.     In  U.  S. 

Borden,  Edward  B N.  C,  1915.     Chief  Yeoman.     In  U.  S. 

Buracker,  Jr.,  Edward  M....Md.,  1909.  At  Naval  Training  Station,  Hamp- 
ton Roads,  as  Military  Instructor. 

Clarkson,   Holland   W 111.,  1921.     2nd  Class  Seaman  in  Reserve  Force. 

Stationed  at  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  School, 
Chicago.     Subject  to  call  on  release. 

Cockshaw,  Jr.,  Herbert N.  Y.,  1911.     A.  E.  F.     Served  in  Russia. 

Crittenden,  George  B Miss.,  1916.     Naval  Aero  Service  in  U.  S. 

Curtis,  Lloyd  E Va.,  1921.     Ordinary  Seaman. 

Dearborn,  James  B Ala.,    1916.      Official    Photographer,    U.    S.    N., 

76th  Naval  District,  under  supervision  of 
Director  of  Naval  Intelligence  Division. 

Drennen,  Donald  W Ala.,   1912.     Student  Officer  in  Naval  Training 

School,  learning  to  fly  Dirigibles. 

Eley,  Claud  E Va.,  1916.    Chief  Master-at-Arms. 

Gayle,  Robert  B Va.,  1915.     Pharmacist.     In  U.  S. 

Graham,  Joseph  E Va.,    1916.      Chief    Boatswain.       (Transferred 

from  2d  Lt.  C.  A.) 
Hafter,   Charles   C Miss.,  1917.    Apprentice  Seaman,  R.  F.    In  U.  S. 


64  Virginia.  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Hammond,  Gordon Va.,  1919.  Quarter  Master.  In  U.  S.  Com- 
mended by  Secretary  of  Navy  for  heroic  act 
in  descending  into  a  well  filled  with  noxious 
gasses  and  rescuing  a  man,  while  at  home 
on  leave. 

Hitch,  Rives  C.  W Va.,  1917.     Chief  Petty  Officer.     In  U.  S. 

Jones'  Decatur   Va.,   1917.     Student  Aviator.     Balloon   Section, 

Aero  Service.     In  U.  S. 

Kennedy,  W.  T Tenn.,  1921.  Volunteer  in  Naval  Aviation  Ser- 
vice, but  Armistice  signed  before  called  to 
duty. 

Kirven,    Oliver   C.   Texas,  1920.     Finished  course  in  Gunnery,  and 

ready  for  Sea  Service,  when  Armistice  oc- 
curred. 

Lanier,    Raymond    S Ky.,    1911.      Servtd    on    Torpedo    Board    Ward 

in  U.  S. 

L'Engle,  Frank  F Fla.,  1916.  In  training  for  commission  as  En- 
sign. 

Long,  Matthew  R N.  C,  1911.     Aero  Section.     Training  to  be  a 

Pilot  in  Heavier-than-Air  Division. 

Markham,  Fred  S Texas,  1907.  After  being  turned  dov/n  re- 
peatedly in  Army  O.  T.  Schools,  enlisted  In 
Navy  Training  School  at  Great  Lakes,  111. 
Later,  discharged  for  physical  disability. 

Milam,    Carter Tenn.,  1914.     Pharmacist,  2nd  Class,  A.   E.  F. 

Died  in  Service  in  France  of  pneumonia. 

Miller,  P.  O. Va.,  1922.  Seaman,  U.  S.  Navy.  Later,  dis- 
charged and  entered  V.  M.  I. 

Morgan,   Jr.,   B.   F Va.,  1921.     Chief  Machinist  Mate,  Aero  Section. 

In  U.  S. 

Neal,   Edward  F Va.,    1918.     Naval    Aero    Service   in    U.    S. 

Price,  Jr.,  John  W Va.,  1921.     Midshipman,  U.  S.  N.  Academy. 

Shepperd,  George  F Pa.,    1918.      Chief    Petty    Officer.      Attached    to 

U.  S.  Naval  Aero  Section,  A.  E.  F, 

Smith,  Jr.,  Richard  H Va.,  1915.     R.  F.     In  U.  S. 

Tait,  Jr.,  Robert   Va.,   1910.     Yeoman,   3rd   Class,   and   candidate 

for  Ensign.  Was  about  to  be  commissioned 
when  Armistice  occurred. 

Venable,  Jr.,  William  P Va.,   1922,     Eight  months   in   Naval   Electrical 

School,  Hampton  Roads. 

Waggoner,   Jr.,  William  H...Mo.,  1910.     Yeoman,  3rd  Class,  U.  S.  N.  R.  F. 

Died  in  the  Service  at  Great  Lakes,  111.,  of 
pneumonia  following  influenza. 

ALLIED  ARMIES. 

Boynton,  Paul  W N.  Y.,  1919.    Enlisted  in  Royal  Canadian  Horse 

Artillery,  but  later  discharged  because  under 
age. 

Converse,  Alexander  J Ohio,  1909.     Enlisted  in  48th  Battn.,  Canadian 

Inf.,  British  Expeditionary  Force,  in  Feb., 
1915,  and  served  with  conspicuous  gallantry 
to  the  end  of  the  War.  Promoted  to  Ser- 
geant. Severely  wounded  three  times,  but 
after  leaving  Hospital  returned  to  the  Front 
every  time,  against  the  protest  of  the  medi- 
cal authorities.  Very  highly  commended  for 
distinguished  valour  in  action  on  many  oc- 
casions. (He  had  previously  served  with 
great  honour  in  the  Philippines.) 


Enlisted  Personnel:    Allied  Armies   (Continued)  65 

Uenny,  Walter  E La.,  1912.  Sergeant,  B.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  ac- 
tion at  the  Somme. 

Kelly,  Russell  A N.  Y.,  1914.  Color-Bearer,  French  Foreign  Le- 
gion. Second  Regt.  de  Marche  of  1st  Regt. 
Killed  in  action  in  France.  Decorated  before 
death. 

Loth,  Jr.,  W.  Jefferson Va.,    1914.      In    British     Expeditionary     Force. 

Served  with  gallantry  and  highly  commended. 
Discharged  for  physical  disability  in  the  line 
of  duty,  after  three  years'  service,  in  Eng- 
land, France  and  Italy,  under  the  British 
Flag. 

Money,  William  T Va.,    1915.       Sergeant,     8th     Battn.,    Winnipeg 

Grenadiers;  later,  3d  Canadian  Heavy  Bat- 
tery, B.  E.  F.  (Declined  promotion.)  Served 
with  conspicuous  gallantry  for  four  years. 

Munns,  Clyde  S Mich.,  1920.  Gunner,  64th  Battery,  64th  Cana- 
dian F.  A.,  B.  E.  F.  5  weeks  in  Canada  and 
48    weeks    overseas. 

Owens,  B.  B N.    C,    1914.      Corporal,   First   Royal    Fusiliers, 

and  in  79th  M.  G.  Battn.,  from  June,  1915,  to 
the  end  of  the  War.  Severely  wounded  twice, 
and  awarded  the  British  Military  Cross. 

Todd,    Thomas    Md.,  1901.    With  B.  E.  F. 


66  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


CANDIDATES  FOR  COMMISSION. 

CAMP  TAYLOR. 

[It  is  believed  tliat  some  of  the  candidates  in  the  Officers'  Training  Camps 
below  received  commissions;  but  if  so,  no  report  of  the  fact  has  been  made.] 

Billups,   Ford    L Texas,   1911.      (Previously,   Sgt.,  1st  Class,  Air 

Service,  U.  S.  A.) 

Dilley,  Edward  S Ark.,  1914. 

Gilliam,  Jr..  James  R Va.,  1910. 

Potts,  Jr.,  John  D Va.,  1919. 

Urquhart,  Whitmel  H Va.,  1903. 

Smith,   Robert   L Mo.,  1908. 

Caffee,   Mahlon   W Mo.  1906.      Died    in    Service. 

Sale,  Jr.,  E.  Ashton   Va.,  1919. 

Winston,  William  A N.  Y.,  1920. 

Derryberry,  Jr.,   Marshall   E.Tenn.,  1920. 

Morton,    Theodore    F Texas,  1919. 

Jordan,  Jr..  J.   C Va.,  1920. 

Jones,  Jr.,  W.  D Fla.,  1920. 

Groover,    Paul    Ga.,  1920. 

Craighill.  Dabney  H Va.,  1920. 

Hardy,  Jr.,  Will  H Texas,  1920. 

Paxton,    W.    Coalter    Va.,  1920. 

Parrott.   John  C Va.,   1920. 

Parker,    Willard    N Va.,  1920. 

Herring,  Frank  L Miss.,   1920. 

Litzenberger,   Levin    M Ind.,    1920. 

Barrett,   Jr.,  Frank  M Va.,  1921. 

Clarke,    N.    K Ga.,  1921. 

Craig,   John    E Va.,  1921. 

Robinson,   James   K.   E Va.,  1921. 

Slack,  Tom  A Texas,   1920. 

Shackelford,  Jr..  William  C.   Ala.,   1919. 

Parsons,   Stuart  0 Mo.,  1921. 

McFall,  Jr..  James  C Va.,  1919. 

Murrell,  Goorge  M La.,  1920. 

Hughes,   Charles   E Va.,  1920. 

Hardy,  Jr.,  George  W La.,  1920. 

Benners,  Jr.,  Thomas  H Ala.,  1920. 

Davidson,  Richard  P D.  C,  1921. 

Davis,  T.  Calvin    Va.,  1920. 

Hawkins,   Howard   B W.  Va.,  1920. 

Recker,  Max  R Ind.,  1921. 

Strother,  Henry  S Va.,  1921. 

Roberts,  Littleton  S Va.,  1920. 

Wallace,   Charles    Va.,  1920. 

Potts,  Jr..  Morton  W Texas,  1920. 

Luck,  Jr.,  Charles  S Va.,    1920. 

Kennon,   Arhby  R Va.,  1921. 

Polk.   E.  Wlnfield    Ark.,  1921. 

Arrington.  William  A Va.,  1920. 

Broaddus.  Francis  C Texas,   1920. 

Satterfield,  Frederick  M.    . . .  Va.,  1920. 

DlUard,  William  E.   , Va.,  1912.     (Corporal.)  ! 


Candidates  for  Commission  (Continued)  67 

CAMP  PIKE. 

Wenderoth,  Collier Ark.,   1910. 

Gordon,  John  M Texas,  1907. 

CAMP   LEE. 

Sullivan,  Joseph  J Va.,  1919. 

Addison,  William  M Va.,  1919. 

Branch,   Alpheus    N.  C,  1919. 

Gill,  Edward  H Va.,  1919. 

Montjoy,   Lynn    Miss.,    1919. 

Jones,  Thomas  D Va.,    1919. 

Franklin,  Jack  R Va.,    1919. 

Pfeifler,  John  H Mich.,  1919. 

Young,  Hoge   D.  W Va.,  1919. 

Casey,  B.  Weldon Va.,  1918. 

Quigley,   E.  Matthews    111.,   1919. 

Hurt,  Jr.,  Henry  A Texas,  1919. 

Wills,  Jr.,  Waller  G Va.,  1919. 

Wimberley,  Benjamin  B N.  C,  1919. 

Mertz,  Oscar  L Texas,  1919. 

Wilkinson,  Jr.,  William  H.      Va.,  1919. 

Jennings,  William  L Va.,  1919. 

Butler,  Edward  L La.,  1919. 

Keezell,  Nathaniel  H Va.,  1919.  , 

Williamson,  Jr.,  Thomas  S.  .Va.,  1919. 

Thompson,  James  M Texas,   1919. 

Cheyne,  William   E Va.,  1919. 

Ross,  George  E Va.,   1904.     Discharged   for   physical   disability 

just  before  graduating.     Died  March  3,  1920. 

Nash,   James    H W.  Va.,  1907. 

Miller,   A.    Erskine    Va.,  1901. 

Read,  Hernando  M Texas,   1916. 

Cohoon,  Thomas  J Va.,  1919.    (Univ.  of  Va.  Unit.) 

Rutherford,  Sgt.  James  B Pa.,    1914.      Infantry    Replacement   Troop,   40th 

Co.,   C.   O.   T.    S.     Enlisted,   July  25,   1918. 

Ruehrmund,  Max  E Va.,  1911. 

Homes,   Peter   P Va.,  1912.     Died  in  Service. 

FORT  MONROE. 

Drennen,  Charles  W Ala.,  1919. 

Marchant,   Bernard   W Va.,  1919. 

Van  Wagenen,  Jr.,  Frederick     Va.,  1919. 

Kimberly,  Harry  H Va.,     1921. 

Pendleton,  Nat.  W Va.,     1921. 

Bancroft,   TTiomas   C Texas,  1919. 

Roberdeau,  Horace  L Texas,  1919. 

Hairston.  Jr.,  Robert    N.  C,  1920. 

Nurney,   J.  W Va.,  1920. 

Barrett,  Frank  S Va.,  1919. 

Green,   Alfred  A Fla.,  1917. 

Alvis,  Raymond    Va.,  1920. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.   (AVIATION  SCHOOL). 

Norvell,  Jr.,  Lipscomb Texas,  1920. 

Gibson,   M.   L Va.,  1921. 

Graham,  Andrew  H.'. Va.,     1920. 


68  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Berry,  Marshall  K Texas,  1921. 

Jefferies,  Edward  S N.  Y.,  1920. 

Trevillian,  J.  W Va.,  1922. 

Johnston,  Walton  B W.  Va.,  1921. 

GETTYSBURG,    PA. 
Henshaw,  Seth  B W.  Va.,  1918. 

PLATTSBURG,   N.   Y. 

Taylor  Fred.  M N.  C,  1919. 

Haskell,  T.  Sheafe "Vt.,  1907.     Died  in  Service. 

Harper,   James   B Va.,  1921.      (R.  O.  T.  C,  V.  M.   I.,  June,  1918. 

Ordered  to  O.  T.  C,  Camp  Lee,  Nov.  13,  1918. 

Order  revoked. 
Clarke,  Ashton  W Va.,  1921.     Rejected,  acct.  phys.  disability. 

CAMP  HANCOCK. 

Payne,  Jr.,  James  M W.  Va.,  1906. 

Dillon,  Jr.,   Edward    Va.,  1919. 

FORT  SHERIDAN. 
Clarkson,  Clifford  C 111.,  1915. 

CAMP  KEARNY. 

Morrison,  Sgt.  Frank  L Texas,    1917.      (Turned    down    at   O.   T.    School 

repeatedly  from  1917,  but  finally  admitted.) 

CAMP  JOSEPH   E.   JOHNSTON. 
Mayer,  Eugene  N Va.,  1912.     Died  in  Service. 

CAMP  FREMONT. 

Camp,  Sgt.  Oilman  L Mont..  1911.     IGGth  Depot  Brigade  in  U.  S.  A. 

CAMP  GORDON. 

Smoot,  Charles  C Va.,  1906. 

Yeatman,  Sgt.  Charles  E Va.,  1917.     (Formerly  in  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.) 

CAMP  GRANT. 
Parsons,   Joseph   W Va.,  1919 

UNKNOWN   CAMPS. 

Lewis,  John  D W.  Va.,  1906. 

Kinder,  Warren  L Del.,  1907.     (In  Arizona.) 

Landau,   Sidney    Mo.,  1914. 

Wilkins,  Irvin  C Va.,  1919. 

Garth,  W.  Willis Ala.,   1905. 

Gill,  Richard  S Va.,  1919. 

Lasker,  Henry  M Texas,    1900.      (Previously    Manager,    Publicity 

Bureau,   National  War   Savings  Commission, 

Washington.) 


A.      T.      C. 


69 


STUDENTS'  ARMY  TRAINING  CORPS. 


Abel,  H.  B N.  Y.,  1922 

Adams,    Jr.,    J.    B Va.,  1920 

Addison,  G.  D Va.,  1921 

Adkins,  H.  T Va.,  1921 

Agnor,  G.  L Va.,  1922 

Airth,  W.  S Fla.,  1922 

Alt,  G.  T Va.,  1921 

Amiss,  Jr-,  F.  T Va.,  1922 

Anderson,  C.  E Va.,  1922 

Arens,  R.  M Ind.,  1922 

Ayres,  J.  C Va.,  1921 

Badgett,   J.   M Va.,  1922 

Bain,    Jr.,   K.    A Va.,  1922 

Balfour,  Jr.,  C.  H Va.,  1921 

Ballou,  J.  W N.  C,  1921 

Barker,  C.  C Va.,  1920 

Barrow,  Jr.,  F.  P Va.,  1921 

Barry,  N.  G Ky.,  1922 

Bartenstein,  L.  R Va.,  1922 

Battle,  J.  M Va.,  1922 

Beasley,  Jr.,  J.  W Va.,  1922 

Bennett,  G.  M Va.,  1921 

Berman,   G Va.,  1922 

Berry,    D.   W.,    Texas,  1921 

Blake,  O. N.  Y.,  1921 

Blanford,  I.  I Va.,  1922 

Bletcher,  Jr.,  F.  0.  ...Canada,  1920 

Boatwright,  J.  L Va.,  1921 

Boiling,   R.  W Va.,  1922 

Bond,  A.  J Va.,  1921 

Bond,  Jr.,  R.  N Tenn.,  1919 

Booker,  Jr.,  H.  R Va.,  1922 

Bowles,  Jr.,  J.  C Va.,  1921 

Briggs,  Jr.,  R.  C Texas,  1921 

Brittle,   P.   N Va.,  1922 

Brockenbrough,  Jr.,  Austin, 

Va.,  1921 

Brooks,  Jr.,  J.  K Texas,  1922 

Brown,    H.   C Ala.,  1922 

Bruner,  F.  D.  P Va.,  1921 

Bryan,  Jr.,  B.  M La.,  1920 

Bryan,   C.   J N.   C,  1921 

Bryson,  J.  E Ga.,  1922 

Buch,    G.    R Va.,  1922 

Bullington,  Jr.,  R.  McC.Va.,  1921 

Bunting,  Jr.,  J Va.,  1922 

Burdeau,    Jr.,   J Va.,  1922 

Cabell,  M.   N Va.,  1922 

Campbell,  Jr.,  A.  M Va.,  1922 

Campbell,-  T.    P Tenn.,  1921 

Carroll,  Jr.,  E.  L Va.,  1922 

Carter,  Jr.,  A.  B Va.,  1921 

Casey,  J.  F Va.,  1921 


Caswell,  W.  D Ohio,  1921 

Gates,  McF.  L S.  C,  1921 

Christian,  H.  T Va.,  1921 

Clark,  E.  M Va.,  1922 

Clark,   W.   A Texas,  1921 

Coleman,  M.  R. Okla.,  1921 

Comegys,  Jr.,  E.  F Texas,  1920 

Connally,  M.  H Fla.,  1921 

Conway,  Jr.,  E.  R Ky.,  1919 

Cooke,  H.  H W.  Va.,  1921 

Core,  J.  T Va.,  1922 

Crockett,  J.  F Va.,  1921 

Crockett,  Jr.,  Wm.  S....Okla.,  1915 

(Oklahoma  Univ.) 
Cutchins,  Jr.,  Sol   Va.,  1921 

Dabney,   R.  L Texas,  1922 

Davis,  N.  B Fla.,  1920 

Bearing,  A.  W W.  Va.,  1921 

DeBardeleben,    D Tenn.,  1921 

DeShazo,  J.   S Va.,  1920 

Dickerson,  H.  W Va.,  1921 

Dickson,  R.  F Va.,  1921 

Dickson,  R.   R W.   Va.,  1921 

Dixon,  William  H N.  C,  1917 

(S.    A.    T.    C,    Jeff.    Med.    Coll. 
Later,  M.  D.) 

Dorsey,  A.  H 111.,  1922 

Dudley,  H.  E Va.,  1920 

Dunseth,  J.  F Texas,  1921 

Echols,    R Va.,  1921 

Elliott,  R.  F N.  C,  1921 

Estes,  J.  S Va.,  1921 

Evans,  T.  B Va.,  1921 

Fain,  J.  C.    Okla.,  1921 

Fairlamb,  W.  F Va.,  1920 

Fentress,  T.  S Va.,  1922 

Ferguson,  Jr.,  J.  W N.  C,  1922 

Fletcher,  E.  L Va.,  1921 

Follett,   J.    D Pa.,  1922 

Fontana,  Jr.,  A.  W N.  Y.,  1922 

Fowler,  E.  H Pa.,  1921 

Fuller,    W.   A: Va.,  1921 

Fullton,  J.  M Ala.,  1921 

Gaillard,   C.    C Texas,  1920 

Gallalee,  R.  M Va.,  1921 

Galleher,    J.    F Va,  1921 

Gallman,  Jr.,  O.  T S.  C,  1920 

Gilbert,  C.   B La.,  1921 

Gills,  J.  B Va.,  1922 

Gleason,  H.  C Va.,  1921 

Gleaves,  C.  B Va.,  1921 


70 


Virginia  Military  Ixstitute — World  War  Record 


Goodall,  Y.  H Ala., 

Gray,  Jr.,  G.  T Va., 

Greathead,  Jr.,  R.  N Va., 

Green,  F.  K Va., 

Greene,  J.  F D.  C, 

Gridley,  W.  G N.   Y., 

Grymes,  W.  R Va., 

Hagan.    J.    C Va., 

Hagner,  T.   W.   S Md., 

Hairston,   J.    J Va., 

Halsey,   Seth   C Va., 

(Denver   University) 

Hamilton,   F.   T Ala., 

Hardy,  F.   B Va., 

Harman,   Jr.,   A.   W Va., 

Harper,   J.   S Texas, 

Harriss,   S.  G Va., 

Harwood,  Jr.,  E.  E Tenn., 

Haskell,  J.   C Va., 

Hatton,  Jr.,  E.  A Va., 

Hawkins,  Jr.,  S.  A W.  Va., 

Hill,  J.  M Texas, 

Hoge,  C.  E Ky., 

Honaker,   C.  F W.  Va., 

Hopkins,  A.  F Va., 

Hopkins,  L.  R Va., 

Huff.   Jr.,  C.  W Va., 

Humphreys,  C.   K Pa., 

Ingram,  D.  T Va., 

Ireys,  III,  H.  T Ky., 

Irvine,  W.  H Va., 

Jackson,  Jr.,  M.  C Va., 

Johnston,  E.  M W.  Va., 

Jones,  C.  W Va., 

Jcnes,  H Texas, 

Jones,  J.  H Ga., 

Jones,  Jr.,  John  W Va., 

Jones,  Jr.,  W.  F D.  C, 

Jordan,  J.  H Mo., 

Josey,  Jr.,  J.  E Texas, 

Kane,  F.  C Ohio, 

Kellam,  H.  S Va., 

Kelly,  P.   R Texas, 

Kerlin,  W.   C Va., 

Kinnear,  Jr.,  W.  A. Va., 

Kirwan,  J.  McG Md., 

Klapp,  E.  M.  K Pa., 

Knapp,  Jr.,  J.  W Va., 

Knight,  Jr.,  B.  M Va., 

Kraft,  R.  W Va., 

Lalne,  E.  R Va., 

Land,  H.  C Va., 

Larew,  Jr.,  R.  F Va., 

La  Rue,  R.  H Kansas, 

I.auck,  E.  W Va., 


920 
922 
921 
920 
92] 
921 
922 

921 
921 

922 
897 

921 
920 
921 
922 
920 
921 
920 
922 
920 
921 
920 
922 
921 
922 
922 
922 

921 
920 
922 

920 
921 
921 
921 
921 
921 
921 
921 
920 

921 
921 
9?2 
920 
922 
921 
921 
921 
922 
922 

92] 
921 
921 
922 
921 


Lewis,  Jr.,  Yancey 
Lynch,  Jr.,  G.  P... 
Lyons,  M.  H 


.Texas,  1919 

Va.,  1922 

...Ala.,  1920 


Maclin,  Jr.,  H Va.,  1922 

Macrae,  E.  B N.  Y.,  1922 

Mann,  J.  C Miss.  1920 

Mann.,  J.  H.  C Va.,  1921 

Marshall,  J.  P Va.,  1919 

Martin,  L.  R D.  C,  1921 

Mason,  S.  A Va.,  1921 

Massingham,   R.   S Pa.,  1922 

Massingham,  Jr.,  S.  H Pa.,  1922 

Masury,  A.  J.  M Va.,  1921 

Matthews,  H.  F.  McG Fla.,  1922 

Maxwell,  R.  O Va.,  1921 

Meech,  R.   W Va.,  1921 

Meech,  S.  M Va.,  1921 

Mendel,  Ernest  J Ark.,  1921 

(Univ.  Ark.) 

Merson,  D Va.,  1921 

Millner,  H.  V Va.,  1921 

Milton,  Jr.,  W.  H N.  C,  1920 

Moncure.  Jr.,  J.  A Va.,  1919 

Monroe,   U.  D Texas,  1921 

Monroe,  Jr.,  E.  R.  . Va.,  1920 

Monroe,  Jr.,  W.  D D.  C.,  1921 

Montague,  Jr.,   F.   L Va.,  1920 

Moore,  B.  T Va.,  1921 

Moore,   L.   A N.    D.,  1921 

Morrison,  G.  E Va.,  1922 

Morse,  George  A Minn.,  1911 

Univ.  of  Minn.,  Oct.,  1918,  on  re- 
turn from  Honduras.  About  to 
enter  0.  T.  School,  Fort  Riley, 
when  Armistice  occurred. 

Munson,  H.  H Va.,  1920 

Murphey,  P.  B.  B Ga.,  1921 

Myers,  Jr.,  C.  T W.  Va.,  1922 

McCaddon,  S.  G N.  Y.,  1921 

McClain,    J Pa.,  1922 

McCord,  W.  J Mo.,  1921 

McCuistion,    H.    P Texas,  1921 

McDavid,  C.  J Ala.,  1921 

McEachin,  Jr.,  T.  C Fla.,  1919 

McKellar,  G Texas,  1921 

McMillan,  M.  H Okla.,  1921 

Nicholson,    C.    P Va.,  1921 

Norman,   R.    G Va.,  1922 

Orme,  Jr.,  A.  J Ga.,  1921 

Owsley,    H Texas,  1921 

Pace,  H.  L Va.,  1922 

Parkinson,  E.  B Va.,  1921 

Pate,   R.  McC Va.,  1921 

Patton,  W.  R S.  C.,  1921 

Patton,  W.  Y Fla.,  1922 

Paxton,  P.  L Va.,  1921 


S.  A.  T.  C.   (Contiuued) 


71 


Payne,   Jr.,   J.   B La.,  1921 

Peebles,  Jr.,  W.  S Va..  1921 

Peed,  S.  B Va.,  1922 

Pennybacker,  J.   E D.  C,  1921 

Perkinson,  W.   M Va.,  1922 

Philp,  W.  H Texas,  1922 

Powell,  G.  V Va.,  1921 

Price,  III,  W.  J Md.,  1921 

Purcell,  J.   A Va.,  1922 

Rahily,  W.  J Va.,  1922 

Reese,  C.  B Va.,  1921 

Rhudy,  R.  R Va.,  1922 

Ribble,  J.  M Va.,  1921 

Rice.    G.    S Va.,  1922 

Richardson,  J.  E Okla.,  1921 

Richardson,  R.  P Va.,  1921 

Ridgely,  Jr.,  R.  M Md.,  1922 

Ripley,  Jr.,  F.  E Texas,  1920 

Roberts,  W.  T.  S Va.,  1920 

Robertson,  Jr.,  J.  J Va.,  1921 

Robinson,  C.  R Va.,  1922 

Ross,    B.    W Mont,  1922 

Russell,  S N.  Y.,  1921 

Sauer,  Jr.,  C.  F Va.,  1921 

Scott,  W.  W Okla.,  1921 

Sebring,   E.  E Ohio,  1921 

Sedwick,  J.  H Texas,  1921 

Semans,  J.  T Pa.,  1921 

Shipley,   H.   V Pa.,  1922 

Smith,  B.  H Mont,  1921 

Smith,  C.  K N.  C,  1922 

Smith,  Jr.,  E.  A Ala.,  1921 

Smith,  J.  T Texas,  1921 

Smith,  T.  W Ala.,  1921 

Smith,  Jr.,  W.  D Ala.,  1921 


Spindle,  T.  H Va.,  1922 

Spratt,  T.  G Va.,  1922 

Starke,  Jr.,  H.  M Va.,  1921 

Strawn,  Bethel  L Texas,  1920 

Stroud,  W.  S Miss.,  1921 

Sydnor,    Harold    Va.,  1920 

Syme,  S.  A D.  C,  1921 

Tate,  W.  C Va..  1921 

Taylor,  R.  W N.  C,  1921 

Thompson,  R.  C W.  Va.,  1921 

Tilley,  G.  S .Va.,  1920 

Tilimaa,  S.  B Ala.,  1922 

Turley,  J.  C W.  Va..  1921 

Turman,  S.  B Fla.,  1920 

Turner,  H.  McD Va.,  1920 

Tyler,  Jr.,  H.  G. Va.,  1921 

Vaden,  T.  H Va.,  1923 

Van  Syckel,  Jr.,  R.  E Pa.,  1921 

Vaughan,  F.  F Va.,  1921 

Venable,   R.  R Va.,  1922 

Waldo,  G.   E Fla.,  1922 

Wales,  T.  S Va.,  1922 

Waters,  W.  E Ky..  1921 

Weaver,     R.  C Va.,  1921 

Welton,   R.   H.   B Va.,  1921 

Wenger.   R.   A Va.,  1921 

Wessells,  S.  A Va.,  i921 

White,  E.  V Va.,  1922 

Wilson,  W.   Y Tenn.,  1921 

Winfree.  R.  N Va.,  1921 

Withers,    Jr.,    N.    R Va.,  1919 

Womeldorf,  L Texas,  1921 

Woodall,  J.  C N.  C,  1922 


Note,  The  S.  A.  T.  C.  of  the  V.  M.  I.  numbered  91  more  men  than  are 
given  above  who  were  commissioned,  or  entered  Officers'  Training  Schools, 
and  whose  names  are  given  elsewhere  in  this  book. 


72  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


DECORATIONS. 

Capt.  Fred.  W.  Adams Mo.,  1909.  D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre.  Con- 
tinues  in   the   Service. 

1st  Lt.  Thomas  D.  Amory Del.,  1916.     D.  S.  C.     (posthumously).     Killed 

in  action. 

Capt.  A.  D.  Barksdale Va.,  1911.  D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre,  and  Le- 
gion of  Honour. 

Col.  E.  M.  Blake S.  C,  1885.     Legion  of  Honour. 

1st  Lt.  Foster  V.  Brown,  Jr...Tenn.,  19r2.     Croix  de  Guerre  "with  Palm 

Lt.  Col.  James  McK.  Browii..Ky.,  1907.     (B.  E.  F.)  D.  S.  O.     (British.) 

Capt.  Withers  A.  Burress. . . .  Va.,  1914.     Chevaliera  di  Coronna  d'ltalia  and 

La  Solidaridad   (Panama). 

1st  Lt.  Franklin  W.  Carter. , .  Va.,  1912.    D.  S.  C. 

1st  Lt.  J.  Rives  Childs Va.,  1912.  Decorated  by  the .  Jugo-Slavic  Gov- 
ernment in   August,   1919. 

Capt.  Fred.  W.  Clarke,  Jr Ga.,     1917.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 

Major  Joseph  T.  Clement S.  C,  1906.    Croix  de  Guerre. 

Col.   C.   C.   Collins Va.,   1892.       Companion     of    the    Order    ot    St, 

Michael  and  St.  George. 

Capt.  Robert  Y.  Conrad Va.,  1905.    D.  S.  C.   (posthumously).    Killed  in 

action. 

Capt.  Samuel  C.  Gumming. ..  Va.,   1917.     Croix   de   Guerre   with   two   Silver 

Stars. 

Med.  Dir.  Chas.  M.  DeValin..S.   C,   1888.     Navy   Cross   and   C.   B.   E.      (By 

Prince  of  Wales). 

Major  A.  Wood  Dillard Md.,  1913.     D.  S.  C. 

Lt.  Col.  J.  W.  Downer Va.,  1902.    D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm 

and  Chevalier  of  Legion  of  Honour. 

1st  Lt.  James  H.  Drake,  Jr...Va.,  1901.  British  Military  Cross,  and  recom- 
mended for  V.  C.  Died  from  effects  of 
wounds. 

Capt.  John  D.  Ewing La.,  1913.    Croix  de  Guerre. 

Major  Louis  A.  Falligant Ga.,    1909.      Order    of    Die    Saint   Mauriceo    et 

Lazario    and    entitled    to    wear    three    stars 
on  his   ribbon. 

Capt.  Coke  Flannagan N.  Y.,  1913.    Croix  de  Guerre  with  Silver  Star. 

Lt.  Col.  L.  T.  Gerow Va.,  1911.     Chevalier,  Legion   d'Honneur. 

Capt.  Gustave  R.  Gerson Texas,  1912.     (Medical  Corps.)     British  Cross. 

Wounded  in  action. 

Col.  L.  R.  Gignilliat Ga.,  1895.     Legion  of  Honour. 

Col.  S.  R.  Gleaves Va.,  1898.  D.  S.  M.,  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Le- 
gion of  Honour,  and  recommended  by  Com- 
mander-in-Chief to  be  a  Brigadier  General. 

Major  Thomas  T.  Handy Va.,  1914.     D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Lt.  Comd'r  William  K. 
Harrill    (Navy) Tenn.,  1912.     Navy  Cross.  ' 

Capt.  Jack  S.  Hart Texas,  1917.     Medal  of  Honour,  D.  S.  C,  Croix 

de  Guerre  and  Navy  Cross. 

Major  Jack  Hastie,  Jr Wash.,  1912.     Croix  de  Guerre. 

Lt.  R.  J.  Howard Mo.,  1914.     Victoria  Cross.     Killed  in  action  in 

France. 

IstLt.CatesbyAp  C.J  ones...  Va.,  1913.    Order  of  the  Crown.     (By  King  of 

Belgium.) 


Decorations  (Continued)  73 

Color-BearerRussell  A.  Kelly.N.  Y.,  1914.     1st  Regt.,  Foreign  Legion.     After 

two  years'  service,  for  liis  second  act  of 
valour,  he,  as  a  mem.  of  liis  regt.,  was  deco- 
rated witli   the   "Fourragere"   band. 

Brig.  Geu.  Chas.  E.  Kilbourne.  D.  C,  1894.     D.  S.  C,  D.  S.  M.  and  Croix  de 

Guerre. 

1st  Lt.  Clarke  0.  Kimberly. . .  Va.,  1915.     Croix  de  Guerre. 

Lt.  Com.  Ogden  D.  King N.  C,  1909.     Asst.  Surgeon,  U.  S.  Navy;    with 

Marines.     D.  S.  C.  and  Navy  Cross. 

Major  Matthew  H.  Kingman.  Iowa,  1913.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 

Col.  Morris  E.  Locke ..Ohio,  1899.     D.  S.  M.  and  Legion  of  Honour. 

1st  Lieut.  S.  A.  Loughridge.  .  Ky.,  1904.    Two  British  Decorations. 

Col.  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.. .  Pa.,    1901.     D.    S.    M.,    Croix    de   Guerre   with 

Palm,  Legion  of  Honour,  Order  of  the  Crown 
of  Italy,  Order  of  St.  Maurice  et  Lazarus,  and 

Brig.    Genl.    Richard   C.  Order  of  La  Solidaridad. 

Marshall,    Jr Va.,   1898.     D.   S.   M. 

Capt.  Horatio  P.  Mason,  Jr..  .  Va.,  1917.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 


Capt.  Nathaniel  H.  Massie 

1st  Lt.  J.  C.  Miller,  Jr 

Capt.  Morgan  R.  Mills,  Jr. 
Col.  Aristides  Moreno 


Va.,  1916.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Silver  Star. 
W.  Va.,  1916.     D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 
Va.,   1917.     Croix   de   Guerre   with   Palm. 
N.   Y.,   1899.     D.   S.   M.;    D.    S.   O.      (British); 
Legion   of   Honour    (French);    Order   of  the 
Crown   (Belgian);   Order  of  the  Crown   (Ita- 
lian);  Order  of  Solidaridad    (Panama);   and 
Order  of  the  White  Eagle    (Serbian). 

Capt.  George  G.  Munce Va.,   1914.     Croix   de   Guerre   with   Palm. 

1st  Lt.  John  M.  McClellan.  . .  Va.,  1916.     Croix  de  Guerre   (posthumously). 

1st  Lt.  Alexander  McClintock.  .Ky.,  1913.     British  Military  Cross.     Died  from 

effects  of  wounds. 

Lt.  Col.  Donald  M.  McRae D.  C,  1912.     British  Military  Cross  (pinned  on 

by  King  George).     Cited  three  times. 

Capt.  Charles  P.  Nash W.  Va.,  1917.     D.  S.  C. 

Capt.  James  A.  Nelms Va.,  1917.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Gilt  Star. 

Corporal  B.  B.  Owens N.  C,  1914.     British  Military  Cross. 

Major  Victor  Parks,  Jr Va.,  1915.    Croix  de  Guerre  and  a  second  French 

Decoration.  American  Ace  with  8  Enemy 
Planes  officially  placed  to  his  credit.  3  Cita- 
tions from  U.  S.,  and  one  from  French  Gov- 
ernment. 

Col.  George  S.  Patton Calif.,  1907.     D.  S.  C.  and  D.  S.  M. 

Capt.  Allan  C.  Perkinson. . . .  Va.,  1914.     Croix  de  Guerre. 

Col.   Philip   B.   Peyton Va.,  1901.     D.  S.  M.      (TVice.) 

Lt.  Comd'r  O.  M.  Read,  Jr..  . .  S.  C,  1909.     Navy  Cross. 

1st  Lt.  Washington  Reed Va.,  1912.     D.   S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Le- 
gion of  Honour. 

1st  Lt.  R.  Barnwell  Rhett...S.  C,  1910.     British  Military  Cross. 

Capt.  J.  N.  C.  Richards Va.,    1914.     D.    S.    C.    (posthumously).      Killed 

in  action. 

1st  Lt.  Walter  A.  Richards. .  Va..  1913.    D.  S.  C. 

Capt.  Fielding  S.  Robinson.  .  .  Va.,  1917.     Croix  de  Guerre. 

Brig.   Gen.    Samuel    D.  Va.,  1889.     D.  S.  M.;   Croix  de  Guerre;   Legion 

Rockenbach of  Honour,  and  Order  of  the  Bath. 

2nd  I>t.  Kiffin  Y.  Rockwell. .  .N.    C,    1912.      Franco-American    Flying    Corps. 

Awarded  Military  Medal  for  shooting  down  a 
German  machine  near  Hartmanswieler-Kopf. 
He  was  also  given  the  Croix  de  Guerre  with 
four  Palms,  for  the  four  magnificent  Cita- 
tions he  had  received  in  the  Order  of  the 
Army. 


74 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Becord 


Capt.  Lemuel  C.  Shepherd,  Jr.  Va.,  1917.    D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre,  and  Navy 

Cross. 

Capt.  Horace  L.  Smith,  Jr...Va.,  1915.     D.  S.  C. 

2nd  Lt.  Vernon  L.  Somers.  .  .  Va.,  1915.     D.  S.  C.  and  Navy  Cross. 

Capt.  George  A.  Speer Ga.,  1912.     British  Military  Cross. 

Maj.  Rutherford  H.  Spessard.  Va.,  1915.     D.  S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Commander  Adolphus  Staton.N.   C,   1900.     Navy   Cross. 

1st  Lt.  G.  0.  Thompson. .....  Texas,  1918.     Croix  de  Guerre. 

Col.   Edmund   C.  Waddill Va.,   1903.     D.   S.   C. 

Capt.  Edward  L.  Wells S.   C,   1907.     D.   S.   C.    (twice)    and   Croix   de 

Guerre  (both  posthumously).  Killed  in  ac- 
tion. 

Capt.  Thomas  S.  Whiting Va.,  1917.     Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm. 

Lt.  Col.  John  S.  Williams Va.,  1904.     Awarded  the  Cross  of  OfRcier,  Ordre 

de  la  Couronne  by  King  Albert  of  Belgium 
for  valuable  services  rendered  the  Common 
Cause. 

Capt.  Rogers  M.  Wilson Ga.,  1911.     D.  S.  C. 

Col.  Charles  D.  Winn .  Ky.,  1893.     D.  S.  M. 

Lt.  Col.  J.  C.  Wise Va.,  1902.  Received  the  appointment  of  "Gren- 
adier, Regiment  de  Zuzey,"  while  serving 
with  the  French  in  action.  Later,  awarded 
D.   S.   C. 

Major  Rice  M.  Youell Va.,   1914.     D.   S.   C,  Croix  de   Guerre   with   2 

Palms,  and  Legion  of  Honour,  and  one 
Corps    Citation. 

Total:  79  who  received  126  Decorations;     but  the  list  is  probably  incomplete. 


Citations  and  Recommendations 


75 


CITATIONS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS. 

(Other  than  those  accompanying  Decorations.) 

H.  G.  Albert Md.,  1907.     Recommended   for  grade  of  Major, 

but  not  called  into  active  service  because  of 
blindness  in  one  eye,  caused  by  explosion  of 
a  mine,  in  line  of  duty,  Apl.  6,  1917. 
Va.,  1899.  Killed  in  action,  Aug.  7,  1918.  Com- 
;  mended  for  absolute  fearlessness  and  devo- 
tion to  duty.  "He  ever  exposed  himself  to 
save  his  men." 


1st  Lt.  Gail  H.  Alexander. 


Major  Edward  M.  Almond. 


1st  Lt.  J.  Favre  Baldwin. 


Private  Alden  Bell. 


Priv.  Archibald  W.  Bcnners. 


1st  Lt.  George  T.  Blackford. 


Sgt.   Flyer  Reginald  R. 
Brooks    


•  Va.,  1915.  Captain  commanding  Company 
"A,"  12th  M.  G.  Battalion.  For  distinguish- 
ed gallantry  at  Vesle  River  (where  he  was 
wounded)  he  was  promoted  to  grade  of 
Major. 

.  Texas,  1912.  Surgeon,  "Royal  Fusiliers,"  B.  E. 
F.  Killed  In  action,  Aug.  7,  1918.  Com- 
mended by  his  Battalion  Commander  for  con- 
spicuous bravery  and  utter  self-abnegation 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty.  His  last  letter 
to  his  doting  parents  (he  was  an  only  child), 
written  the  night  before  his  death,  is  a  beau- 
tiful classic,  breathing,  as  it  does,  the  loft- 
iest sentiments  of  filial  love  and  reverence, 
pure  patriotism  and  resignation  to  the  Di- 
vine Will.  A  distinguished  graduate  of  three 
institutions,  he  had  just  begun  the  practice 
of  his  profession  whan  he  felt  that  his  ser- 
vices were  needed  in  the  World  War,  and  has- 
tened to  France  and  joined  the  British  Ex- 
peditionary Force  in  October,  1917, 

.Va.,  1880.  Volunteer  at  57  years  of  age,  116th 
Inf.,  and  104th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.  Given 
letters  by  his  Commanders  praising  him 
highly  for  his  patriotism  and  gallantry  in 
action.  (Seriously  gassed  and  blinded  for 
four  months.) 

.  Pa.,  1919.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Killed  in  action.  Com- 
mended for  distinguished  bravery  and  de- 
votion to  duty,  ready  and  willing  to  serve  aa 
a  private  soldier  and  to  give  his  life  for  his 
Country.      (His  parents'  only  child.) 

.  Va.,  1901.  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.  Recommended 
five  times  for  grade  of  Captain  and  twice  for 
that  of  Major  for  gallant  services  during 
twenty-six  months'  overseas  duty  in  com- 
mand of  detachments  numbering  sometimes 
as  many  as  3,500  men.  Also  received  French 
Citation  by  Commanding  General. 
Mont.,  1914.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Rating 
R.  M.  A.  Twenty  months'  overseas  service, 
and  highly  commended  for  gallantry  and 
efficiency. 


76 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


1st  Lt.  Geo.  T.  Burdeau,  Jr..  Mo.,   1911.     Cited  for  gallantry  in  Order  from 

Base  Headquarters  No.  2,  A.  E.  F. 

1st  Lt.  Claude  R.  Cammer.  ..  Va.,    1915.      Cited    for    distinguished    gallantry 

while  in  command  of  his  M.  G.  Company. 
Disabled   permanently   by   wounds. 

Lt.  Col.  Arthur  G.  Campbell..  Va.,  1906.  Commended  for  distinguished  gal- 
lantry and  eflBciency  as  a  Battery  Commander 
in  action,  and  promoted  and  placed  on  Gen- 
eral Staff  in  U.  S.  He  had  been  detailed  as 
Adjutant,  but  when  his  battery  went  into  its 
first  action  he  was  called  back  to  command  it. 

Lt.  Col.   Hardee  Chambliss.  .  Ala.,    1894.      Commended    for    scientific    ability 

and  distinguished  services  while  command- 
ing Nitrate  Plant  No.  1,  at  Sheffield,  Ala. 

1st  Lt    J.  Rives  Childs Va.,  1912.     Distinguished  as  Radio  Intelligence 

Officer,  A.  E.  F.,  and  selected  as  one  of  the 
Military  Committee  sitting  with  the  Ameri- 
can Peace  Commission.  Served  frequently 
with  British  and  French  Headquarters.  Es- 
pecially commended  by  General  Nolan  for  his 
work  on  Enemy  Ciphers,  who  said  his  report 
on  German  Military  Ciphers  "will  undoubt- 
edly prove  to  be  of  great  value,  both  as  an 
historical  record  and  as  a  text-book  for  train- 
ing specialists." 

Capt.  Camillus  Christian,  Jr.  Va.,   1914.     Cited  for  conspicuous  gallantry  at 

Argonne  Forest  and  promoted,  and  detailed 
to  Military  Committee  of  the  American  Peace 
Commission. 

Capt.  Fred.  W.  Clarke,  Jr Ga.,  1917.  Recommended  for  D.  S.  C.  for  gal- 
lantry near  Vierzy,  July  19,  1918.  (Re- 
ceived Croix  de   Guerre. 

Capt.  James  E.  Cole,  Jr Va.,    1917.      Cited     for     gallantry    at    both    St. 

Mihiel    and    Meuse-Argonne    Offensives. 

Col.  Christopher  C.  Collins.  ..  Va.,  1892.  Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Repeat- 
edly commended  for  conspicuous  and  dis- 
tinguished services  in  the  administration  of 
Base  Hospital  No.  18  (the  first  to  go  over- 
seas) which  was  declared  to  be  the  most 
completely  arranged,  most  sanitary  and  best 
conducted  Hospital  in  the  American  Army. 
(Decorated  by  the  British  Government.) 

MaJ.  Charles  J.  Collins Fla.,  1916.     Commended  by  his  superior  officers 

for  exceptional  valour  and  ability. 

Sergeant  Alexander  J.  Con-    Ohio,   1909.     B.   E.   F.     Commended  for  heroic 

verse conduct  in  action  by  his  Commanding  Officer 

who  died  before  he  could  urge  his  promotion 
as    intended. 

Col.  Harry  N.  Cootes Va.,  1896.  Cited  lor  meritorious  and  distin- 
guished services  at  both  St.  Mihiel  and  Arras, 
in  both  Division  and  G.  H.  Q.  Orders. 

Corporal  James  L.  Corey Ind.,  1917.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Instantly  killed  in  ac- 
tion at  Chateau  Thierry,  June  10,  1918.  Com- 
mended in  highest  terms  for  conspicuous 
valour. 

Capt.  Daniel  L.  Coulbourn...  Va.,    1913.      Recommended    for    promotion    to 

grade  of  Major,  but  Armistice  prevented 
promotion. 


Citations  and  Recommendations  (Continued) 


77 


Lt.   Col.   William   Couper. 


Major  H.  I.  T.  Creswell. 


Capt.  Samuel  C.  Gumming. 


Private  Powhatan  R.  Dance. 


Capt.  George  F.  Dashiell. 


Capt.  Edward  T.  Davant. 


Capt.  Ralph  M.  Davenport.. 

1st  Lt.  James  H.  Drake,  Jr.. 
Capt.  Charles  A.  Etheridge. 

1st  Lt.  James  H.  Ewell,  Jr.. 


1st  Lt.  John  H.  Fechheimer. 


Capt.  Coke  Flannagan. 


Capt.  Willis  A.  Garvey. 


Va.,  1904.  Commended  for  valuable  and  dis- 
tinguished services  as  Officer  in  Charge  of 
construction  of  camps,  cantonments,  etc.,  in 
the  Construction  Division  of  the  Army. 

Calif.,  1913.  Commended  for  distinguished  gal- 
lantry in  command  of  certain  Companies  of 
his  Battalion  at  the  capture  of  Cantigny, 
where  his   services  were  not   required. 

Va.,  1917.  Cite^l  for  extraordinary  heroism  in 
last  great  battle  of  the  War.  Awarded  Croix 
de  Guerre  by  French  Government. 

Va.,  1920.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Killed  in  action,  Nov. 
1,  1918.  He  was  so  impatient  for  overseas 
service  that  he  sailed  for  the  front  before 
completing  his  term  at  the  Officers'  Training 
School,  and  made  the  Supreme  Sacrifice  a 
few  weeks  after  reaching  France.  Commend- 
ed for  devotion  to  duty  and  superb  bravery. 

Va.,  1919.  Commended  for  extraordinary  gal- 
lantry in  all  the  major  engagements,  to  the 
day  he  was  killed,  near  Souppy,  Nov.  10, 
1918. 

Va.,  1911.  Cited  for  distinguished  gallantry 
at  Sommerance,  Nov.  1,  1918,  by  Brig.  Gen. 
Brett,  when,  though  seriously  wounded  him- 
self, he  fearlessly  exposed  himself,  reorgan- 
ized the  attack  on  machine-guns  and  directed 
it  svccessfully  until  the  Enemy's  position  was 
taken. 

Col.,  1911.  Highly  commended  for  gallantry 
in  action  in  the  Chateau  T'hierry  Salient, 
where  he  was  wounded  and  received  promo- 
lion.  » 

Va.,  1901.  B.  E.  F.  Highly  commended  by  his 
Battalion  Commander. 

Va.,  1915.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Highly  commended  for 
bravery  in  action  in  Chateau  Thierry  Sector, 
June-July,  1918.      (Then  a  Lieutenant.) 

Texas,  1909.  A.  E.  F.  Highly  distinguished 
as  the  first  American  Anti-Aircraft  Artillery 
Officer.  Ordered  to  return  to  Fort  Monroe 
and  fit  men  for  this  branch  of  the  Service, 
July,  1918;  was  returning  to  France  with 
qualified  troops,  when  he  died  on  shipboard, 
in  sight  of  Brest,  of  pneumonia,  Oct.  18,  1918. 

N.  Y.,  1916.  Commended  for  gallantry  during 
the  St.  Mihiel  Drive,  Sept.  28,  1918,  where 
he  was  wounded. 

N.  Y.,  1913.  Highly  commended  by  his  su- 
perior officers  for  Radio  Work  in  the  A.  E.  F., 
and  recommended  to  be  promoted,  and  re- 
tained in  the  Service  after  the  conclusion  of 
hostilities.  (Awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre 
by  French  Government  for  brilliant  ser- 
vices.) 

Kansas,  1916.  Recommended  for  D.  S.  C.  for 
distinguished  gallantry  and  efficiency  as  an 
Artillery  Officer,  and  Liaison  Officer,  in  2nd 
Division,  in  Chateau  Thierry  Sector,  June- 
July,  1918,  by  Colonel,  23d  Inf. 


78  ViRoiNiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Major  Lee  S.  Gerow   Va.,  1913.     Highly  commended  for  meritorious 

and  distinguished  services  in  assisting  In 
the  formation  of  a  new  Division,  and,  after 
the  Armistice,  while  attached  to  the  Finance 
Division  of  the  Army,  in  charge  of  the  dis- 
bursement of  the  "Bonus"  Fund  granted  by 
Congress,  clearing  up  approximately  one 
million  and  a  half  claims  in  the  short  time 
*^  of  about  two  months. 

Major  W.  H.  Gill Va.,  1907.     Commended  for  conspicuously  gal- 
lant conduct  in  action  and  recommended  for 
promotion  to  the  grade  of  Lieutenant  Colonel. 
Capt.  Larkin  W.  Glazebrook,   D.    C,    1918.      Began    his    military    career    by 

jj.       being  the  most  distinguished  of  all  his  fel- 

\   '  low  candidates   at  first  Fort  Myer  Training 

Camp.     Desperately  wounded  and  gassed  in 
action  a  number  of  times. 

Most  highly  commended  by  all  his  super- 
ior officers,  and  promoted  for  gallantry  and 
devotion — "above  and  beyond  the  call  of 
duty." 
Col.  Samuel  R.  Gleaves Va.,  1898.  Recommended  by  the  Commander- 
in-Chief,  Oct.,  1918,  to  be  promoted  to  the 
grade  of  Brigadier  General  for  exceptionally 
distinguished  services,  but  no  action  taken 
by  the  Senate  on  any  nomination  after  Oct. 
1,  1918.  (Awarded  three  decorations.  See 
above.) 
Capt.  Benjamin  A.  Goodman.  Va.,    1917.     After   serving   gallantly    with    the 

Marines  in  France,  and  receiving  a  wound  in 
action,   was   given    the   distinction    of   being 
Selected  to  command  the  Marine  Section  of 
the  S.  A.  T.  C.  at  the  V.  M.  I. 
1st  Lt.  William  T.  Gould,  Jr..  N.    Y.,    1918.     Air    Service.     Distinguished    as 

"First  Honour"    Graduate    of    his    Class    at 
Princeton    University    Ground    School,    wear- 
ing the  "Black  Bird"  and  two  gold  Vs.     15 
months'    service   in    France   and    Italy   as   a 
^    '     Flyer. 
Capt.  Percy  S.  Grant Va.,  1908.     368th  Inf.   (Negro  Reg't.),  92d  Divi- 
sion.   Commended  for  gallantry  and  eflSciency 
at  St.  Mihiel  and  in  the  Argonne,  and  twice 
»     offered  promotion  to  another  unit. 

Capt.  Henry  P,  Gray,  Jr Va.,  1918.     A.  E.  F.     Chosen  to  command  one 

of  the  Companies  of  the  Third  Composite 
Regiment,  as  Escort  to  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  after  the  Armistice. 

Capt.  Fred.  S.  Greene Va.,    1890.     Engineers,   A.   E.   F.     For   gallant 

services  in  action  recommended  for  promo- 
tion to  grade  of  Major,  but  commission  given 
erroneously  to  another   (of  similar  name.) 

Capt.  J.  Addison  Hagan Va.,  1916.     U.  S.  M.  C.     Recommended   for  D. 

S.  C.  for  rescuing  one  of  his  men  from  "No 
Man's  Land,"  while  suffering  himself  from 
a  serious  wound  in  Chateau  Thierry  Sector, 
June,  1918.  Later,  recommended  for  the 
"Medal  of  Honour." 


Citations  and  Recommendations  (Continued) 


79 


Capt.  Joseph  S.  Hagenbuch. 


Ist  Lt.  E.  T.  Hathaway. 


Lt.  Commander  A.  Langstaff 
Johnston,  Jr 


Capt.  Charles  Johnston. 

Color-Bearer   Russell   A. 
Kelly    


Ist  Lt.  Clarke  O.  Kimberly. 


Capt.  H.  B.  Klnsolving,  Jr. 


Col.  George  T.  Langhorne. 


Capt.  Greenlee  D.  Letcher. 


Capt.   E.  L.  Lindsey. 


Major  Orin  C.  Lloyd 


1st  Lt.  S.  A.  Loughrldge. 


,  Pa.,   1911.       Sanitary    Corps,    A.    E.   F.     Com- 
mendea   for  valuable  and   distinguished   ser- 
vices as  Chief  of  Sanitary  Corps  of  all  the 
Armies,  in  turn,  while  in  Germany. 
.  Okla.,  1915.     Pilot,  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     Kill- 
ed  in  action.     Commended  for  bravery  and 
efficiency. 
Va.,  1902.    U.  S.  N.  R.  F.    Commended  by  Com- 
.      manding   Officer    for    distinguished    efficiency 
and  scientific  attainments  as  exemplified   in 
his  service  in  the  Navy  for  over  two  years 
in   the  World   War,   and   promoted   to   grade 
of  Lt.  Commander.     He  presented  to  the  Ser- 
vice several  of  his  valuable   inventions. 
.  Va.,    1902.      Commended    for    conspicuous    gal- 
lantry in  action;    severely  wounded. 
N.    Y.,    1914.      "First    Blood    of    the   War"    (of 
.      V.  M.  I.   Heroes).     Killed  in   action   at  Giv- 
anchy,  France,  while  a  member  of  the  French 
Foreign  Legion,  June  17,  1915.     He  wrote  a 
series    of    remarkable    letters,    upon    his    ar- 
rival in  France,  telling  of  his  experiences  in 
the  French  Army,  which  were  published  in 
many  of  the  largest  papers  in  the  U.  S.     He 
was  seen  to  fall  with  a  ghastly  wound,  and 
it  was  learned  that  he  was  a  prisoner  and 
had     his     leg     amputated,     but     no     further 
tidings  ever  came,  and  it  is  believed  he  died 
the  day  he  was  wounded,  and  lies  in  an  un- 
known grave  in  France. 
. .  Va.,  1915.     Received  two  Citations  for  conspic- 
uous   gallantry,   besides   being   awarded    the 
Croix   de  Guerre. 
. .  Ky.,    1911.      Recommended    for    promotion    to 
grade    of    Major    for    distinguished    services. 
Discharged  from  Service  as  Major,  F.  A.  R.  C. 
. .  Va.,    1887.     8th   U.    S.    Cavalry.     Most   highly 
commended    by    the    Governor    of    Texas    in 
1917  to  the  Secretary  of  War  as  the  most  suc- 
cessful commanding  officer  ever  in  the  Big 
Bend    Section    in    handling    the    Chihuahua 
bandits;   and  who  said  the  citizens  of  Texas 
owed  him  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  splen- 
did services. 
Va.,  1886.    A.  E.  F.     Commended  by  his  Brig- 
ade  Commander   as   probably   the   most   effi- 
cient   Battery    Commander    in    the    Brigade. 
Believed  to  have  been   the  oldest  volunteer 
Line  Officer  in  the  American  Army. 
,.Va.,    1909.      Engineers,    A.    E.    F.      Cited    for 
"Exceptionally  meritorious  and  distinguished 
services." 
. .  N.  C,  1910.     A.  G.  Department,  U.  S.  A.    Com- 
mended   for    meritorious    and    distinguished 
services  as  Camp  Personnel  Adjutant  and  as 
one   of   a   detail    of    expert    officers    charged 
with  formulating  plans  for  the  mobilization 
of  the  Army. 
Ky..  1904.    Royal  Art.,  B.  E.  F.    Recommended 
for  promotion  by  his  commanding  officer. 


80 


Virginia  Military  Institute — ^World  War  Eecord 


Major  Richard  G.  Lyne. 


Col.  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr. 


Capt.  Clarence  A.  Martin. 


1st  Lt.  Edward  G.  Maxwell. 


Capt.  Edward  R.  Michaux. 


Capt.   Morgan  R.  Mills,  Jr. 


Capt.  Charles  Ellet  Moore. 


2nd  Lt.  Richard  W.  Murphy. 


1st  Lt.  Ralph  W.  McGee. 


-Private  John  McKinney. 


Lt.  Col.  Donald  M.  McRae. 


.  Va.,  1916.  Highly  commended  by  Division 
Commander  for  the  manner  in  which  he 
directed  his  Battery  ("B,"  51st  C.  A.)  at  St. 
Mihiel  and  promoted  to  Major. 

.  Pa.,  1901.  Recommended  by  the  Commander- 
in-Chief,  Oct.,  1918,  for  exceptionally  meri- 
torious and  distinguished  services,  to  be 
promoted  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General 
and  Chief  of  Operations  of  an  Army  Corps; 
but  no  action  was  taken  by  the  Senate  on 
any  nominations  after  Oct.  1,  1918.  The 
Commander-in-Chief,  however,  gave  him  the 
position  without  the  rank,  which  he  filled 
with   extraordinary   distinction   and   success. 

.  Va.,  1917.  A.  E.  F.  Commended  for  extra- 
ordinary gallantry  in  action.  Lost  92  killed 
and  wounded  out  of  150  of  his  Company  in 
one  battle. 

.  Va.,  1915.  Signal  Officer,  317th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F. 
Highly  commended  for  initiative  and  courage 
by  his  Colonel  (Kellar). 

.  N.  C,  1917.  60th  Inf.,  5th  Div.  Citation  from 
General  Officer,  for  conspicuous  bravery  in 
action. 

.  Va.,  1917.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Cited  for  conspicuously 
distinguishing  himself  in  a  determined  at- 
tack by  the  Enemy  after  his  Commander  and 
next  in  rank  had  fallen.  (Awarded  Croix 
de  Guerre  by  the  French  Government.) 

■  Va.,  1913.  Highly  commended  by  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief in  a  personal  telegram  for 
leading  his  Company  with  great  gallantry 
at  Vaux,  July  1-2,  1918,  and  refusing  to  leave 
it,  though  badly  wounded,  and  recommend- 
ing him  for  the  grade  of  Major,  later.  (He  is 
still  in  Hospital,  twenty-one  months  after- 
wards, suffering  from  his  wounds.) 

Ala.,  1916.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Mortally  wounded  in 
action.  Cited  for  distinguished  gallantry  in 
the  Chateau  Thierry  Salient  where  he  made 
the   Supreme   Sacrifice. 

Miss.,  1913.  312th  Ammunition  Train,  87th 
Division,  A.  E.  F.  Recommended  to  be  made 
Captain  in  Nov.,  1918,  but  Armistice  prevent- 
ed his  promotion. 

N.  Y.,  1916.  Co.  "G,"  105th  Infantry,  27th  Div., 
A.  E.  F.  Highly  commended  for  gallantry 
in  action  in  Flanders,  Aug.  31,  1918,  in 
which  he  was  very  seriously  wounded. 

D.  C,  1912.  Cited  three  times  for  acts  of 
heroi?m  in  the  B.  E.  F.  where  he  served 
from  Private  to  Major,  and  commended  for 
distinguished  bravery  in  the  A.  E.  F.  where 
he  served  from  Captain  to  Lieutebant  Colonel. 
(Awarded  Military  Cross  by  King  George 
in  person.) 


Citations  and  Recoisimendations  (Continued) 


81 


Capt.  Charles  P.  Nash... 


Capt.  James  A.  Nelms. 


Major  Edward  W.  Nichols. 


Capt.  James  A.  Nichols,  Jr.. 
Corporal  B.  B.  Owens 

Ensign  Sydney  W.  Owens.. 


Lt.    Col.    Alvin    M.    Owsle]^. 


Capt.  Clark  Owsley. 


W.  Va.,  1917.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Attached  to  Air 
Service  Section.  His  Squadron  Commander 
wrote,  "He  did  exceptional  work  previous 
to  his  being  unfortunate  enough  to  be  miss- 
ing." (It  was  afterwards  learned  that  he 
had  been  shot  down  from  a  height  of  over 
2,000  feet,  losing  an  arm,  and  being  made 
a  prisoner  of  War.)     Received  D.  S.  C. 

.Va.,  1917.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Cited  by  his  Colonel 
for  distinguished  valour  in  action  in  the 
Chateau  Thierry  Sector  where,  by  his  remark- 
able coolness  and  intrepidity,  acting  in  con- 
junction with  his  Major,  he  prevented  his 
command  from  being  annihilated.  For  his 
heroic  act  he  was  recommended  to  be  pro- 
moted to  Major  (temporary)  in  the  U.  S. 
M.  C.  (He  was  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre 
by  the  French  Government.) 
Va.,  1878.  Commended  repeatedly  in  the  high- 
est terms  by  the  War  Department  for  his 
valuable  and  distinguished  services,  both  in 
his  administration  as  Superintendent  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  making  it  such  a  valuable  adjunct  to 
the  Service,  and  for  his  organization  and 
conduct  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C,  at  that  institution, 
under  a  commission  of  Major  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  Army;  the  V.  M.  I.  having  the  unique 
distinction  of  being  the  only  institution  in 
the  United  States  which  was  honoured  by 
having  its  head  officer  commissioned  in  the 
Army  and  placed  in  command  of  its  S.  A. 
T.  C. 

,  Va.,  1910.  Recommended  for  the  D.  S.  C.  for 
distinguished  bravery  in  a  number  of  major 
actions.    Three  times  wounded. 

,  N.  C,  1914.  B.  E.  F.  Recommended  for 
French  Decoration,  at  the  same  time  he  re- 
ceived the  British  Military  Medal,  for  ex- 
traordinary bravery  in  action  in  Belgium 
in  October,  1917,  while  serving  in  the  "First 
Royal  Fusiliers." 

.  Va.,  1920.  U.  S.  N.,  Aviation  Section.  He  grad- 
uated with  the  highest  honours  of  his  Class 
at  Princeton  University  Ground  School,  hav- 
ing been  one  of  four  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  who  at- 
tained the  distinction  of  standing  at  the  head 
of  their  respective  Classes  at  Aviation 
Ground  Schools.  Escorted  in  the  air  the 
President's   Convoy   to   Europe    (both   trips). 

,  Texas,  1909.  Commended  and  promoted  for  his 
gallant  and  distinguished  conduct  at  the 
front. 

,  Texas,  1918.  (Brother  of  above).  Highly  com- 
mended and  promoted  for  distinguished  con- 
duct in  action  as  Regimental  Gas  Director, 
36th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 


82 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


Major  Victor  Parks,  Jr. 


Sergt.  Andrew  S.  Patterson. 
Capt.  Allan  C.  Parkinson .  . . 


1st  Lt.  James  A.  Pigue. 


1st  Lt.  Paul  M.  Potts,  Jr. 


2nd  Lt.  Thomas  R.  Potts. 


1st  Lt.  George  I.  Rankin. 


1st  Lt.  R.  B.  Rhett 


Private  Charles  S.  Roller. 


1st  Lt.  Irvine  C.  Scudder 


Capt.  Frank  M.  Smith 

(Formerly  Calvin  M.  Smith) 


Va.,  1915.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Cited  three 
times  by  his  own  Government  for  most  dis- 
tinguished service  as  an  American  Ace,  hav- 
ing eight  (8)  Enemy  Planes  brought  down 
to  his  credit,  for  which  the  French  Govern 
ment  awarded  him  two  Decorations. 

Va.,  1917.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Cited  by  his 
Major  for  a  brave  act. 

Va.,  1914.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Cited  by  his  Regi- 
mental Commander  for  conspicuous  gal- 
lantry, while  a  Lieutenant  in  command  of 
a  patrol  of  12,  in  defeating  Enemy  troops 
in  a  night  attack,  killing  a  number  of  them, 
with  the  loss  of  only  one  man  wounded. 
(Awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre  by  the  French 
Government. ) 

Tenn.,  1905.  Killed  in  action.  He  had  been 
recommended  for  promotion  to  the  grade  of 
Major  for  exceptional  bravery  in  action,  and 
remarkable  efficiency  as  an  officer.  He  had 
already  received  four  medals  for  distinction 
in  the  regular  Service,  before  the  World 
War. 

La.,  1917.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Distinguished 
as  a  Pilot  and  Bomber,  and  said  to  be  an 
American  Ace,  though  positive  data  are  not 
yet  in  hand.  One  of  ten  Aviators  picked  to 
go  to  Foggia  Training  School. 

Va.,  1918.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.  Pilot  in  Com- 
bat Squadron,  and  highly  commended.  Award- 
ed "First  Honour"  of  his  Class  of  400  at 
Princeton   University  Ground   School. 

N.  Y.,  1910.  Highly  commended  for  gallantry 
in  battle  of  the  Marne.  Returned  to  U.  S. 
for  recuperation,  and  to  be  an  Instructor  at 
Training  Camps. 

S.  C,  1910.  Med.  Corps,  B.  E.  F.  American 
Citation  and  recommended  twice  for  promo- 
tion. 

Va.,  1902.  A.  E.  F.  Attached  to  314th  Sani- 
tary Train,  89th  Div.,  as  Stretcher-Bearer, 
and  displayed  distinguished  gallantry  and 
efficiency  at  the  ffont,  and,  later,  with  the 
Red  Cross  in  the  Army  in  Germany.  Com- 
missioned Captain  of  the  Red  Cross  by  the 
President,  on  his  return  home. 

Miss.,  1918.  A.  E.  F.  Cited  in  General  Or- 
ders for  extraordinary  bravery  and  efficiency 
in  the  advance  on  Metz,  in  obtaining  valua- 
able  information,  without  regard  to  personal 
danger,  by  advancing  in  command  of  three 
sections  of  16  men  each,  in  face  of  the 
Enemy,  and  destroying  entanglements, — 
reaching  the  objective  with  the  centre  sec- 
tion, after  suffering  great  loss.  Recom- 
mended for  the  D.  S.  C. 

Tenn.,  1907.  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Received  two  Citations  from  General  Officers 
for  conspicuous  bravery  in  action.  Wounded 
near  Cunel. 


Citations  and  Recommendations  (Continued) 


83 


Capt.  Horace  L.  Smith,  Jr. 


Capt.  James  Taylor . . . 


Col.  James  D.  Taylor. 


Capt.  John  B.  Tomlinson. 


Lt.  Col.  Alfred  P.  Upshur.  . 


Master  Engineer  Henry  M. 

Venable    

1st  Lt.  William  H.  Wales,  III. 


Lt.  Col.  J.  M.  S.  Waring 

Capt.  Edward  L.  Wells 

1st  Lt.  Richard  F.  Welton,  Jr. 
Capt.  Thomas  S.  Whiting. . . 


.  Va.,  1915.  Cited  a  number  of  times  in  Division 
Orders  for  exceptionally  valourous  deeds 
and  awarded  the  D.  S.  C. 

.  N.  J.,  1918.  For  distinguished  bravery  and 
efficiency  as  a  Battery  Commander  he  was 
selected  for  service  with  the  301st  Battalion, 
Heavy  Tank  Corps,  B.  E.  F. 

.  Fla.,  1898.  Cited  in  Order  of  32nd  Army  Corps, 
May  1,  1919,  by  its  Commander,  General 
Passaga,  as  "an  officer  of  matchless  courage 
and  energy,  particularly  distinguishing  him- 
self in  August,  1918,  North  of  Toul,"  when 
commanding  the  335th  U.  S.  Infantry.  In 
1919,  he  was  awarded  the  D.  S.  M.  for  the 
distinguished  service  he  performed,  nearly 
twenty  years  before,  which  led  to  the  cap- 
ture of  the  Insurrectionary  Leader,  Agui- 
naldo,  in  the  Philippines. 

.  Ala..  1917.  18th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.  Died  in 
the  Service  after  his  second  gas  attack. 
Commended  in  highest  terms  for  his  heroism 

I  in  leading  a  second  raid  into  the  German 
trenches  by  his  then  Regimental  Commander, 
General  Frank  Parker,  who  ordered  his  name 
placed  on  the  Regimental  Roll  of  Honour. 
Va.,  1904.  M.  C,  U.  S.  A.  Recommended  for 
Distinguished  Service  Medal  for  his  work 
in  organizing  and  successfully  conducting 
Base  Hospital  at  Camp  Pike,  and  General 
Hospital  No.  3,  U.  S.  A. 
W.  Va.,  1912.    23rd  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.     Highly 

commended    for    gallantry    and    efficiency. 
Va.,  1916.     Air  Service,  A.  E.  F.     Commended 
for     valuable     and     distinguished     services. 
"First  Honour"   Graduate  of  Princeton  Uni- 
versity Ground  School. 

.  Md.,  1894.  Commended  and  promoted  for  scien- 
tific ability  and  distinguished  services  in  the 
administration  of  the  General  Ordnance 
Depot  at  Nitro,  W.  Va.,  which  cost  seventy 
millions  of  dollars. 

.  S.  C,  1907.  Second  M.  G.  Battalion.  1st  Division, 
A.  E.  F.  Cited  for  "extraordinary  bravery 
and  efficiency  in  handling  men."  (In  addi- 
tion to  Citation  with  D.  S.  C.  twice.) 

.  Va.,  1915.  A.  E.  F.  Commended  for  conspicuous 
bravery  in  action  with  the  46th  Infantry. 

.  Va.,  1917.  U.  S.  M.  C.  (Then  1st  Lieutenant.) 
Very  highly  commended  while  commanding 
his  platoon  in  action  at  Chateau  Thierry, 
June  2,  1918  (in  which  he  was  seriously 
wounded  in  many  parts  of  the  body),  by  his 
Regimental  Commander,  "as  an  example  and 
inspiration  to  his  men  for  his  absolute  devo- 
tion to  duty  and  conspicuous  bravery  under 
fire,"  and  by  the  Major  General  Commandant 
of  the  U.  S.  M.  C.  "for  conspicuously  dis- 
tinguishing himself  in  action."  (Awarded 
the  French  Croix  de  Guerre.) 


84 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 


Lt.  Col.  John  S.  Williams. 


Lt.  Col.  Jennings  C.  Wise. 


Va.,  1904.  Received  Citation  from  Gen.  Jno.  J. 
Pershing,  Commanderrin-Chief,  for  "excep- 
tionally meritorious  and  conspicuous  services 
as  a  member  of  the  General  Staff,  Gen.  Hdq., 
A.  E.  F." 

.  Va.,  1902.  Cited  for  "conspicuous  bravery  in 
action,  courageous  conduct  and  special  devo- 
tion to  duty,  after  being  severely  gassed  and 
wounded  by  shell  fire,"  while  serving  with 
the  133rd  French  Army,  February,  1918. 
Later,  awarded  D.  S.  C. 


Casualties:  Killed,  or  Died  in  Service  85 

CASUALTIES. 

KILLED    IN    ACTION,    OR    DIED    IN    THE    SERVICE. 

(List  not  yet  complete.) 

First  Lieutenant  Gail   H.        1899.    from   Danville,   Va.      47th   Infantry,    4tli 

Alexander    Division.    Killed  in  action  at  Bazoches   near 

the  Vesle  River,  France,  August  7,  1918. 
First  Lieutenant  Thomas  D.     1916,    from    Wilmington.    Del.      26th    Regular 
Amory    Inf.,   1st  Div.     Killed   in   action   leading  as- 
saulting platoon  ahead  of  his  regiment,  near 
Verdun,    October    2,    1918.      Awarded,    post- 
humously,  the   D.    S.   C,   and   recommended 
for  the  "Medal  of  Honour."  He  was  incapaci- 
tated for  duty    (walking  with   a  limp   from 
a  wound  previously  received)   when  he  was 
killed,  but  he  insisted  on  returning  to  duty. 
He  was  called  the  bravest  and  best  beloved 
member  of  his  battalion. 
First  Lieutenant  J.  Favre  1912,    from    Tyler,    Texas.      Surgeon,      Royal 

Baldwin     Fusiliers,"    B.    E.    F.      Killed    in    action    in 

France,  August  7,  1918. 
Private  Archibald  W.  1919,  from  Ambler,   Pa.     U.   S.   Marine   Corps. 

Benners    Died,   July   3,    1918,   of  wounds   received   in 

action  in  France,  June  3.  1918.  (He  had 
received  a  commission  of  2nd  Lieutenant  in 
the  U.  S.  M.  C.  Reserve,  but  resigned  and 
went  into  the  ranks,  in  order  to  get  quickly 
to  the  front  with  the  regulars.  He  had  been 
selected  for  the  Officers'  Training  School  in 
France  when  he  made  the  Supreme  Sacrifice.) 
Lieutenant  Col.  Charles  M.     1897,  from  Staunton,  Va.     75th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

Blackford    Died  in  the  Service  of  pneumonia  following 

influenza,  at  Camp  Lewis,  Washington  State, 
January  18,  1919. 
Private  Mahlon  W.  Caffee....  1906,    from    Carthage,    Mo.     Officers'   Training 

School.      Died    of    pneumonia,    superinduced 
by  an  accident  incurred  in  the  Service,  De- 
cember 30,  1918. 
Sergeant  Irwin  A.  Carroll. . .  1913,  from  Beaumont,  Texas.    Officers'  Training 

School.     Died  in  the  Service,  at  College  Sta- 
tion, Texas,  Oct.  9,  1918 
Private  Middleton  Chambers.  1908,  from  Richmond,  Va.    Air  Service,  U.  S.  A 

Died  of  pneumonia  following  influenza,  Dust 
before  receiving  a  commission,  March  8,  1919. 
Captain  Robert  Y.  Conrad. ..  1905,  from  Winchester,  Va.  Co.  "I,"  116th  In- 
fantry. Killed  in  action,  battle  of  the  Marne, 
Oct.  12,  1918.  Awarded,  posthumously,  the 
D.  S.  C. 
Corporal  James  L.  Corey. ...  1917,   from   Argos,   Ind.     U.   S.   Marine   Corps. 

Killed    in    action   at   Chateau    Thierry,   July 
19.    1918. 
Sergeant  Joseph  R.  Cush-       1915,   from   Bedford   Village,   N.   Y.     Co    "K." 

man  107th    Inf.      Killed    in    action    near    Coulet, 

""~ France,  Sept.  29,  1918. 


86  Virginia  Military  Institute — Wokld  War  Record 

Second  Lieutenant  Frank        1914,    from    Richmond,   Va.     309th    Engineers. 

Cutchins Died  in  the  Service  in  France  of  pneumonia 

following  influenza,  December  26,  1918. 

Private  Powhatan  R.  Dance. .  1920,  from  Richmond,  Va.     U.  S.  M.  C.     Killed 

in  action  in  France,  November   1,   1918. 

Captain  George  F.  Dashiell. .  1919,  from  Smithfield,  Va.    M.  G.  Co.,  11th  Inf. 

Killed  in  action  near  Souppy,  in  the  Argonne, 
by  bursting  of  a  shell  (which  also  killed 
other  members  of  his  Company),  Nov.  10, 
1918. 

Major   A.  Wood   Dillard 1913,  from  Baltimore,  Md.     Inspector  General's 

Department.  (Late  Captain  of  Infantry, 
A.  E.  F.)  Accidentally  killed  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  his  Post,  January  9,  1919.  Previously 
awarded  the  D.  S.  C. 

First  Lieutenant  James  H.       1901,  from  Richmond,  Va.     24th  London  Regi- 

Drake,  Jr ment,  B.  E.  F.     Died  in  a  London  Hospital 

from  the  effects  of  wounds,  gas  attacks,  and 
extraordinary  hardships,  during  his  service 
at  the  front  since  1916,  September  23,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  James  H.         1909,  from  Goliad,  Texas.     C.  A.,  U.   S.  A.,  A. 

Ewell,   Jr E.   F.     First   officer   commanding  a   Battery 

of  Anti-Aircraft  Artillery.  Died  of  pneu- 
monia while  returning  to  France  with  troops 
he  had  trained  for  his  branch  of  the  Service, 
as  his  ship  sighted  Brest,  October  18,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  Alexander  1908,  from  San  Antonio,  Texas.  Aviation  Ser- 
H.  Fraser  vice,  U.  S.  A.  Died  in  the  Service  of  pneu- 
monia following  influenza,  at  Fort  Sam  Hous- 
ton, Texas,  Oct  28,  1918. 

Captain  Jesse  H.  Fugate,  Jr..  1916,  from  Reed  Island,  Va.    U.  S.  M.  C.     Died 

at  his  Post  at  Santiago,  D.  R.,  of  pneumonia, 
January  9,  1919.  About  to  be  promoted  to 
Major  for  distinguished  service. 

Captain  Howard  F.  Gill 1914,   from    Petersburg,   Va.     C.   A.,    U.    S.    A. 

Died  in  the  Service  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  of 
pneumonia  following  influenza,  Oct.  14,  1918. 

Sergeant  Walter  S.  Goddard.  1910,  from   Washington,  N,  C.     Co.  "I,"   119th 

Infantry,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Killed  in 
action  at  battle  of  Ypres,  Sept.,  1,  1918. 

Private  T.  Sheafe  Haskell...  1907,  from  Derby  Line,  Vt.     Officers'  Training 

School  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.  Died  from  ef- 
fects of  an  accident  while  in  training,  sum- 
mer of  1917. 

First  Lieutenant  Edward  T.     1915,   from   Oklahoma   City,   Okla.     Pilot,    Air 

Hathaway Service,  A.  E.  F.    Killed  in  action  in  France, 

June    25,    1918. 

Private  Peter  P.  Homes 1912,  from  Lunenburg  County,  Va.     Died  while 

a  candidate  for  commission  at  O.  T.  School 
at  Camp  Lee,  Va.,  Feb.  27,  1918. 

Lieutenant  Richard  J.  1914,    from    St.    Louis,    Mo.      "Black    Watch," 

Howard    B.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in  France,  March 

17,  1916  Awarded  the  "Victoria  Cross" 
(posthumously). 

Captain  William  H.  Hum-        1915,  from  Crozet,  Va.     58th  Infantry.     Killed 

phreys    in  action  at  the  Argonne,  France,  October  4, 

1918. 

Captain  Bartlett  James Va.,  1915.  U.  S.  A.  Died  at  his  Post,  Colum- 
bus, N.  M.,  Oct.  24,  1917. 


Casualties:  Killed,  or  Died  ix  Service  (Cont'd)  87 

Major  E.  Hammond  Johnson.  1904,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     112th  Infantry.     With 

Army  of  Occupation.  Died  suddenly  ol 
apoplexy  at  his  Post  in  Germany  (Cochem), 
May  17,  1919. 

Captain  Gustav  Karow Ga.,  1916.     U.  S.  M.  Corps.     Killed  in  the  line 

of  duty  at  his  Post  at  Paris  Island,  S.  C, 
June  25,  1920,  by  falling  to  earth  with  his 
burning   plane. 

Ensign  (Color-Bearer)  Rus-     1914,  from  Cedarhurst,  N.  Y.     French  Foreign 

sell  A.  Kelly   Legion.       Mortally     wounded     at     Givanchy, 

France,  and  died,  June  7,  1915. 

Captain  B.  V.  M.  La  Rue 1896,  from   Kansas   City,   Mo.     335th   Infantry, 

89th  Division.  A.  E.  F.  Died  in  the  Service 
in  France  of  pneumonia  following  influenza, 
1918. 

Captain  Atwell  T.  Lincoln.  .  .  1897,  from  Columbus,  Miss.,  and  later,  St.  Louis, 

Mo.  Co.  "B"  (M.  G.  Co.),  354th  Inf.,  89th 
Division.  Killed  in  action  at  the  St.  Mlhlel 
Salient,  September  18,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  Hope  W.        1918,   from  Tyro,  Va.     119th   Infantry.     Killed 

Massie     while  on  patrol  in  France,  August  6th,  1918. 

"You  fellows  are  married,  I  am  the  one  to 
go."  A  comrade  wrote:  "He  had  the  perfect 
faith — and  died  that  others  might  live." 

Private  Eugene  N.  Mayer.  .  .   1912,   from   Norfolk,    Va.    (later,   from    Bristol, 

Va.).  Officers'  Training  School  at  Camp 
Johnston.  Died  of  pneumonia  following  in- 
fluenza in  the  Sei'vice,  at  Camp  Johnston, 
October  21,  1918. 

Brigadier  Genl.  R.   E.  L.  1883,  from  Albemarle  County,  Va.     U.  S.  Army. 

Michie    Died  in  the  Service  in  France  very  suddenly, 

of  disease,  June  5,  1918. 

Pharmacist   Mate,   2nd  Class,  1914,  from  Neshville,  Tenn.     U.  S.  Navy.     Died 

Carter  Milam    aboard    U.    S.    S.    Louisville,    just   after    the 

ship  reached  Brest,  France,  September  29, 
1918,  of  pneumonia  following  influenza. 
(Body  sent  home  and  interred  in  Mt.  Olivet 
Cemetery,   Nashville,   Tenn.) 

First  Lieutenant  Charles  A.     1909,    from    New    York    City.      Co.    "I,"    305th 

Minton     Infantry,  77th  Division.     Died  of  pneumonia, 

in  France,  Oct.  18,  1918. 

Second  Lieutenant  Richard      1916,    from    Greensboro,    Ala.       U.    S.    Marine 

W.   Murphy    Corps.    Mortally  wounded  at  Chateau  Thierry 

Salient,  and  died  June  — ,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  John  Mur-     1916,  from  Richmond,  Va.     U.  S.  M.  C.     Killed 

ray  McClellan   in    action   at   Vierzy,   France,   July   19,   1918. 

Awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre  (posthumously) 
by  Marshal  Petain,  Commander-in-Chief  of 
the  French  Armies  of  the  East. 

First  Lieutenant  Alexander     1913,  from  Lexington,  Ky.     Infantry,  U.   S.  A. 

McClintock     (Previously  for  two  years  a  Sergeant  in  the 

B.  E;  F.)  Died  in  New  York,  from  effects 
of  wounds  received  in  action  and  hard  ser- 
vice in  France  with  the  British  Expedition- 
ary Force,  June  28,  1918.  Awarded  the 
British  Distinguished  Service  Cross  by  King 
George,  personally,  for  bringing  from  the 
field  two  wounded  comrades  when  he  him- 
self was  badly  wounded. 


88 


Virginia  Military  Ixstitute — World  War  Eecord 


First  Lieutenant  James  A. 

Pigue  

First  Lieutenant  Rodney  W. 

Polack    

Private  Edmund  L.  Rapkin 


Captain  J.  N.  C.  Richards. 


Lieutenant  Kiffin  Y.  Rock- 
well     

Private    Edward    Marcus 
Smith    


Second   Lieutenant   Vernon 
L.   Somers    


1905,  from  Nashville,  Tenn.  117th  Inf.  Killed 
in  action  on  the  Marne,  July  18,  1918. 

1908,  from  York,  Pa.  60th  Inf.,  5th  Div.  Killed 
in  action  in  France,  October  14th,  1918. 

1919,  from  Montclair,  N.  J.  Co.  "L,"  107th  In- 
fantry. Died  in  the  Service  at  Army  Hospi- 
tal, Blois,  France,  of  pneumonia  following 
influenza,  October  31,  1918. 
,1914,  from  Riverton,  Va.  Co.  "F,"  26th  Inf.,  1st 
Division.  Killed  in  action  at  Soissons, 
France,  July  19,  1918.  D.  S.  C,  awarded 
posthumously. 

1912,  from  Asheville,  N.  C.  Aviation  Service, 
B.  E.  F.  Killed  in  action  in  France,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1916.     He  had  been  decorated  twice. 

1914,  from  Valdosta,  Ga.  Emergency  Medical 
Reserve  Corps,  U.  S.  A.  Died  of  pneumonia 
following  influenza  while  ministering  to 
those  stricken  with  the  disease,  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  October  7,  1918.  The  Dean  of 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  said:  "He  died  a  martyr  to 
duty  as  fully  as  the  soldier  who  sacrificed 
his  life  on  the  field  of  battle." 

1915,  from  Bloxom,  Va.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Killed  in 
action  in  the  Chateau  Thierry  Salient,  June 

6,  1918.     The     D.     S.     C.     and    Navy   Cross 
awarded  him,  posthumously. 

1897,  from  Petersburg,  Va.  Commanding  the 
Richmond  M.  G.  Co.  (For  Local  Defense.) 
Died  of  pneumonia  following  influenza, 
while  earnestly  and  indefatigably  training 
this  Company  for  possible  future  National 
Service,  December  25,  1918.  (Name  of  Co. 
changed  to  "Hugh  Stockdell  M.  G.  Co.") 

1917,  from  Richmond,  Va.  U.  S.  M.  C,  Aviation 
Section.    Killed,  while  flying  in  Florida,  May 

7,  1918. 
1901,  from  Salem,  Va.     With  A.  E.  F.     Died  in 

the  Service  in  France,  March  19,  1918. 

1917,  from  Birmingham,  Ala.  18th  Infantry, 
1st  Division.  Died  in  the  Service  at  the 
Hospital  at  Langres,  France,  Oct.  14,  1918, 
from  the  effects  of  having  been  gassed  on 
May  1st  and  again  early  in  October,  1918, 
in  the  Argonne. 

1918,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.  41st  Infantry.  Died 
in  the  Service  in  France  of  disease,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1919. 

Yeoman,  3rd  Class,  William     1910,    from    Independence,    Mo.      U.    S.    Navy- 

H.  Waggoner,  Jr Reserve  Force.     Died  of  pneumonia  following 

influenza,  at  Great  Lakes,  Illinois,  while  in 
training,  September  23,  1918. 


Captain  Hugh  Stockdell. 


Second  Lieutenant  Melville 
E.   Sullivan    


Field    Clerk    Benjamin    T. 

Tinsley 

Captain  John  B.  Tomlinson. 


First  Lieutenant  James  A. 
Van  Sant   


Casualties:  Killed,  or  Died  in  Service  (Cont'd) — Wounded     89 

Captain  Edward  L.  Wells 1907.  from  Charleston,  S.  C.  2nd  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion, 1st  Brigade,  1st  Division.  Killed  in 
action  near  Exermont,  France,  October  4, 
1918.  Twice  promoted  for  gallantry.  Spe- 
cially commended  for  conspicuous  bravery 
by  both  bis  Brigade  and  Division  Com- 
manders. Awarded,  posthumously,  both  the 
D.  S.  C.  (twice)  and  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 
General  Parker,  his  Brigade  Commander,  in 
a  letter  to  the  Mayor  of  Charleston,  said  the 
City  ought  to  raise  a  monument  to  his  mem- 
ory. 

Lieutenant  William  Wheat-  1871,  from  Washington,  D.  C.  U.  S.  Navy- 
ley  Reserve  Force.  Died  in  the  Service,  of  dis- 
ease, January  29,  1918. 

First    Lieutenant    Crispin        1904,  from  Pittsylvania  Co.,  Va.     Surgeon,  41st 

Wright    Division.     (Western  troops.)     A.  E.  F.     Died 

from  effects  of  the  Service  at  the  front,  in 
U.  S.  General  Hospital  No.  19,  at  Oteen,  N.  C, 
February  22,  1920. 

WOUNDED,   OR   SERIOUSLY   GASSED,   IN   ACTION. 

(List  not  complete.) 

Captain  Fred.  W.  Adams 1909,   from   Kansas   City,   Mo.     85th   Inf.,    18th 

Div.  Slightly  wounded  in  action  in  France, 
July  20,  1918,  but  not  evacuated  from  the 
field.  Automatically  assumed  command  of 
his  Company,  July  19th,  when  all  other  of- 
fleers  became  casualties.  Awarded  the  D 
S.  C.  and  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Field  Clerk  Eugene  M.  1920,  from  Lynchburg,  Va.  Gassed  at  Metz, 
Adkins    Alsace,  ,  1918. 

Major   George   Murrell  1909,    from    Lynchburg,    Va.      116th    Infantry. 

Alexander    Wounded   in   action    in   France,   October   11, 

1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Wesley^  R.        1916,  from  Rosemont;  Pa.     Royal  Flying  Corps, 

Allison    .^^. 208th  Squadron ;   later,  65th  Squadron.     Shot 

down,  wounded,  July  9,  1918.  Shot  down, 
wounded,  August  10,  1918  (in  Hospital). 
Machine  came  apart  in  air,  Dec.  15,  1918, 
and  in  Hospital  from  the  fall  until  April, 
1919. 

Major  Edward  M.  Almond.  ..  1915,  from  Orange,  Va.     Captain  Co.  "A,"  12th 

M.  G.  Battalion,  4th  Division.  Slightly 
wounded  in  action  at  battle  of  Vesle  River, 
— — -,   1918.     Promoted  Major. 

1st  Lieutenant  Thomas  D.      1916,   from  Wilmington,   Del.     26th    (Regular) 

Amory     (Infantry).     Severely  wounded  in  action  at 

Montdidier,  France,  May  24,  1918.  (Re- 
turned to  trenches  in  August,  and  was  killed 
in  action,  October  2,  1918.)  Awarded  the 
D.  S.  C,  posthumously.  Recommended  for 
the  "Medal  of  Honour." 

1st   Lieutenant   James   M.        1906,  from  Pittsburgh,  Pa.     Required  to  under- 

Angle     go    operation    from    disease   incurred    in    the 

Service,  Nov.  26,  1918,  and  long  in  Hospital. 


90  ViRGixTA  Military  Ixstitute — "World  War  Eecord 

Sergeant  Eugene  H.  Ashley.  .  1915,   from   Vaidosta,   Ga.     Co.   "H,"   109th   In- 
fantry.    Slightly  wounded  in  action  at  battle 

of  Marne,  July  ,  1918. 

2d  Lieutenant  Samuel  L.  1920,   from   Chicago,   111.     A.    S.,   U.    S.   A.     In- 

Austin jured  by  an  accident  with  his  plane  and  thus 

prevented   from   going  overseas. 
1st  Lieutenant  English  Ph.  D.,  Adjunct  Professor,  V.  M.  I.,  from  Mary- 

Bagby    land.      Sanitary   Corps   and    assigned    to    Air 

Service,  U.  S.  A.  Later,  Commanding  Of- 
ficer, Medical  Research  Laboratory  at  Kelly 
Field.  Still  later,  Adjutant  of  Medical  Re- 
search Laboratory  at  Hazelhurst  Field.  In- 
jured in  line  of  duty,  July  26,  1917,  while 
serving  in  Ambulance  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
1st   Lieutenant   Raymond   M.  1915,   from    Smithfield,    Va.      Aviation    Service, 

Batten     A.    E.    F.      Terribly    gassed    Tvhile    serving 

with  French  ?nd  American  Forces. 

Private  Alden  Bell 1880,  from  Culpeper,  Va.     116th  Inf.  and  10th 

Engineers,  A.  E.  F.  Twice  gassed  in  action 
and  blinded  for  four  months.  (Aged  57 
years. ) 
Captain  Stanton  L,  -  1918,  from  Phoebus,  Va.  6th  Infantry,  5th 
Bertschey  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Slightly  wounded  in  ac- 
tion in  France  ,  1918. 

1st   Lieutenant   Ernest  C.       1917,   from    Knoxville,   Tenn.     Adjutant,   117th 

Brown    Infantry,    30th    Division.      Severely    wounded 

in  action  at  ,  ,  1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Foster  V.  1912,   from  Chattanooga,  Tenn.     Co.   "F,"   28th 

Brown,  Jr Infantry.       Severly    wounded    in    action    at 

the  battle  of  the  Marne,   July  ,  1918. 

Awarded   Croix   de   Guerre  with    Palm. 
ls+    Lieutenant    Jack   W.  1918,    from     Richmond,     Va.       371st    Infantry. 

Burress   Severely    wounded    in    action    in    Champagne 

Sector,  France,  September  30,  1918.     (Wound- 
ed four  times  the  same  day.) 
1st   Lieutenant  Claude  R.        1915,    from    Winchester,    Va.      Acting    Captain, 

Cammer    -. . .     M.    G.    Battn,    1st    Division.      Gassed, 

May    28,    1918,    at    Cantigny,    and    seriously 
wounded  twice  in  action  in  France,  July  18, 

1918,  at  ,  and  permanently  disabled. 

1st  Lieutenant   A.   Horace        1918,  from  New  York  City.    Co.  "L,"  317th  Inf., 

Campbell    80th   Division.     Severely  wounded   in   action 

at  ,  ,  1918. 

1st   Lieutenant  William  G.      1909,   from   Savannah,  Ga.     151st  M.  G.   Batta- 

Cann    lion,   42nd    Division.     Wounded   in   action   at 

,  France,  July  ,  1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Franklin  W.     1912,   from   Warrenton,   Va.     M.   G.   Co.,   165th 

Carter    Infantry.      Severely    wounded    in    action    in 

Chateau    Tliierry    Sector,    France,    July    28, 
1918.   and  in    Hospital  over   a  year.     Perma- 
nently disabled.     Awarded  the  D.  S.  C. 
Major  Turner  M.  Chambliss.  1914,    from     North     Emporia,     Va.       Infantry 

Wounded     severely     in     action     at     • — , 

France,  ,   1918. 

Captain  Camillas  Christian.  .  1914,    from    Lynchburg,    Va.      363rd    Infantry, 

Jr 91st    Division.      Severely    gassed    in    action 

in  Argonne  Forest. 


Casualties:  Wounded  (Continued) 


91 


Captain  Fred.  W.  Clarke,  Jr. 


Major  Joseph  T.  Clement... 


Major    Philip    Cold  well. 


Captain  B.  Allison  Colonna. 

Sergeant  Alexander  J.  Con- 
verse     


Major  H.  I.  T.  Creswell. 


1st   Lieutenant   George   S. 
Crockett,  Jr 


1st   Lieutenant   Gilman   K. 
Crockett    


Captain  Samuel  C.  Cumming 


Captain  Stuart  Cutler. 


Captain  Edward  T.  Davant. 


Captain  Ralph  M.  Davenport 


,1917.  from  Savannah,  Ga.  U.  S.  Marine  Corps. 
Wounded  slightly  in  action,  April  13,  1918. 
Again  wounded  in  action,  near  Metz,  July 
19th.  1918. 

1906,  from  Charleston,  S.  C.  39th  Infantry. 
Severely  wounded  near  Ourcq  River.  July 
18,  1918.  Awarded  Croix  de  Guerre  with 
Silver  Star. 
1910.  from  El  Paso.  Texas.  Infantry.  Sta- 
tioned in  Philippines  till  June,  1918.  On  his 
return  then  to  U.  S.,  was  stationed  at  Camp 
Grant  and  commanded  3rd  Regiment  (4,000) 
of  Depot  Brigade,  and  for  one  month  com- 
manded the  Camp  (35,000  men).  While 
there  was  severely  injured  by  an  Army  truck 
and  confined  in  Hospital  eight  months. 
1914.  from  Washington,  D.  C.  A.  E.  F.  Se- 
verely wounded  — ■ ,  1518. 

1909,  from  Columbus,  Ohio.  48th  Battalion, 
Canadian  Infantry,  B.  E.  F.,  and  later,  2nd 
Battalion.  Slightly  wounded,  Messines  Sec- 
tor; severely  wounded,  Ypres  Sector;  wound- 
ed Lens  Sector.  Many  months  in  Hospital, 
but  voluntarily  returned  to  the  front  after 
receiving  two  last  wounds,  against  protest 
of  the  Surgeons.  Served  to  end  of  War. 
Still  disabled  (February,  1920.)  Served 
nearly  four  years  overseas. 

.  1913.  from  San  Francisco,  Calif.  Wounded  in 
action  in  France.  July  30,   1918. 

.  1919,  from  Accomac,  Va.  Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 
Slightly  injured  when  Plane  caught  afire 
2,000  feet  up  and  he  side-slipped  to  earth; 
machine  destroyed.  Commissioned  Captain, 
A.  S.  R.  C,  upon  discharge. 
1912,  from  Bedford  City,  Va.  9th  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion, 3rd  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Slightly  wound- 
ed in  action  near  Chateau  Thierry.  July  15th, 
and  wounded  again  seriously,  Oct.  9,  1918, 
in  Argonne  Offensive. 

1917,  from  Hampton,  Va.  U.  S.  M.  C.  Wound- 
ed in  action  at  Bois  de  Belleau,  France, 
June   11,    1918. 

1918,  from  New  York  City.  23rd  (Regular) 
Infantry,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  gassed  in  ac- 
tion,  April  ^ — ,   1918.     Invalided   home — 

lungs  seriously  affected,  but  after  many 
months  in  Hospital  partially  recovered  and 
returned  to  duty. 

1911,  from  Roanoke,  Va.  315th  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  wound 
ed  in  action  north  of  Sommerance,  France, 
Nov.  1,  1918. 

1911,    from    Denver,    Col.      Infantry.    A.    E.    F. 

Slightly  wounded  in  action  in  France. , 

1918. 


92 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


Sergeant  Walter  E.  Denny. .  .1912,  from  Newellton,  La.     Instructor,  B.  E.  F. 

Wounded  in  action  on  the  Somme,  September 
15-16,    1917. 

Major  A.  Wood  Dillard 1913,   from   Baltimore,   Md.     Captain,   Regular 

Infantry,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  gassed  in  ac- 
tion, — ,  1918.  (Subsequently  accident- 
ally killed.) 

Lt.  ColonelJohnW.  Downer..  1902,    from    Norfolk,    Va.       F.    A.,    A.    E.    F. 

Wounded,  Spring  of  1918.  Again  hit  by 
bullets  and  severely  gS,ssed,  while  command- 
ing a  battalion  of  Artillery  in  support  of  an 
extensive  raid,  near  Beaumont,  France, 
March  11,  1918.  Received  D.  S.  C.  and  Croix 
de  Guerre  for  gallantry  in  this  action,  and 
later.  Cross  of  Legion  of  Honour. 

Major   Richard   B.   Dunbar. .  1908,  from  Augusta,  Ky.     111th  Engineers.     A. 

E.  F.  Slightly  gassed  in  St.  Mihiel  Oifen- 
sive. 

Captain  Charles  A.  Etheridge.  1915,  from  Norfolk,  Va.    U.  S.  M.  C.    Wounded 

la  action  in  Chateau  Thierry  Sector,  July 
,  1918. 

2nd  Lieutenant  Preston  K.  1917,  from  Goldsboro,  N.  C.  60th  Infantry, 
Faison  5th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  wounded  in  ac- 
tion in  France,  September  16,  1918,  at  Bois- 
de  Bon  Vaux,  St.  Mihiel  Offensive. 

1st    Lieutenant    John    H.  1916,    from    New    York    City.      165th    Infantry, 

Fechheimer    42nd  Division,  A.  E.  F.     Slightly  wounded  in 

St.  Mihiel   Drive,   September  28,   1918. 

2nd  Lieutenant  Joseph   H.      1910,    from    Gainesville,    Texas.      Air    Service, 

Garnett,   Jr A.  E.  F.    Fell  over  500  feet  in  his  Plane  and 

sustained  serious  injuries.  Right  arm  shat- 
tered. In  Walter  Reed  Hospital  as  late  as 
February,  1920. 

Captain  Willis  A.  Garvey 1916,  from  Topeka,  Kansas.    Battery  "F,"  15th 

F.  A.,  2nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  While  acting  as 
Liaison  Officer  in  the  fighting  before  Rheims, 
Oct.  3-9,  1918,  was  slightly  wounded,  Octo- 
ber 7th. 

Captain  Lester  T.  Gayle,  Jr..  1912,    from    Portsmouth,    Va.      26th    Infantry, 

1st  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Transferred  to  Air 
.Service.  Severely  injured  in  line  of  duty, 
when  his  Plane  fell  to  the  earth.  Many 
months  in  Hospital,  and  finally  retired  from 
the  Service  by  action  of  Medical  Board,  No- 
vember, 1919,  permanently  disabled.  Ap- 
pointed Q.  M.  at  V.  M.  I.,  1920. 

Captain  Gustavo  R.  Gerson. .  1912,    from    Houston,    Texas.      Medical    Corps, 

B.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action,  while  serving 
with  the  Scotch  Highlanders.  Decorated  for 
conspicuous  gallantry,  and  transferred  to 
A.  E.  F.,  and  promoted. 


Casualties:  Wounded  (Continued)  93 

Captain    Larkin    W.    Glaze-     1918,  from  Washington,  D.  C.     F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

brook,  Jr Wounded    in    action    abomt    July    21,    1918. 

Later,  in  St.  Mihiel  Sector  when  his  horse 
was  killed  under  him,  was  seriously  hurt, 
and  next  day  was  severely  gassed.  Removed 
to  Hospital,  and,  when  he  found  himself 
alone,  escaped,  and  again  went  into  the  battle 
nearby,  and  was  again  gassed.  When  he  was 
returned  to  the  Hospital  he  was  severely 
reprimanded  and  promoted!  Invalided  home 
and  long  in  Hospital.  (At  the  first  For{ 
Myer  Officers'  Training  School  he  stood  first 
among  the  400  candidates  there,  and  first 
among  the  140  who  passed  the  final  test  and 
were  recommended  for  commissions. 

Captain  Benjamin  A.  Good-     1917,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     U.  S.  M.  C.    Wounded 

man    in  action  in  France,  ,  1918.     Ordered 

home,  and  assigned  to  command  of  S.  A.  T.  C. 
at  V.  M.  I. 

1st  Lieutenant  Milton  M.        1912,   from  Nashville,   Tenn.     F.   A.,   A.   E.   F. 

Guthrie   Slightly     wounded     in     action     in     Picardy, 

Spring  of  1918. 

Captain   J.   Addison   Hagan.  .  1916,  from  Richmond,  Va.    U.  S.  M.  C,  A.  E.  F. 

Severely  wounded  in  action,  June  11,  1918, 
at  Belleau  Wood.  After  suffering  for  more 
than  a  year,  he  was  retired  by  a  Medical 
Board,  with  the  rank  of  Captain. 

1st  Lieutenant  William  A.        1918,  from  Clifton   Forge,  Va.     Infantry,   80th 

Haley,   Jr Division,  A.  E.  F.     Wounded  at  , 

1918. 

2nd     Lieutenant    Thomas        1909,  from  Danville,  Va.     Light  Tank  Service, 

Hamlin,    Jr A.  E.  F.     Slightly  w^ounded  in  action  in  the 

Argonne  Forest,  Oct.  10,  1918,  and  promoted 
from  Sergeant  to  2nd  Lieutenant  for  gal- 
lantry. 

Captain  G.  M.  Harrison 1907,    from    Fredericksburg,    Va.      H.    Q.    Co., 

116th  Infantry,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Severely 
wounded  in  knee  in  action,  October  18,  1918, 
in  the  Argonne  Offensive,  and  in  Hospital  as 
late  as  January,  1919.  He  was  the  only  of- 
ficer left  of  his  Company,  after  this  terrific 
drive. 

Captain  Jack  S.  Hart 1917,   from   Weatherford,   Texas.     U.    S.   M.   C. 

Wounded  in  action  at  Bois  de  Belleau,  June 
24,  1918,  and  severely  gassed,  and  again 
wounded  in  action,  Sept.  15,  1918,  at  St. 
Mihiel.  Twice  cited  for  extraordinary  brav- 
ery, and  received  D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre 
and  the  Naval  Cross,  and  afterwards  the 
MEDAL  OF  HONOUR. 

Major  Jack  Hastie,  Jr 1912,  from  Seattle,  Wash.     2d  Cavalry    (Reg.) 

A.  E.  F.  Severely  gassed  in  action.  Later 
seriously  hurt  in  victorious  inter-allied  Polo 
Contest  in  Paris.     Invalided  home. 

2nd  Lieutenant  Herbert  R.      1914,    from    Warrenton,    Va.,    "Irish    Guards," 

Hordern    B.  E.  F.     Desperately  wounded  in  the  spine 

in  action  at  Thiepval,  France,  Aug.  2,  1916, 
and  not  entirely  recovered,  three  and  a  half 
years  later. 


94  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

1st  Lieutenant  Richard  M.      1917,  from  Savannah,  Ga.     4th  Infantry,  A.  E. 

Hull     F".     Severely  wounded  in  action   in  France, 

,  1918. 

Captain     William     H.  1915,  from  Crozet,  Va.     58th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Humphreys    Severely  M^ounded   in   action,   July    18,   1918, 

in  Chateau  Thierry  Salient.     (Subsequently 
killed  in  action.) 
Major  E.  Hammond  Johnson.  1904,  from  Norfolk,  Va.    38th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded   in   action   in   the   closing   days   ol 
the   War.      (Subsequently    died    in    the    Ser- 
vice, while  with  the  Army  of  Occupation.) 
Captain  Charles  Johnston. ..  1902,  from  Roanoke,  Va.     111th  Infantry,  28th 

Division,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  ac- 
tion  near   Fismes,   France,   August   12,   1918. 
1st    Lieut.    Catesby    Ap    C       1913,  from  Richmond,  Va.    3rd  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F. 

Jones     Seriously    injured    by    a    kick    of    his    horse 

(skull  cracked),  while  on  duty,  and  many 
months  in  Hospital.  I^ter,  invalided  home, 
but  finally  recovered  and  returned  to  duty. 
Received  decoration  from  Belgium. 

J.  Julian  Jordan    1910,  from  Hinton,  W.  Va.     After  serving  his 

term  at  O.  T.  School  at  Fort  Benjamin  Har- 
rison, at  beginning  of  War,  was  severely  in- 
jured in  May,  1918,  when  en  route  to  join  his 
cavalry  command. 
Brig.    General   Charles   E.        1894,  from  Washington,  D.  C.     U.  S.  A.,  A.  E. 
Kilbourne     F.     Severely  wounded  in  France,  while  serv- 
ing   on    Staff    of    Major    General    Wood,    in 
Spring  of  1918. 
1st   Lieutenant   Clarke   O.        1915,  from  Hampton,  Va.     12th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Kimberly    Gassed,  July  21,  1918,  near  Vierzy,  and  three 

months    in    Hospital.      Three    Citations    and 
Croix  de  Guerre. 
2nd     Lieutenant    John     B.      1917,    from    Old    Point,   Va.      343rd    F.    A.,    9th 

Kimberly,  Jr Division,  A.  E.   F.     Wounded   at   St.   Mihiel. 

Sergeant  Russell  B.  Kimbley.  1920,  from  Okmulgee,  Okla.     117th  Field  Batta- 
lion, Signal  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     Slightly  wound 
ed  in  Argonne  Offensive. 
Major  Matthew  H.  Kingman.  1913,    from    Des   Moines,    Iowa.      U.    S.    M.    C. 

Wounded  in  action,  June  6,  1918,  at  Belleau 
Wood.     "Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm." 
Corporal  Harry  J.   Kittrell.  .  1916,    from    Mount    Pleasant,    Tenn.      Co.    "L." 

117th  Infantvy,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Wounded 
at  Estrees,  France.  (Taken  prisoner,  but 
re-captured  same  day  by  his  own  Company.) 

Captain  B.  V.  M.  La  Rue 1896,   from  Kansas  City,  Mo.     335th   Infantry, 

A.    E.    F.      Severely    wounded    in    Meuse-Ar- 
gonne  Offensive.      (Died   soon   afterwards  of 
pneumonia  following  influenza.) 
Captain  George  B.  Lockhart.  1917,  from  Honaker,  Va.    U.  S.  M.  C,  A.  E.  F. 

Wounded  and  gassed  in  action   in  the  fight- 
ing   of    the    Marines,    June    2-14,    1918. 
Captain  William   Lohmeyer,   1916,  from  Charleston,  W.  Va.     Corps  of  Engi- 

Jr neers,    U.    S.    A.,    A.    E.    F.      Very    seriously 

wounded  in  action  near  Chateau  Thierry, 
July,  1918.  Not  yet  recovered. 
Private  William  J.  Loth,  Jr. .  1914,  from  Waynesboro,  Va.  British  Expedi- 
tionary Force.  Disabled  on  Piave  River, 
Italy,  and  invalided  home,  after  3  years  and 
31  days'  Service  under  the  British  Flag. 


Casualties:  Wounded  (Continued)  95 

1st  Lieutenant  S.  A.  Lough-     1804,    from    Lexington,    Ky.      Severely    injured 

ridge    by  an  explosion  in  the  B.  E.  F. 

Major  R.  G.  Lyne 1916,  from  Orange,  Va.     Captain  of  51st  F.  A., 

A.    E.    F.      Slightly    wounded    at    St.    Mihiel, 

Sept.    12,    1918,    where    his    battery    received 

special  mention.     Promoted  soon  afterwards. 

1st  Lieutenant  George  M.       1910,  from  Savannah,  Ga.    Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Maclean Wounded  in  action  at  — ,  France,  , 

1918. 
Captain  Richard  J.  Marshall.  1915,  from  Portsmouth,  Va.     Commanding  6th 

F.  A.,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wound- 
ed,   Nov.    1,    1918,    in    Meuse-Argonne    Offen- 
sive, and  in  Hospital  until  March   1,  1919. 
Captain   Horatio   P.   Mason,     1917,  from  Hampton,  Va.     U.  S.  Marine  Corps. 

Jr Wounded  at ,  ,  1918. 

1st    Lieutenant    W.    F.  1919,    from   Glen    Allen.    Va.     A.    S.,   A.    E.    F. 

Melton     Injured  while  flying  in  France. 

Captain  Edward  R.  Michaux.  19L7,    from    Goldsboro,    N.    C.      Co.    "L,"    60th 

(Regular)    Infantry,   5th   Division,   A.    E.    F. 
Wounded    in    action    in     France    at    Cunel, 
October  12,  1918.     Cited  by  a  General  Officer 
for  conspicuous  bravery. 
1st    Lieutenant    James    A.        1914,  from  Richmond,  Va.     47th   (Regular)   In- 

Miller    . fantry.     Severely  wounded  in  two  places  in 

action  in  France,  July  ,  1918.     Again 

severely    wounded    at    ,    Sept,    — , 

1918. 
1st    Lieutenant*  J.    Craig         1916,    from    Huntington,    W.    Va.      Engineers, 

Miller,   Jr later,  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  gassed  near 

Lucy-le-Bocage,  June,  1918. 
Captain  Morgan  R.  Mills,  Jr..  1917  from  Richmond,  Va.     U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 

A.    E.    F.      Wounded    in    action    at    Chateau 

Thierry,  June  — ,   1918.     Decorated. 

1st   Lieutenant   Charles   A.      1909,    from    New    York    City.      305th    Infantry, 

Minton    77th    Division,    A.     E.     F.      Severely    gassed 

in    Meuse-Argonne   Offensive,    early    in    Octo- 
ber, 1918.      (Later  died  in  Service.) 
Captain  Charles  Ellet  Moore.  1913,   from   Berryville,  Va.     23rd    Infantry,   A. 

E.    F.      Severely   wounded    at   Vaux,   July    1, 
1918,  and  still   in   Hospital,  Nov.,  1920. 

Major  D.  G.  Morrissett 1912,     from     Lynchburg,     Va.        Ammunition 

Train,  1st  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded 
in   action   in   Meuse-Argonne   Offensive,   Oct. 
2,   1918. 
Captain  George  G.  Munce. .  . .  1914,  from  Richmond,  Va.     U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 

A.    E.    F.     Wounded    at   St.    Etienne,    Meuse- 
Argonne,   October    8,    1918.      Decorated. 
2nd    Lieutenant    John    Me-     1917,   from   New    York    City.      Co.    "B,"    107th 

Anerney,   II Infantry,    A.    E.    F.      Severely    wounded    in 

Meuse-Argonne     Offensive,     Stpt.     29,     1918. 
(Lost  an  eye.) 
1st  Lieutenant  William   S.      1909,  from  Independence,  Mo.     355th  Infantry, 

McCoy   89th   Division,   A.   E.   F.     Severely   wounded 

in  thigh.  Sept  13,  1918,  at  St.  Mihiel,  and 
evacuated  from  Hospital,  December  19,  1918. 
2nd  Lieutenant  Stephen  Y.  1917,  from  Duluth,  Minn.  319th  Infantry, 
McGiffert  A.  E.  F.  Severely  wounded  at  Meuse-Ar- 
gonne Offensive,  Oct.  4,  1918.  Invalided  home 
December,  1918,  and  many  months  In  Hospi- 
tal. 


96  ViEGixiA  Military  Ixstitdte — World  War  Iiecord 

Captain  John  L.  McKee 1915,  from  Richmond,  Va.     7th  Infantry,  A.  E. 

F.  Disabled  when  his  horse  was  killed  un- 
der him  in  action  at  Chateau  Thierry,  June, 
1918.  Invalided  home,  Oct.  1918.  Returned 
to  duty  December,  1918. 

Private  John  McKinney 1916,    from   Northport,   N.   Y.     Co.    "G,"    105th 

Infantry,  27th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Severely 
wounded  in  action  in  Flanders,  August  31, 
1918,  battle  of  Kimmel  Hill. 

Major  Donald  R.  McMillen.  .  .  1909,  from  Whitewater,  Wis.  9th  M.  G.  Batta- 
lion, 3rd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Severely  gassed 
twice  and  evacuated  to  Hospital,  and  ope- 
rated on  for  appendicitis  two  days  later. 

Lt.  Colonel  Donald  M.  McRae.  1912,  from  Washington,  D.  C.  British  Ex- 
Force,  from  Private  to  Major.  Infantry, 
A.  E.  F.  from  Captain  to  Lt.  Col.  Wounded 
at  Vimey  Ridge,  April  9,  1917,  while  in  the 
Canadian  Aimy. 

Captain  Charles  P.  Nash.  ...  1917.    from    Alderson,    W.    Va.      U.    S.    Marine 

Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Aviation  Section.  Shot 
down  with  his  Plane  when  2,000  feet  above 
the  earth.  Lost  an  arm,  and  made  prisoner 
of  War,  September  13,  1918.  Awarded  D. 
S.  C. 

Captain  James  A.  Nichols,      1910,    from    Petersburg,   Va.     Acting   Battalion 

Jr Commander,  345th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.    Wounded 

three   times    slightly,   near    Rheims,    July    1, 

at  St.  Mihiel,  Sept.  ,  and  near  Steucy, 

Oct.  ,   1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  J.  Christian     1913,  from  Lynchburg,  Va.     30th  Infantry,   A. 

Nowlin,    Jr E.    F.,    3d    Division.      Severely    wounded    in 

action  at ,  October  9,  1918. 

Corporal  B.  B.  Owens   1914,  from  Winston-Salem,  N.  C.     First  "Royal 

Fusiliers,"  B.  E.  F.  Later,  M.  G.  Co.,  49th 
Battalion,  H.  Q.  Section.  Blown  out  of  a 
trench,  buried  and  gassed — all  in  24  hours. 
Severely  wounded  in  action  in  Belgium,  Oct. 
7,  1917.     Decorated. 

1st    Lieutenant     John     C.       1914,  from  Franklin,  Va.     Pilot  in  Air  Service, 

Parker    A.  E.  F.    2nd  Aviation  Centre,  Tours,  France. 

Severely  injured  by  defective  motor  in  Plane, 
causing  it  to  drop  to  the  earth.  His  life  was 
only  saved  by  his  belt  breaking,  which 
caused  him  to  fall  clear  of  his  machine  when 
it  struck  the  ground. 

Col.  George  S.  P.Uton,  III...  1907,    from    San    Gabriel,    Calif.       Tank    Corps, 

A.  E.  F.  Seriously  wounded  in  action,  Sep- 
tember 26th,  1918.     Decorated. 

Captain   Allan  C.  Perkinson.  1914,  from  Petersburg,  Va.   U.  S.  Marine  Corps. 

.  Wounded   in   action   near   Soissons,   July   19, 
1918.     Decorated. 

Major  James  W.  Peyton 1906,    from    Charlottesville,    Va.      Infantry,    A. 

E.  F.     Severely  wounded  in  action  at , 

France,  ,  1918. 

2nd   Lieutenant   George   E.      1916,   from   Washington,   D.   C.     Quartermaster 

Pickett,  III Corps,    A.    E.    F.      Knee    crushed    and    right 

arm  broken,  while  driving  an  ambulance  in 
an  emergency  in  France,  the  day  before 
ordered  home.  Maimed  for  life.  Still  In 
Walter  Reed  Hospital,  Nov.,  1920. 


Casualties:  Wounded  (Coniimied)  97 

1st    Lieutenant    Reid    M.         1908,  from  Lynchburg,  Va.     Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Pierce    Slightly  wounded  in  action  at ,  France, 

,  1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Washington      1912,  from  Smithfield,  Va.     1st  Battalion,  60th 

Reed    Infantry,    5th    Division,   A.    E.    F.      Severely 

wounded  near  Pont-a-Mousson,  France,  Sept. 
25,  1918.     Three  decorations. 
1st  Lieutenant  Walter   A.       1913,  from  Clifton  Station,  Va.     Co.  "G,"  326th 

Richards    Inf.,  82nd  Div.,  A.  E.  F.     Twice  wounded  ii 

action   at   Aire   River,   Meuse-Argonne   Offen- 
sive, Oct.  11,  1918.     Second  wound  very  seri- 
ous, requiring  the  sixteenth  operation,  Jan., 
1920.      (Left  arm  useless.)      Decorated. 
Private  KifRn  Y.  Rock-  1912,    from    Asheville,    N.    C.     French    Foreign 

well Legion.     Severely  wounded  at  Arras,  France, 

May    9,    1915;      (Subsequently    killed    in    Air 
Service.) 
2nd  Lieutenant  Frank  E.  1917,    from    Norfolk,    Va.      60th    Infantry,    5th 

Schlegel    Division,    A.    E.    F.      Slightly    wounded    at 

,  France, ,  1918. 

Amb.  Driver  Bryan  W.  1920,  from  Reading,  Pa.     Wrist  broken  in  line 

Schwartz    of  duty,  Jan.  1,  1918,  in  France. 

Captain   Lemuel   C.   Shep-        1917,  from   Norfolk,  Va.     U.   S.  Marine  Corps, 

herd,  Jr A.    E.    F.      Wounded    in    neck    in    action    at 

Chateau  Thierry,  June  3,  again  wounded 
severely  in  hip  at  Bois  de  Belleau,  June  7, 
1918,  having  fought  four  days  with  bullet  in 
his  neck,  declining  medical  treatment  for  the 
first  wound.  Severely  wounded  the  third 
time  at  Mont  Blanc  Ridge,  Oct.  8.  Two 
decorations. 
1st    Lieutenant    H.    C.    F.        1919,   from   Bedford,   Va.     First   Pioneer  Regi- 

Sitwell    ment,  A.  B.  F.     Severely  gassed  in  action  at 

'— ,   France,   August  ,   1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Alan  M.  1912,  from  Birmingham,  Ala.     167th  Infantry, 

Smith    A.    E.    F.      Severely    wounded    in    action    in 

Chateau    Thierry    Salient   July    26,    1918. 

Captain  Frank  M.   Smith 1907,    from    Rogersville,    Tenn.      61st    Inf.,    5th 

Div.,  A.  E.  F.  Wounded  near  Cunel,  France, 
Oct.  14,  1918.  Cited  for  gallantry  by  a  Gen- 
eral  Officer. 

Major  Walter   C.   Smith 1909,  from  Wheeling,  W.  Va.     319th  Inf.,  A.  E. 

F.     Slightly  wounded,  Argonne  Drive. 
2nd  Lieutenant  Vernon  L.       1915,   from  Bloxom,  Va.     Slightly  wounded   in 
Somers    action    in    France,    May    3,    1918.       (Subse- 
quently  killed    in    action.)      Decorated    post- 
humously. 
2nd  Lieutenant  William  G.      1918,  from  Baltimore,  Md.     Air  Service,  U.   S. 

Speed,   Jr A.    Maimed  for  life  in  aeroplane  crash,  while 

Instructing      students.        In      Hospital      six 
months.     Right  leg  permanently  injured. 
Captain  George  A.  Speer,  Jr.  1912,  from  Atlanta,  Ga.     Resigned  Lieutenancy 

in   U.    S.    Army   and   joined   British    Expedi- 
tionary  Force   in   France.     Wounded   in   ac- 
tion   several    times.      Decorated. 
1st  Lieutenant   J.   Vincil  1910,    from    Kansas    City,    Mo.      Adjutant,    3rd 

Stark     Battn.,    140th    Regular    Infantry,    A.    E.    F. 

Wounded  twice,  Sept.  26-29,  1918,  at  the 
Marne.  Lost  little  finger  of  right  hand,  and 
struck  in  thigh. 


98  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Sergeant   Albert   L.   Taylor. .  1910,  from   Swlssvale,   Pa.     110th   Infantry,  A. 

E.   F.     Gassed   in   action   at  ,   France, 

Sept.  8,  1918. 

Captain    James    Taylor 1918,  from  Orange,  N.  J.     301st  Battalion,  Tank 

Corps,  B.  E.  F.  Wounded  in  action  at  Mon- 
trebain,    (Somme),    October   23,    1918. 

John  A.  Thomas 1918,    from    Scranton,    Pa.     While  serving  the 

Government  as  Chemist  severely  injured  by 
poisonous  gases,  and  not  recovered  until 
after  many  months  in  Hospital. 

1st  Lieutenant  James  D.  1901,  from  Suffolk,  Va.  A.  E.  F.  Severely 
Twitty     gassed   and   in   Hospital  many  months. 

Colonel  Edmund  C.  Waddill.  1903,  from  Richmond,  Va.     While  commanding 

Battalion  of  Infantry  in  the  Chateau  TTiierry 
Sector,  June  25,  1918,  "during  a  heavy  gas 
attack,  disregarding  his  own  danger,  he  re- 
fused to  be  evacuated  until  he  was  so  badly 
gassed  that  his  face  was  black."  Awarded 
D.  S.  C. 

2nd  Lieutenant  Harry  H.        1919,    from    Santa    Barbara,    California.      Air 

Webb   Service,  A.  E.  F.     Lost  hand  in  line  of  duty 

in  an  explosion  at  Issoudun,  France,  result 
of  an  accident,  May  10,  1918. 

Private  Harry  B.  Welborne. .  1906,  from  Murray  Hill,  N.  J.  104th  Engi- 
neers, 29th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  Slightly  gassed 
in   action    in   Meuse-Argonne   Offensive. 

Major  Edgar  M.  Whiting 1904,  from  Marshall,  Va.     77th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Severely  wounded  in  action  near  Fere-en- 
Tardenois,  France,  August  7,  1915. 

Captain  Thomas  S.  Whiting..  1917,  from  Hampton,  Va.     U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 

A.  E.  F.  Received  five  (or  more)  severe 
wounds  and  many  smaller  ones  in  action  at 
Chateau  Thierry,  June  2,.  1918.     Decorated.     • 

Private  Rich.ird  F.  Wierum.  1919,  from  Montclair,  N.  J.  Co.  "1,"  107th  In- 
fantry, A.  E.  F.    Wounded  at  ,  , 

1918. 

Major  Frederick  J.  Williams.  1915,  from  Ridgewood  N.  J.     Many  months  in 

Hospital,  Trier,  Germany,  and  in  U.  S.  from 
effects  of  being  gassed.  Subsequently  died 
at  his  Post  at  Camp  Stotsenberg,  P.  I.,  from 
injury  reed,  while  playing  Polo. 

Captain  Rogers  M.  Wilson. .  1911,  from  Savannah,  Ga.  Co.  "L,"  18th  In- 
fantry, A.  E.  F.  Severely  wounded  in  ac- 
tion at  Soissons,  France,  July  21,  1918,  while 
commanding  his  battalion,  and  in  Hospital 
many  months.     Decorated. 

Lt.  Colonel  Jennings  C.  Wise.  1902,    from    Richmond,    Va.      While    Major    of 

318r,h  Infantry,  80th  Div.,  A.  E.  F.,  he  was 
slightly  wounded  in  action  in  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  Offensive,   Oct.   4,   1918. 

1st  Lieutenant  Austin  W.         1917,  from   Suffolk,  Va.     307th   Inf.,  77th   Div., 

Woolford    A.    E.   F.     Lost   left   arm    in    action,    Oct.    4, 

1918,  in  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive.  (Three 
wound  stripes.) 

1st  Lieutenant  William   B.      1914,  from  Harrisonburg,  Va.     Slst  Inf.,  M.  G. 

Yancey    Company,   6th   Div.,   A.   E.   F.     Wounded   in 

action  by  H.  E.   Shell,   Sept.  15.  1918. 


Casual'iies:  Wounded  (Cont'd) — Prisoners  of  War  99 

Major  Rice  McNutt  Youell.  .  1914,  from  Norton,  Va.     (formerly  Rockbridge 

Co..  Va).  26th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.  Painfully 
wounded,  Oct.  1,  1918,  in  action  near  Ver- 
dun, France.     Decorated. 


PRISONERS    OF    WAR. 

Captain  Charles  P.  Nash 1917,    from    Alderson,    W.    Va.      U.    S.    Marine 

Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Pilot  in  Aviation  Squadron. 
While  patrolling  in  Germany,  September  13, 
1918,  lost  his  way,  owing  to  weather  condi- 
tions, was  shot  down  and  made  prisoner, 
losing  an  arm.  Was  released  after  the 
Armistice,     (See  "Wounded.") 

First  Lieutenant   John  C.        1918,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     119th  Infantry,   30th 

Nelsori,  Jr Division,  A.  E.  F.     Made  prisoner  at   BelU- 

court,  France,  September  29,  1918.  Released 
immediately   after   the   Armistice. 

First   Lieutenant   R.    Barn-     1910,   from  Charleston,   S.   C.     British   Expedi- 

well  Rhett   tionary    Force.     He    was    made    a    prisoner, 

March  28,  1918,  while  serving  as  Medical  Of- 
ficer of  the  Queen's  Westminster  Regiment, 
56th  Division.  He  was  never  wounded,  but 
was  slightly  gassed,  though  he  did  not  re- 
port sick.  After  the  Armistice  he  was  re- 
leased by  the  Enemy.  The  British  Govern- 
ment decorated  him  with  the  "Military 
Cross"  for  his  splendid  work  on  the  battle- 
field, March  28,  1918,  the  day  he  was  cap- 
tured. 
Corporal  Harry  J.  KIttrell. .  .1916,  from  Mount  Pleasant,  Tenn.  117th  In- 
fantry, 30th  Division.  Wounded  at  Estrees, 
France.  Captured,  September  29,  1918,  at 
Bellicourt,  France,  but  recaptured  same  day 
by  his  own  Company. 


100 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


SOME  ALUMNI  IN  CIVIL  SERVICE  DURING 
THE  WORLD  WAR. 


H.  G.  Albert Md.,    1907.      Recommended    by   Authorities    in 

Washington  for  Major  of  Engineers,  but  not 
called  to  Service  because  of  blindness  in  one 
eye.  Did  important  Government  work  dur- 
ing War. 

James  G.   Allen N.    Y.,    1913.      Professor,    New    York    Military 

Academy  during  War. 

Ralph   H.   Bader Va.,    1908.     Vice-Consul   at    Teheren,   Persia. 

He   tried   to   resign   and   enter   the   Military 
Service,   but   was   requested   by   the   Govern- 
,     ment  to   continue  at  his   post,   where   he   is 
still  serving. 

Edward  M.  Barron N.  C,  1906.  In  Government  Service  at  Cus- 
toms House,  New  York. 

J.  H.  C.  Beverley Va.,  1873.     Member,  County  Draft  Board. 

William  T.  Biedler Md.,    1908.      Elec.    Engr.    Supt.    Elec.    Constn., 

Consol.  Gaslight  &  P.  Co.  of  Bait.  Services 
required  by  Govt. 

Benjamin  0.  Blackford Va.,  1894.  Continued  to  hold  important  posi- 
tion under  U.  S.  Railroad  Administration. 
(Two  brothers  in  the  Service,  one  giving  up 
his  life.) 

C.  M.  Blomquist Miss.,   1912.     Rejected  for  Military   Service  on 

account  of  physical  disability;  but  serving 
the  Government  with  honour  by  making  all 
the  food  and  cotton  for  munition  plants, 
and  buying  all  the  Liberty  Bonds,  possible, 
throughout  the  War. 

Allmand  M.  Blow Va.,    1910.      (Met.    E.,    Columbia    University.) 

Engineer  Dept.,  Non-Ferrous  Metallurgy, 
Bureau  of  Air  Craft  Production,  U.  S.  A. 
Resignation  to  enter  Military  Service  not  ac- 
cepted, because  of  value  of  his  services  in 
this  Government  position.  After  War  Oil 
Producer,  241  Kennedy  Building,  Tulsa,  Okla. 

Howard  Bruce   Va.,  1897.     Pres.  Bartlett  Hayward  Co.     Plant 

devoted  to  mfr.  of  munitions  during  War. 

Samuel  E.  Burgin Ala.,  1917.     With  Mobile  Shipbuilding  Co.  and 

exempted  from  Military  Service,  because  in 
an  industry  essential  to  the  Government. 

Murray  F.  Burleson Texas,   1911.     Engineer  with   Expanded   Metal 

Co.  on  Government  Work. 

W.  E.  Campbell Pa.,  1914.  Held  responsible  position  with  Mid- 
vale  Steel  Co.,  and  exempted  from  Military 
Service  as  being  engaged  in  an  industry  es- 
sential to  the  successful  prosecution  of  the 
War. 

George  L.  Carson Va.,    1913.      Chemist    with    Bartlett    Hayward 

Munition  Plant,  and  with  U.  S.  Steel  Cor- 
poration, on  Government  work. 


Some  Alumni  in  Civil  Service  During  World  War  (Cont'd)     101 

James  S.  Carter Va.,  1916.  Rejected  for  Military  Service,  ac- 
count of  detective  vision,  but  engaged 
tliroughout  the  War  as  Engineer  in  large 
Steel  Plant  doing  Government  Work. 

H.  B.  Caskie Va.,  1909.  Engineer,  Steel  Works  whose  out- 
put was  required  by  the  Government. 

Thomas  F.  Clemmer Va.,  1916.  One  of  four  brothers  who  volun- 
teered for  the  War;  one.  Captain  R.  H. 
Clemmer  (V.  M.  I.)  of  351st  F.  A.,  and  an- 
other killed  in  action  in  France.  The  sole 
;  support  of  his  aged  father  on  his  farm,   he 

was  honourably  exempted  from  Military 
Service. 

Clarence  Coleman   C.    E.    Mem.    Am.    Soc,    C.    E.    Va.,    1866.      For 

many  years,  and  until  his  death,  October  31, 
1918,  United  States  Assistant  Engineer,  en- 
gaged, under  the  Chief  Engineer,  U.  S.  A., 
in  constructing  stupendous  works  at  Duluth 
and  at  other  Lake  Superior  points  (succeed- 
ing a  Colonel  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.),  and 
Special  Disbursing  Agent,  Engineer  Corps, 
*  U.  S.  A.     (Since  his  death  his  position  has 

been  held  by  a  Colonel  of  the  Engineer  Corps, 
Q.  S.  A.) 

W.W.Cosby Va.,    1916.     Essential   service   during   the  War 

as  Post  Adjutant  at  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute. 

Alfred  F.  Crenshaw Va.,    1909.      Engineer    with    Du    Pont    Powder 

Company. 

Charles  F.  Cross,  Jr Va.,    1915.      Supervisor     of     Collections     with 

Chesapeake  &  Potomac  T.  &  T.  Co.,  and 
deemed  to  be  best  serving  the  Government 
where  he  was. 

Benjamin    F.    Crowson Va.,  1910.     Principal,  Charlotte  Hall  Academy, 

Md. 

Malcolm    H.    Crump Va.,    1873.      Southern   Field   Agent    in    interest 

of  "Preparedness  for  War"  propaganda,  and 
rendered  fine  service.  (Son,  Old  Cadet,  Of- 
ficer in  A.  E.  F.) 

John  Randolph  Dean Ky.,   1911.     Chief  Chemist  for   J.    Hungerford 

Smith  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  doing  Govern- 
ment Work. 

Robert   L.   Eastham Va.,    1912.     Rejected    for   Military    Service   on 

account  of  physical  disability,  but  served  ef- 
ficiently as  Commandant  of  a  Military  School, 
fitting  men  for  the  Service. 

Ernest  C.  Echols Va.,  1914.    Entered  at  first  0.  T.  School  at  Fort 

Myer,  but,  later,  rejected  on  account  of  phy- 
sical disability.  Was  manager  of  Coal  (Com- 
panies, throughout  the  War.  (Three  broth- 
ers. Graduates,  officers  in  the  Service. 

Murray  F.  Edwards Mo.,  1907.     In  charge  as  Inspector  of  all  Red 

Cross  Work  in  Department  of  Calvados, 
France.  16  Hospitals  with  about  50,000  beds. 
He  had  volunteered  for  military  service,  1917, 
but  was  rejected  because  of  defective  eye- 
sight. 


102         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

William  H.  Edwards Va.,  1912.    Engineer,  engaged  in  manufacturing 

explosives  for  the  Government,  throughout 
the  War. 

James  W.  Engleman,  Jr Va.,    1914.      In    Government    Railway    Service 

during  the  War. 

Emory  A.  Field Ohio,  1916.  Chief  Engineer,  Cabin  Creek  Re- 
fining Company,  W.  Va.,  working  for  Govern- 
ment. 

W.  H.  Flenniken,  Jr S.   C,   1916.     Repeatedly   rejected   for  Military 

Service  because  of  physical  disability.  De- 
voted all  his  energies  in  an  "essential"  oc- 
cupation. 

Grenville  Gaines    Va.,   1874.     Chairman,   U.   S.  Fuel  Commission 

for  Fauquier  Co.,  Va. 

Roger  Gant  N.  C,  1909.  Manager.  Cotton  Mill  whose  en- 
tire output  was  used  by  the  Government. 

Daniel  M.  Garber N.  Y.,  1909.  Engineer  and  Contractor.  En- 
gaged in  constructing  Customs  House  in 
North  Carolina  and  other  important  Gov- 
ernment buildings,  during  the  War. 

Edward  DuPont  Gelzer . .  Va..    1912.      Engineer    with    DuPont    Munition 

Plant  at  City  Point,  Va. 

Alonzo  H.  Gentry Mo.,  1908.     In  Government  Service  with  U.  S. 

Housing  Corporation,  Hampton  Roads  Dis- 
trict. 

Otis  A.  Glazebrook,  D.  D Va.,   1886.     United   States  Consul  at  Jerusalem 

throughout  the  War.  (appointed  by  President 
Wilson  in  1914),  and  rendered  most  valua- 
ble and  distinguished  service  in  protecting 
the  interests  of  his  own  Country  and  of 
other   countries. 

William  M.  Gwin,  Jr Calif.,  1899.     Valuable  member  of  French  War 

Cross,  from  beginning  of  War.  Served  in 
Serbia  and  Greece  for  two  years,  ministering 
to  refugees  from  typhus  fever,  and,  later, 
Secretary  and  Interpreter  to  the  Sanitary 
[^  Inspector-General  of  the  Serbian  Army.    Still 

later,  transferred  to  the  A.  E.  F.  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  Distributing  Service  in 
Paris. 

Chamblin  F.  Hancock Va.,  1911.  AVith  Air  Craft  Corporation,  in  ser- 
vice of  Government. 

C.  Nathan  Hancock Va.,  1904.  Engaged  in  Government  Construc- 
tion Work  during  the  War. 

Edward  H.  Hancock Va.,  1908.     Engineer  and  Contractor.     Engaged 

in  erecting  Camps  and  Cantonments  for  Gov- 
ernment, and  homes  for  DuPont  Munition 
Plant  at  Hopewell. 

Reginald   L.    Harris N.    C,    1911.      Secretary-Treasurer    of    various 

Cotton  Mills  in  North  Carolina  whose  entire 
output  was   used  by  the  Government. 

A.  W.  Hawks W.  Va.,  New  Market  Corps.  Two  years'  ser- 
vice in  Army  and  Navy  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

S.    L.    Hayes Ga.,  1909.     Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  Cotton 

Mill  in  Georgia  whose  entire  output  was 
used  by  the  Government,  and  his  services 
needed   there. 


Some  Alumni  in  Civil  Service  During  World  War  (Cont'd)      103 


Edwin  Hodge,  Jr Ky.,  1910.  Manager,  Steel  Works.  On  Gov- 
ernment Work. 

Burdette  L.   Hostettler Pa.,  1906.     Mechanical  Engineer,  and  Foreman, 

large  Government  Plant.  Died  in  the  Service, 
of  pneumonia,  November  1,  1918. 

Charles  B.  Howry,  Jr D.  C,  1905.     Secretary.  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F., 

and  correspondent  of  various  Magazines  and 
Newspapers. 

Morgan    H.    Hudgins Va.,    1901.      Prin.    Fishburne    Military    School, 

fitting  young  men    for   Military   Service. 

Washington    Hull    N.    Y.,    1912.      Engineer    with    DuPont    Powder 

Works. 

J.  P.  Hundley  Ky.,  1907.     County  Food  Administrator. 

William  M.   Hunley    Professor,    V.    M.     I.      Secretary    of    Virginia 

Council  of  Defense  fiom  its  organization  till 
February,  1918. 

Frank   E.   Hutchinson W.  Va.,  1912.     Superintendent,  Logan  Coal  Co., 

W.  Va.,  and  exempted  from  Military  Service. 

Harold  Hutchinson W.  Va.,  1917.     Engineer  with  Logan  Coal  Co., 

W.  Va.,  and  exempted  from  Military  Service. 

Ernest  L.  Ives Va.,    1910.      In    full    charge    of    Consulates    at 

Nantes  and  Paris  as  Vice-Consul,  since  1917, 
and  incidentally  did  much  relief  work.  (He 
had  been  Vice-Consul  in  Germany  for  two 
years  prior  to  19l4.)  Promoted  from  Class 
7  to  Class  6,  June  1,  1920. 

Bradley  T.  Johnson Va.,    1903.      Appointed    2nd    Lieutenant,    U.    S. 

R.  C,  but  services  retained  by  DuPont  Muni- 
tion Plant  as  Superintendent  of  Smokeless 
Powder  Dept. 

L.  L.  Jones Ga.,  1909.     Secretary,  Canton  Cotton  Mills,  Ga., 

whose  entire  output  was  used  by  the  Gov- 
ernment. 

Charles    E.   Kain Texas,    1907.       Commandant,     Cadets,    Dallas, 

Texas,  High  School  during  the  War.  About 
to  enter  Military  Service  when  Armistice 
occurred. 

Patrick  L.   Kane Va.,    1912.      Engineer    with    U.    S.    Emergency 

Fleet  Corporation.  Resignation  to  enter 
Military  Service  not  accepted.  (Two  V.  M. 
T.  brothers  in  the  Military  Service.) 

Fordyce  K.  Kimbell Mo.,  1913.  Engineer  engaged  in  building  es- 
sential Railway  Terminals,  at  Dallas,  Texas, 
during  the  War,  and  in  other  construction 
work. 

George  E.  Lancer Va.,  1914.  Rejected  for  Service  in  U.  S.  En- 
gineers on  account  of  physical  disability, 
then,  throughout  War,  served  as  Foreman 
of  DuPont  Munition  Plant. 

A.    H.    Land Va.,   1890.     United   States  Fuel  Representative, 

State  of  West  Virginia. 

Marshall   M.   Langhorne Va..    1891.      Secretary    of    Legation    at    Hague, 

Holland,  and  served  in  other  capacities  dur- 
ing the  War. 

S.H.Lea. Ala.,    1881.      (Candidate    for    Commn.)      When 

he  failed  to  receive  the  Commission  prom- 
ised, he  engaged  in  various  War  activities. 


104  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

James  A.  Le  Gore Md.,  1911.     Instructor  of  Chemistry  at  Marion 

(Ala.)  Inst.,  fitting  students  for  Military 
Service. 

Arthur  P.  Lewis Mass.,  1908.     Engineer  with  Miller  Rubber  Co., 

Akron,  Ohio,  on  Government  work. 

William  D.  Lewis,  Jr W.  Va.,  1906.  Coal  Operator  (Essential  Indus- 
try.) 

Marion  T.  Mahone Va.,  1910.     Supervisor  of  DuPont  Powder  Plant 

at  City  Point,  Va. 

William  Mahone,  Jr Va.,  1904.     Engineer  in  service  of  Government. 

J.  N.  Major Va.,    1907.      In   charge   of   Canning   Factory   in 

Government  Service. 

Howard  G.  Martin Va.,  1914.  Rejected  for  Military  Service  be- 
cause of  "Essential  Occupation,"  being 
Deputy  Clerk  of  Norfolk  County  Court  and 
of  Circuit  Court  of  City  of  Norfolk.  (V. 
M.  I.  brother,  officer  in  the  Military  Ser- 
vice.) 

William  W.  Massie Va.,    1919.      Supervisor,    DuPont    Ammunition 

Plant,   Hopewell,   Va.,    during   War. 

H.  E.  Mecredy Va.,    1906.       Supervisor     at    DuPont    Munition 

Works,   City   Point,   Va. 

James  R.  Mecredy Va.,    1911.       Chemist,    engaged    in    "Essential 

Industry"  for  prosecuting  the  War. 

William  A.  Mehegan Va.,  1884.    Y.  M.  C.  A.  Secretary  with  A.  E.  F., 

in  charge  of  Transporation  Work.  (He  re- 
signed the  Agency  of  the  Adams  Express 
Co.  in  Richmond,  Va.,  which  he  had  held 
successfully  for  over  20  years,  to  go  over- 
seas and  engage  in  this  work,  although  over 
fifty  years  of  age.) 

Oscar  L.  Miles,  Jr \rk.,    1914.      With    Louisiana    Naticnal    Guard 

on  Mexican  Border  Service,  1916-1.  Re- 
turned to  duty  with  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
way, and  served  in  his  "essential"  posi- 
tion during  War. 

A.   C.   Miller    Ga.,  1912.     In  Government  Service  before  and 

during  the  War  as  Civil  and  Mechanical  En- 
gineer on  Panama  Canal. 

W.  H.  Milton,  D.  D Va.,  1888.     Member,  War  Church  Commission. 

Philip  L.  Minor  Pa.,  1903.     Consulting  Engineer,  U.  S.  Munition 

Plant  No.  2,  at  Nitro,  W.  Va. 

Arthur  H.  Mitchell Va.,    1913.     After   service   on   Mexican    Border, 

asked  by  Secretary  of  War  to  resign  Com- 
mission and  become  Supervisor  at  DuPont 
Works  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  where  he 
served  efficiently  during  the  War. 

Charles  P.  McCabe Va.,  1914.  Engineer  with  Standard  Steel  Com- 
pany during  War,  on  Government  Contracts. 

William    McFerren 111.,  1907.     U.  S.  Food  Administrator  at  Hoope- 

ston.  111.,  until  he  entered  the  Military  Ser- 
vice.    (See  1st  Lts.,  U.  S.  Army.) 

Llewellyn   Neale,   Jr Va.,    1917.      Entered   at   first   Fort   Myer   0.   T. 

School,  but  rejected  because  not  of  age. 
Then  he  became  Superintendent  of  Machinery 
Installation  at  Newport  News  Shipbuilding 
and  Dry  Dock  Co.'s  Plant. 


Some  Alumni  in  Civil  Service  During  World  War  (Cont'd)      105 

Edward  W.  Nichols Va.,  1878.     Superintendent,  V.  M.  I.     President 

of  Virginia  Council  of  Defense  from  its  or- 
ganization until  February,  1918,  and  Member 
of  various  other  War  Organizations.  Com- 
missioned Major,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Comdg. 
V.  M.  I.  S.  A.  T.  C,  October.  1918.  (See 
Majors.) 

Stephen  N.  Noble Ga.,  1910.  In  charge  of  Department  of  Demur- 
rage and  Storage,  under  U.  S.  Railroad  Ad- 
ministration, in  Alabama. 

John  D.  O'Reilly La.,  1907.  Member,  Storage  Committee,  Coun- 
cil of  National  Defense. 

William  Parker   Va.,    1912.       Electrical     Engineer     with    Allie- 

Chalmers  Elec.  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

J.  H.  Peek  Va.,  1908.   Engineer  with  DuPont  Company  and. 

later,  with  Baltimore  Dry  Dock  &  Shipbuild- 
ing Company,  constructing  Cargo  Boats  for 
the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation. 

Robert  H.  Poage Va.,  1914,     Recorder  in  Valuation  Department, 

C.  &  O.  Railway  Company,  under  U.  S.  Rail- 
road Admr. 

John   I.   Rhodes Va.,    1907.      Important    position    under    U.    S. 

Railroad  Administration.  (Continuation  of 
his  pre-war  duties.) 

James  K.  Ring Va.,  1917.  Foreman  and  Asst.  Manager,  Roa- 
noke City  Flour  Mills,  and  exempted  by  Gov- 
ernment from  Military  Service  as  filling  an 
essential  post. 

Thomas  W.  Roby,  Jr Va.,    1904.      Continued    to    hold    his    important 

Engineer  position,  under  the  U.  S.  Railroad 
Admr.      (Seaboard  Railway  Company.) 

Charles    S.   Roller Va.,   1901.     Private   and    Stretcher-bearer   with 

314th  Sanitary  Train,  89th  Division,  A.  E.  F., 
and  did  valuable  Red  Cross  Work.  On  his 
return  to  U.  S.,  he  was  commissioned  Cap- 
tain In  American  Red  Cross  by  President 
Wilson,  in  appreciation  and  admiration  of 
his  splendid  work.     (See  Enlisted  Personnel.) 

Hal.    E.    Schenck N.  C,  1914.     Chemist.     Volunteered  repeatedly 

for  active  Military  Service,  but  was  turned 
down  because  he  held  an  important  position 
in  large  Cotton  Mills  in  North  Carolina, 
whose  entire  output  was  needed  by  the 
Government.  (Two  brothers  in  the  Military 
Service.) 

John  F.  Schenck,  Jr N.    C,    1914.      Vice-President    of   several    large 

Cotton  Mills  and  other  industrial  concerns 
whose  entire  output  was  required  by  the 
Government,  and,  therefore,  his  services  were 
deemed  necessary,  and  he  was  exempted  from 
Military  Service.  (Two  brothers  in  the  Mili- 
tary Service.) 


106  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


Allen  M.  Schoen Va.,  1889.     He  applied  for  a  commission  in  a 

combatant  regiment  and  was  offered  a 
Majority,  but  was  asked  by  the  Government 
to  decline  it  and  perfoim  important  civil 
duties  in  the  prosecution  of  the  War.  He 
was  Chairman  of  U.  S.  Naval  Consulting 
Board,  Georgia  Committee;  Member  of  Na- 
tional Engineer  Societies  Commission  for 
organizing  the  Engineer  Officers'  Reserve  for 
U.  S.  Army;  Member,  Advisory  Committee 
of  the  U.  S.  R.  R.  Administration  (Insurance 
Section);  Division  Chief  of  American  Pro- 
tective League  (Auxiliary  Bureau  of  In 
vestigation,  U.  S.  Department  of  Justice), 
etc. 

J.  E.  Sebrell,  Jr Va.,  1908.     Continued  in  important  positions  in 

two  Railroads  under  U.  S.  Railroad  Admin- 
istration. 

Thomas  W.  Shelton   Va.,  1889.     Chairman,  Central  Legal  Board  for 

Virginia. 

Frank  A.  Shufeldt,  Jr La.,  1913.  Professor,  New  York  Military  Acad- 
emy, during  the  War. 

Stephen  W.  Siddle N.  C,  1914.     Engaged  as  Engineer  in  building 

arrd  developing  Lighter-than-Air  Craft  Bal- 
loons for  War  purposes. 

N.  Porter  Sims Ky.,  1909.  In  U.  S.  Treasury  Department.  Sta- 
tioned in  Paris  during  the  War. 

Claude  M.  Skinner   Md.,    1917.      Inspector    of    munitions,    Bartlett 

Hayward    Co.'s   Plant,    Baltimore,  Md. 

Clarence  E.  Smith W.  Va.,  1S05.     United  States  Marshal. 

Harold  W.   Smith    Va.,  1911.     V^olunteered  at  the  beginning  of  the 

War,  but  was  turned  down  because  of  the 
important  work  he  was  doing  as  Chief  Elec- 
trical Engineer  with  the  Federal  Shipbuild 
ing  Company. 

J    Kenyon  Smith Mass.,   1917.     Received   Commission,   but   later 

rejected  for  underweight.  Was  head  of  an 
important  department  in  large  Railway  and 
Machinist  Supply  concern,  during  the  War, 
and  regarded  as  holding  an  "essential"  posi- 
tion, under  the  law. 

Charles   Gordon"  Snyder (Formerly    Carl    G.    Schneider.)      Minn.,    1906 

Rejected  upon  volunteering  on  account  of 
defective  eyesight.  He  showed  his  patriotism 
then  by  changing  his  Germarr  name  and  en- 
gaging in  industries  to  help  the  cause  of  his 
Country. 

Charles  E    Stuart Va.,   1901.     Chief  of   Power   &   Light    Division, 

United   States  Fuel   Administration. 

W  O  Sydnor,  Jr Va.,  1912.  Rejected  for  Military  Service,  ac- 
count of  physical  disability.  Continued  to 
fill  his  important  railway  position,  under  the 
U.  S.  Railroad  Administration. 

H.  A.  Tabb,  M.  D Va..    1907.     Medical    Member   of   County   Draft 

Board. 


Some  Alumni  ix  Civil  Si:kvice  During  World  War  (Cont'd)     107 

Clyde  Taylor  Fla.,    1900.     Manufacturing   lumber   for   use   of 

Government  during  War.  (Manager,  Hirsch 
Lumber  Company,  Jacksonville,  Fla.) 

John  A.  Thomas Pa.,  1918.     Chemist,  Department  Manager,  The 

Rollin  Chemical  Corporation,  Charleston,  W. 
Va.  Under  Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A. 
during  entire  War.  Seriously  poisoned  by 
fumes. 

Richard  F.  Wagner Va.,  1909.     With  Bureau  of  Yards  and  Docks, 

Navy  Yiird,  Norfolk,  Va.  (Position  he  filled 
before  the  War.) 

Romeo  Wagner Va.,    1915.      With    DuPont    Munition    Plant    at 

Hope\ell,  Va.,  in  an  essential  capacity. 

R.  H.  Warner  Mo.,  1911.     Auditor,  Indiahoma    (Oil)   Refining 

Co.,    St.    Louis.      (Essential    Industry.) 

Willis  F.  Westmoreland    ....  Ga.,    1910.      Manager,    Steel    Blast    Furnace   on 

Govern  mrnt  work. 

Gilbert  G.  White   Va.,  1910.     In  Ordnance  Department  work. 

Isaac  G.  White Va.,  1911.  Asst.  Superintendent,  Acid  Depart- 
ment, DuPont  Powder  Co. 

G.  Otis  Winston   D.   C,    1907.     Paymaster   with   U.   S.    Shipping 

Board  in  New  York,  during  the  War. 

James  M.  Winston Va.,    1900.      Assistant    Manager    in    charge    of 

construction.  Sun  Shipbuilding  Co.,  Ches- 
ter, Pa.,  building  cargo  vessels  for  Govern- 
ment during  War. 

William  P.  Woolls Va.,  1914.  Lawyer  and  Town  Attorney.  Ap- 
plied for  admission  to  first  O.  T.  School  at 
Fort  Myer.  but  disqualified  by  physical  dis- 
ability for  Military  Service.  He  then  served 
throughout  the  War  on  a  United  States  Com- 
mission. 

Neil  Young    Va.,  1899.     Member,  Electrical  Division  of  War 

Industry  Board,  Council  of  National  De- 
fense, 1917-18. 

W.  Leslie  Young Va.,  1911.     Foreman  of  Electrical  Construction 

for  the  DuPont  Powder  Co.  during  War. 


108 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 


*V.  M.  I.  TRAINING  CAMPS. 

First  Camp— April  3rd  to  July  3rd,  1917. 


1917 

April 

2 

(( 

'2     , 

(( 

3 

(( 

3 

u 

3 

l( 

3 

(( 

4 

(1 

4 

u 

5 

(I 

5 

u 

5 

(1 

6 

(1 

6 

<( 

6 

II 

6 

II 

9 

II 

9 

n 

9 

II 

9 

II 

9 

II 

10 

II 

10 

II 

11 

II 

11 

II 

11 

11 

11 

II 

12 

II 

12 

II 

12 

II 

12 

II 

12 

II 

12 

II 

13 

II 

13 

II 

13 

II 

13 

II 

13 

II 

13 

II 

13 

It 

14 

II 

14 

II 

14 

MATRICULATES. 

Name  ^  Age 

C.  Raymond  Cole 20 

J.  Clarkson  Ogilvie 23 

Douglas  S.  Hill 18 

Herold  R.  Hofheimer 19 

Henry  S.  Wallerstein,  Jr 20 

Julian  G.  Patton 20 

Later,  entered  V.M.  L  and  thence 
enlisted. 

Robert  L.  Wallerstein 26 

Edward  H.  Dadmun 18 

Douglas  H.  Lion 20 

Edward  A.  Hatton,  Jr 19 

Entered  V.  M.  I.  Sept.,  1918. 

James  A.  Oast 22 

Abraham  W.  Calisch 20 

Lewis  A.  Womble 20 

Isaac  L.  Eanes 23 

John  W.  Boyd 29 

Walters.  Galeski 22 

Darius  T.  Wool 23 

Ralph  D.  Wallerstein 25 

James  M.  Jordan,  Jr 19 

Lewis  Berkeley  Cox 22 

First  lieutenant,  A.  E.  F.     Severe- 
ly wounded;  decorated. 

Ellis  W.  Butt 29 

P.  H.  Baughn 29 

Berryman  Green 19 

Young  D.  Pendleton 22 

Courtland-H.  Smith 16 

George  C.  Walker 20 

Leroy  Hutzler,  Jr 21 

William  W.  Nichols 20 

George  W.  Goodwyn 20 

Henry  W.  Maclin 21 

Roslyn  D.  Young 20 

Thomas  H.  Pratt 23 

Vincent  L.  Parker 28 

Frank  O.  Strailman,  Jr 21 

John  L.  Holmes 21 

Samuel  S.  Holmes 22 

Alfred  P.  Page,  Jr 21 

Albert  M.  Rothschild 18 

Arthur  D.  Scott 20 

William  S.  Hopkins,  Jr 22 

Robert  G.  Rennolds 26 

Munro  Black 20 


Post-Office 
Simpson,  Va. 
Virginia  Beach,  Va. 
Locust  Dale,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Newport  News,  Va. 


Richmond,  Va. 
Norfolk,  Va. 
Manassas,  Va. 
Portsmouth,  Va. 

Portsmouth,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Norfolk,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Norfolk,  Va. 
Baltimore,  Md. 


Portsmouth,  Va. 
Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Norfolk,  Va. 
Churchland,  Va. 
Laurel  Hill,  Va. 
Lynchburg,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Petersburg,  Va. 
Petersburg,  Va. 
Petersburg,  Va. 
Petersburg,  Va. 
Ridgefield,  N.  J. 
Portsmouth,  Va. 
Petersburg,  Va. 
Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Norfolk,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Lexington,  Va.,  A.  E.  F. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Norfolk,  Va. 


♦These  Camps  were  open  to  citizens  of  all  ages  and  of  all  the  States.  Board  and  instruction  were 
furnished  by  the  Institute,  with  only  a  nominal  charge  per  capita  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  three 
months'  term. 


V,  M.  I.  Training  Camps  (Continued) 


109 


1917 

^pril 

14 

14 

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

16 
16 
16 
16 
16 

16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 

16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 


16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 


Name  Age       Post-0  J ji'-e 

Thomas  C.  Tilley 23     Norfolk,  Va. 

Frank  P.  Lewis 21     Charleston,  W.  Va. 

Francis  Worth  Payne 25     Charleston,  W.  Va. 

Baynham  M.  Hill 34     Portsmouth,  Va. 

Kirkland  R.  Saunders 23     Richmond,  Va. 

Bruce  Fergusson 22     Richmond,  Va. 

William  A.  Ewald 21     Portsmouth,  Va. 

Isaac  R.  Schewel 21     507  Harrison  St.,  Lynchburg, 

Va. 

Willard  C.  Kidd 20     700  Parke  Ave.,  Petersburg, 

Va. 
Herman  L.  Cooper 21     439  Rivermont  Ave.,  Lynch- 
burg, Va. 
W.  McL.  Christie 24     232  E.  Ashley  St.,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 
E.  U.  Deitrick 2324    W.    Grace    St.,    Rich- 
mond, Va. 

J.  A.  Schwalm 1504  Goddin  St.,  Richmond, 

Va. 

R.  B.  Grasty Crozet,  Va. 

Charles  E.  Hutton Lexington,  Va. 

John  R.  Patterson,  Jr .  Petersburg,  Va. 

J.  O.  Traylor 34     Norfolk,  Va. 

G.  B.  Ferebee,  Jr 20     727  Raleigh  St.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

Entered  V.  M.  I.  Oct.  12,  1917. 

C.  S.  Miley 28     Norfolk,  Va. 

J.  G.  Marable 22     Norfolk,  Va. 

W.  M.  Hitt 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Edwin  S.  White 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

H.O.Brown 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Eugene  Swingley 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Byrd  H.  Breeden 21     Richmond,  Va. 

Archibald  P.  Woods 21     Petersburg,  Va. 

John  N.  Gordon Richmond,  Va. 

Walter  E.  Durham Appomattox,  Va. 

Later,  Instructor  at  V.  M.  I. 

Samuel  B.  Wright Moffatts  Creek,  Va. 

Carter  H.  Coupland 21     Norfolk,  Va. 

Wilfred  Ferguson 25     Norfolk,  Va. 

Edward  T.  Taylor 21     Norfolk,  Va. 

G.  L.  Rosborough 24     Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Calvert  A.  Anderson  (V.  M.I.) 36     Lee,  Va. 

First  volunteer  in  "Rockbridge 
Battery,"  but  rejected  for  physi- 
cal disability.  Operated  on,  but 
still  rejected. 

James  P.  Gills 23     Appomattox,  Va. 

John  L.  Furnee 30     Kansas  City,  Mo. 

William  H.  Frey,  Jr 23     Petersburg,  Va. 

Marion  N.  Fitzgerald 24     Richmond,  Va. 

Martin  O.  Cahill 23     Norfolk,  Va. 

Sydney  L.  R.  Wigg 24     Norfolk,  Va. 

William  H.  Davies 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

James  H.  Rowan 25     Greenville,  Va. 

Powell  T.  Charlton 18     Lexington,  Va. 

Jere  P.  Zollicoffer 26     Henderson,  N.  C. 

Aubrey  R.  Bowles,  Jr 21     Richmond,  Va. 

Edmund  C.  Lupton 21     Winchester,  Va. 

Roy  W.  Richards 21     Winchester,  Va. 


110 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 


1917 

^pril  18 

''   18 

"   19 

"   19 

"   19 

"   19 

"   20 

"   21 

"   21 

"   21 

"   21 

"   21 

"   22 

"   22 

"   23 

"   23 

"   23 

"   23 

"   23 

"   24 

"   24 

"   24 

"      24 

"   24 

"   24 

"   25 

"   26 

"   26 

"   26 

"   26 

"   27 

May 


27 
28 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 

1 
1 
1 
3 
3 
3 
3 


Name  ^Q^       Post-Off  ice 

Allen  B.  Gray 27     Winchester,  Va. 

Shirley  O.  Price 19     Winchester,  Va. 

Charles  H.  Eypper 24     Montclair,  N.  J. 

George  W.  Eypper 23     Montclair,  N.  J. 

Henry  A.  Woodman 25     79  Leonard  St.,  New  York. 

H.  S.  Van  Landingham 25     Care  Mrs.  M.  F.  Van  Landing- 
ham,  West  Point,  Miss. 

Charles  C.  Hardy Winchester,  Va. 

Wayne  G.  Thompson 21     Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Raymond  E.  Long 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Randolph  H.  Ruf fin 19     Richmond,  Va. 

Orlando  B.  Hinton 19     Petersburg,  Va. 

L.  Carol  Ramee,  Jr 19     Hackensack,  N.  J. 

J.  C.  Doyle,  Jr 21     Richmond,  Va. 

H  A.  Doyle 19     Richmond,  Va. 

William  W.  White 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

John  C.  Thompson 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Herbert  S.  Kellam 18     Princess  Anne,  Va. 

Entered  V.  M.  I  Sept.  5,  1917. 

Ferd    E.  Carter 20     Chevy  Chase,  Md. 

Winfield  C.  Parkins 19     R.  F.  D.  4,  Sta.  A,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Wallace  T.  Clark 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

Robert  W.  Thornton 20     Roanoke,  Va. 

L.  Lewis  Rush 19     Roanoke,  Va. 

LeRoy  E.  Nooney 21     Jacksonville,  Fla. 

L.  P.  Graves 21     Fredericksburg,  Va. 

John  Shirley  Riley 22     Roanoke,  Va. 

Joseph  Atkins 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

Thomas  E.  Waugh,  Jr 21     Lynchburg,  Va. 

Walter  H.  Rogers 20     Dendron,  Va. 

Hugh  L.  Dougherty 18     Norfolk,  Va. 

James  H.  Parroii 21     Norfolk,  Va. 

Holland  Wright  Clarkson 19     Chicago,  111. 

Later,  entered  V.  M.  I.  and  thence 
into  Service.  Returned  to  V. 
M.  I.  after  Armistice,  and  in 
First  Class,  1920-21. 

William  T.  Carringt on 22     Richmond,  Va. 

William  C.  Phillips 21     Suffolk,  Va. 

Morris  J.  Legum 21     Norfolk,  Va. 

Charles  Myers 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

Florian  H.  Yoste 19    Vicksburg,  Miss. 

Felix  T.Weil 19     Vicksburg,  Miss. 

W.  C.  Tate Bedford,  Va. 

W.  Russell  Giffin 20    Roanoke,  Va. 

(Also  in  third  camp.) 

William  B.  Burress 19     Richmond,  Va.    (In  Service.) 

Richard  B.  Bridgforth 19     Kenbridge,  Va. 

M.  J.  Crocker 19     Charleston.  W.  Va. 

Samuel  T.  Emory 20     Chase  City,  Va. 

W.  E.  Thomas 21     Charleston,  W.  Va. 

Whitton  E.  Norris 20     Staunton,  Va. 

B.  F.  Morgan,  Jr 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

Entered  V.  M.  I.  and  thence  en- 
listed. 

Frank  T.  East 16     Norfolk,  Va. 

Arthur  P.  Morton 23     Graham,  Va. 


V,  M.  I.  Training  Camps  (Contimied) 


111 


Second  Camp — June  20th  to  August  20th,    1917. 


MATRICULATES. 

1917  Name  Age       rout-Office 

June  20  George  W.  Wilkinson 17  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C. 

"  20  Brewer  Dixon 19  Talladega,  Ala. 

"  20  Richard  T.  Jeffreys 20  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C. 

"  20  Robert  S.  Weatherly 18  Anniston,  Ala. 

"  20  Robert  D.  Parrott 22  Norfolk,  Va. 

"  20  John  S.  Whaley 21  Snow  Hill,  Md. 

"  20  William  McKee  Dunn 29  Richmond,  Va. 

"  20  H.  Normon  Cole 26  Richmond,  Va. 

"  20  Arthur  J.  Miller  Masury 19  Norfolk,  Va. 

Entered  V.  M.  I.  Sept.,  1917. 

"  20  S.  C.  Bennett 21  Norfolk,  Va. 

"  20  David  Lowenbcrg 24  Norfolk,  Va. 

"  20  Hunter  H.  McGuire 21  Richmond,  Va. 

"  20  Edmund  Rowland 20  Philadelphia,  Pa.  (Care  W.  L. 

Rowland.  Media,  Pa.) 

"      20     M.H.Taylor 18     Philadelphia,  Pa.    (Care  Phil- 
adelphia Electric  Co.) 

"      20     Hobart  Rowland 18     Philadelphia,  Pa.     (Care  W. 

L.  Rowland,  Media,  Pa.) 

"      20     E.  D.  Cameron 31     Richmond,  Va. 

"      20     C.  W.  Hogg 25     Huntington,  W.  Va. 

"      20     William  C.  King 19     Roanoke,  Va. 

"      20     F.H.Smith 19     Easley,  S.  C. 

"      20     R.  S.  Bingham 18     Talladega,  Ala. 

"      20     R.  M.  Smith 19     Norfolk,  Va. 

"      20     S.  F.  Honaker 26     Wytheville,  Va. 

"      20     J.  R.  Walker 26     Martinsville,  Va. 

"      20     O.  O.  Haughton 21     Charlotte,  N.  C. 

"      20     W.  G.  Strickler 35     Salem,  Va. 

"      21     M.  Hammond  Connallv 18     Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Entered    V.    M.    I.    August    23, 
1917. 

"      21     Edmund  Rice  Smith 22     Raleigh,  N.  C. 

"      23     George  C.  Bell 30     Alcoa,  Tenn. 

"      23     Elliott  M.  Stewart 23     Washington,  D.  C. 

Entered  by  T.  J.  Woodliff,  Gads- 
den, Ala. 

"      25     Brandon  Barringer 18     Real  Estate  and  Trust  Bldg. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  care  D. 
M.  Barringer. 

"      25     D.  M.  Barringer,  Jr 17     Real  Estate  and  Trust  Bldg., 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  care  D. 
M.  Barringer. 

"      25     Frank  K.  Saunders 25     Bedford,  Va. 

"      25     John  W.  Johnston,  Jr 33     Bedford,  Va. 

"      25     Chester  H.  Lang 25     Pittsburgh,  Pa.     (Care  Miss 

Ida  E.  Lang,  Erie,  Pa.) 

"      26  Theodore  R.  Heyck 17  Houston,  Texas. 

July      2  Lawrence  T.  Long 22  Dante,  Va. 

"        5  Dabnev  H.  Maurv,  Jr 18  Evanston,  111. 

6  E.  E.  Moseley 19  Columbia,  S.  C. 

"        6  J.  S.  Sweeney 17  Houston,  Texas. 

"      16  W.  B.  Tilghman,  Jr 32  Salisbury,  Md. 


112 


Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 


1917  Name  Age       Post-Office 

Ju'y  17  Tom  W.  Herman 16  3564  Bogart  Ave.,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 

"      18     Julius  F.  Frenkel 18     3571  Alaska  Ave.,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 

"  18  Myron  D.  Kahn 18  731  S.  Crescent  Ave.,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

"  18  L.  John  Bloch 19  3025  Fairfield  Ave.,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 


1918 

June  13 

"  13 

"  13 

"  13 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

•'  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 

"  14 


14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 

14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 


Third  Camp— June  15th  to  August  15th,  1918. 

MATRICULATES. 

Name  Age       Post-Off  ice 

Charles  E.  Kain 32     Dallas,  Texas. 

Graduate,  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1907. 
Camp  Commander  till  July  20th. 

E.  D.  Kizer 28     Dallas,    Texas.        (Defective 

eyes.) 

Joseph  Baecher 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

M.  V.  Gwynn 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

J.S.Ellis 32     Waynesboro,  Va. 

J.  Roy  Home 27     Waynesboro,  Va. 

James  E.  Thomas 20     Roanoke,  Va. 

N.D.Trent 31     Corinne,  W.  Va. 

J.  E.  Montgomery Rocky  Mount,  Va. 

George  H.  Rowland Sumter,  S.  C. 

Conyers  Button,  J,r 19     Philadelphia,  Pa. 

R.  A.  Roberts Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

A.  L.  Merrell Hampton,  Va. 

Charles  R.  Alexander Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gabe  Meyer Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 

R.  Mann  Page Richmond,  Va.     (Naval  Re- 
serve.) 

H.  G.  Carson 21     Abingdon,  Va. 

A.  A.  Goodwyn Bristol,  Va. 

Benjamin  Huger 27     Roanoke,  Va. 

G.  F.  Scarlon 35     Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Resigned  on  account  of  physical 
disability. 

S.  M.  Graham 20     Lexington,  Va. 

Blake  Tyler 20     Lexington,  Va. 

William  C.  King 28     Charlottesville,  Va. 

W.  G.  Lubling,  Jr 19     Lynchburg,  Va. 

Robert  W.  Shaner 26     Lynchburg,  Va. 

Frank  K.  Johnston 25     Staff ordsville,  Va. 

Willis  T.  Guild 18     Wiggins,  Miss. 

Resigned,  ph5'sical  disability. 

Charles  H.  Lake 20     Shelby,  Tenn. 

Wallace  C.  Haggard 18     Dayton,  Tenn. 

Woodfin  Ransley Elbert  on,  Ga. 

Robert  Wherry Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 

J.  T.  White Biloxi,  Miss. 

Archibald  M.  Suthon New  Orleans,  La. 

Raymond  E.  Perrine 35     Berryville,  Va. 

John  H.  Moore 19     Washington,  D.  C. 

W.  G.  Gaither,  Jr Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 

H.  F.  Hutcheson,  Jr 19    Boydton,  Va. 


V,  M.  I.  Training  Camps  (Continued) 


113 


1918 


June 

14 

" 

14 

II 

14 

II 

14 

II 

14 

II 

14 

11 

14 

II 

14 

" 

14 

" 

14 

II 

14 

II 

IS- 

II 

IS 

" 

15 

II 

15 

II 

15 

II 

15 

II 

15 

i< 

17 

II 

17 

11 

17 

" 

17 

II 

19 

II 

19 

i( 

22 

11 

22 

" 

22 

" 

22 

II 

23 

II 

23 

July 

8 

11 

29 

Aug 

.     3 

Name  Age       Post-Off  ice 

J.  W.  Kasey 22     Lynchburg,  Va. 

Claude  A.  Joyce 20     Shuff,  Patrick  Co.,  Va. 

J  \v.  Rees 20     Winchester,  Va. 

W  W.  Sharp,  jr 18     New  York  City. 

T.B.Cochran 20     The  Plains,  Va. 

J.  K.  M.  Newton 20     Newport  News,  Va. 

H.  R.  Cooley 34     Richmond,  Va. 

C.  P.  Lupton Bedford,  Va. 

,  K.  B.  Tate Bedford,  Va. 

P.  T.  Gish Bedford,  Va. 

W.  J.  McDonald Portsmouth,  Va. 

S.  M.  Lane 20     Hagerstown,  Md. 

J.  A.  Barlow,  Jr Norfolk,  Va. 

H.  M.  Hewlett 20     Norfolk,  Va. 

W.  R.  Giffin 21     Norfolk,  Va. 

Also  in  first  camp. 

Arthur  L.  Burchell Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Walker  K.  Hancock 16     St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Charles  H.  Charas 23     Lexington,  Va. 

Frank  C.  Stipes 21     Elkton,  Va. 

Charles  A.  York 26     Cumberland,  Md. 

H.  S.  Duffey 30     Winchester,  Va. 

L.  W.  Wells 22     Bedford,  Va. 

J.  Luther  Teaford 20     Lexington,  Va. 

S.B.Phillips 22     Hampton,  Va. 

W.  P.  Rawlings  (V.M.I.) 21     Lawrenceville,  Va. 

Rejected  for  military  service,  ac- 
count physical  disability. 

S.  H.  Short,  Jr 20     Lawrenceville,  Va. 

Fred.  Wayer 18     Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

L.  G.  Strauss. 18     Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

E.  R.  F.  Johnson 19     Merion,  Pa. 

A.  D.  Somcrville 29     Cleveland,  Miss. 

Stuart  Moore 24     Lexington,  Va. 

George  L.  Edwards,  Jr . 18     Kirkwood,  Mo. 

R.  O.  PuUiam,  Jr 37     Petersburg,  Va. 


114  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

SOME  OF  THE  SPECIALLY  DISTINGUISHED 
ALUMNI  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR. 


Colonel  Hunley  above  cites  three  cases  of  extraordinary  valour,  men- 
tioned by  the  Institute's  Historiographer,  and  gives  the  implied  promise 
that  he  will  tell  the  "real  story"  of  many  of  the  Institute's  other  heroes. 

The  Historiographer  has  some  hesitation  in  doing  this;  and",  yet,  he 
feels  that  many  of  the  Institute's  noble  sons  should  be  specially  named  here, 
because  of  their  specially  valourous  deeds,  and  their  conspicuous  efficiency 
and  official  commendation.  And,  yet  again,  this  is  difficult  to  do  without 
seeming  to  cast  a  reflection  on  those  not  specifically  mentioned,  who,  doubt- 
less, if  the  facts  were  only  known,  are  just  as  much  entitled  to  honour  and 
praise.  We  know  that  all  did  their  duty — their  whole  duty — nobly;  and  if 
some  are  specially  mentioned,  while  others  are  not,  it  is  only  because  of  the 
absence  of  complete  and  official  data.     Let  this  be  remembered. 

The  V.  M.  I.'s  ranking  officer  in  the  World  War  was — 

Brigadier  General  R.  E.  L.  MICHIE,  of  Virginia,  son  of  a  Confederate 
Officer  who  got  his  training  for  War  at  the  V.  M.  I. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1883.  While  standing  among  the 
"Star"  men  in  the  Second  Class  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  he  resigned  his  cadetship 
to  enter  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1885 
and  commissioned  in  the  Army. 

His  career  in  the  Service  was  distinguished.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
General  Staff  from  1903  to  1907,  and  again  for  a  s'ort  while,  the  latter  part 
of  1914.     He  had  been  also  a  member  of  the  War  College. 

He  was  chief  aide  to  Major  General  Hugh  L.  Scott,  former  Chief  of  Staff 
of  the  Army. 

General  Scott,  accompanied  only  by  General  Michie,  then  a  Colonel  of 
Cavalry,  quelled  an  uprising  among  the  Piutes  in  Utah. 

When  General  Scott  visited  the  Mexican  bandit  Chief,  Francisco  Villa, 
and  when  he  conferred  with  the  Mexican  authorities  at  El  Paso,  General 
Michie's  assistance  was  of  great  value  to  him. 

He  went  to  Russia  in  the  Spring  of  1917  as  aide  to  General  Scott,  the 
military  member  of  the  American  War  Commission  to  Russia  selected  by 
the  President  to  appeal  to  every  class  then  figuring  in  the  Government  of 
new  Russia.     He  was  then  still  Colonel  of  Cavalry. 

When  General  Scott  was  relieved  as  Chief  of  Staff,  Colonel  Michie  was 
made  a  Brigadier  General  in  the  National  Army  and  placed  in  command 
of  the  Fifty-third  Infantry  Brigade  (•omposed  of  New  York  troops,  at 
Camp  Wadsworth,  S.  C),  27th  Division.  After  training  h.is  brigade,  he  went 
at  its  head  to  the  battle  front  of  France. 

Suddenly  and  unexpectedly,  on  June  5,  1918,  he  died  on  a  railway  train, 
near  Rouen,  France,  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  His  death  was  a 
great  shock  to  his  friends  and  to  the  Army,  as  he  had  not  been  ill 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  115 

General  Micbie  was  a  noble  gentleman  and  a  superb  officer,  and  there 
Is  little  doubt  that  if  his  useful  career  had  not  been  cut  short  so  soon,  he 
would  have  become  one  of  the  most  successful  and  distinguished  Generals 
in  the  Overseas  Army. 

He  is  survived  by  his  widow  who  before  marriage  was  Miss  Grace 
Beachy,  of  San  Francisco,  and  a  daughter,  Margaret  who,  later,  became  the 
wife  of  Captain  Torrey  Wells  who  served  two  years  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

Brigadier  General  RICHARD  C.  MARSHALL,  Jr.  (one  of  four  brothers 
Graduates  of  the  V.  M.  I.)  has  been  a  valued  member  of  the  General  Staff, 
and,  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  War,  at  the  head  of  the  Con- 
struction Division  of  the  Army.  On  him  devolved  a  heavy  responsibility, 
being  charged  with  the  construction  of  all  Camps,  Cantonments,  etc.  That 
he  thoroughly  executed  his  trust  this  Citation  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  accompanying  the  award  of  the  Distinguished  Service  Medal,  will 
fully  attest: 

"Brigadier  General  Richard  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  for  exceptionally  meritorious 
and  conspicuous  service  in  the  Construction  Division  of  the  Army.  His  zeal, 
judgment  and  exceptional  administrative  ability  have  enabled  serious  dif- 
ficulties to  be  overcome,  and  the  construction  necessary  for  a  great  Armv 
to  be  provided." 

[This  new  service,  demanded  by  the  exigencies  of  the  War,  carried  out 
the  most  colossal  construction  piogram  of  all  time,  and  that  a  V.  M,  I. 
Graduate  should  have  been  placed  at  the  head  of  it  is  cause  for  just  pride  on 
the  part  of  all  V.  M.  I.  men.] 

General  Marshall  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1898,  from  Virginia. 

Brigadier  General  SAMUEL  D.  ROCKENBACH,  of  Virginia,  "Honour" 
Graduate  and  "First  Captain'  of  the  Class  of  1889,  is  the  third  ranking 
Brigadier  General  of  the  V.  M.  I.  He  had  served  for  many  years  in  the 
Army  with  great  distinction.  General  Pershing  knew  his  worth  and  selected 
him  as  Chief  of  the  Tank  Corps  of  the  A.  E.  F.  He  received  these  Decora- 
tions: 

(American)    Distinguished  Service  Medal. 

(French)   Croix  de  Guerre. 

(French)   Officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honour. 

(British)    Commander  of  the  Bath. 

[Another  new  service  demanded  by  the  World  War,  and  another  V.  M.  I. 
Graduate  called  to  take  charge  of  it] 

Brigadier  General  CHARLES  E.  KILBOURNE,  of  Class  1S94,  from 
Washington,  D.  C,  was  the  V.  M.  I.'s  fourth  Brigadier  General.  Th.is  officer 
had  attained  high  distinction  before  the  World  War  began,  having  been  an 
officer  in  the  Volunteer  Service  in  the  S.-A.  War  and  in  the  regular  Service 
since  1899.  For  "Most  distinguished  gallantry  in  action"  in  the  Philippines. 
February  5.  1899.  he  received  the  "MEDAL  OF  HONOUR,"  the  highest  decora- 
tion that  can  be  conferred  upon  a  soldier  of  the  United  States.  He  served 
throughout  the  World  War  with  great  distinction  and  honour,  as  Lieutenant 
Colonel  and  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  89th  Division,  as  Colonel  and  Chief  of  Staff 


116  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

of  same,  and,  later,  when  promoted  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General,  as 
Commander  of  the  36th  Heavy  Artillery  Brigade,  until  November  15,  1918, 
and  the  3d  Infantry  Brigade  until  February  15,  1919.  He  was  severely 
wounded  in  France  in  the  Spring  of  1918.  He  received  the  following  decora- 
tions: "D.  S.  C,"  "D.  S.  M."  and  "Croix  de  Guerre." 

The  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.,  in  the  name  of  the  President,  In 
awarding  him  the  "Distinguished  Service  Cross,"  December  27,  1918,  made 
this  Citation: 

"Colonel  Charles  E.  Kilbourne,  General  Staff,  89th  Division.  For  extra- 
ordinary heroism  in  action  near  Thiancourt,  on  Sept.  12,  1918.  Colonel  Kil- 
bourne, as  Chief  of  Staff,  exposed  himself  to  artillery  and  machine-gun  fire 
during  the  advance  of  his  Division,  exercising  cool  judgment  and  strong 
determination  in  re-organizing  the  lines  and  getting  troops  forward  to  the 
objective." 

In  General  Orders  No.  89,  War  Department,  July  15,  1919.  the  "Dis^ 
tinguished  Service  Medal"  was  awarded  him  by  the  Commanding  General, 
A.  E.  F.,  by  direction  of  the  President,  with  this  Citation: 

"Charles  E.  Kilbourne,  Major,  Coast  Artillery,  United  States  Army. 
For  exceptionally  meritorious  and  distinguished  services  as  Chief  of  Staff 
of  the  89th  Division,  h,e  displayed  military  ability  of  the  highest  order,  con- 
tributing to  the  success  achieved  by  the  Division,  during  the  St.  Mihiel 
Offensive.  Later,  upon  his  promotion  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General,  he 
continued  to  render  valuable  services  in  command  of  the  36th  Artillery 
Brigade,  during  the  remainder  of  the  Campaign." 

He  saw  active  Service  in  Sector  Warfare  with  the  British  at  Chemin  des 
Dames,  and  with  the  Americans  at  Toul,  and  was  with  the  89th  Division  in 
the  assault  on  the  St.  Mihiel  Salient. 

After  the  Armistice  he  was  sent  on  a  special  mission  to  several  Euro- 
pean Countries,  till  May  15,  1919,  when  he  returned  to  the  United  States. 
No  Brigadier  General  in  the  Army  received  greater  honours  than  he.  He 
Is  the  only  American  Soldier  who  wears  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  the 
Distinguished  Service  Medal,  the  Philippine  Congressional  Medal  and  the 
Congressional  Medal  of  Honour. 

Brigadier  General  WILLIAM  B.  COCHRAN,  Class  of  1888,  from  Virginia, 
was  the  fifth  Brigadier  General.  He  had  served  many  years  in  the  Army, 
and  by  his  merit  and  gallantry  rose  to  this  high  rank.  In  the  Spanish- 
American  War  he  was  a  First  Lieutenant  and  Captain  of  Infantry.  When 
he  received  his  promotion  to  Brigadier  General,  in  October,  1918,  he  was 
serving  at  Camp  Gordon.  He  was  at  once  ordered  to  Camp  Bowie,  Texas, 
to  be  second  in  command  there.  It  was  not  the  fortune  of  Brigadier  General 
Cochran  to  be  sent  overseas;  his  services  at  the  Training  Camps  here  were 
in  demand  in  preparing  our  great  National  Army  for  War.  When  the 
Armistice  came  he  was  at  Camp  Bowie,  organizing  the  100th  Division  for 
Overseas  Service. 

At  least  three  V.  M.  I.  Colonels  were  recommended  to  be  promoted  to 
Brigadier  Generals  by  the  Commander-in-Chief  in  October,  1918.  These  were: 
George  C  Marshall,  Jr.,  Samuel  R.  Gleaves  and  Morris  E.  Locke.  But  all 
nominations  for  promotion  were  held  up  after  September,  and  so  these  of- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         117 

fleers  did  not  receive  the  rank  they  were  entitled  to  because  of  their  great 
merit. 

First  among  the  V.  M.  I.'s  Colonels  it  is  a  pleasure  to  name: 

Colonel  GEORGE  C.  MARSHALL,  Jr.,  of  the  Class  of  1901  and  "First 
Captain,"  from  Pennsylvania.  He  is  the  great,  great  grandson  of  William 
Marshall,  of  Fauquier  County,  Virginia,  the  uncle  of  Chief  Justice  Marshall. 
By  inheritance  and  by  marriage  he  is  a  true  Virginian,  his  wife  being  a 
grand  daughter  of  Colonel  Edmund  Pendleton,  a  member  of  the  first  Graduat- 
ing Class  of  the  V.  M.  L  An  elder  brother  is  also  a  Graduate  of  the 
V.  M.  L,  the  prominent  scientist,  Stuart  B.  Marshall,  of  Class  1894 — a  Class 
which  made  such  a  distinguished  record  in  this  War. 

Marshall  went  to  France  with  the  First  Division  as  Assistant  Chief  of 
Staff.  He  continued  in  this  position  until  he  was  sent  to  the  Operations 
Section  of  the  General  Staff  at  G.  H.  Q.,  at  the  time  of  the  Soissons  fight. 
He  was  then  engaged  in  plans  for  the  St.  Mihiel  battle  for  several  weeks, 
and  went  with  these  plans  to  the  newly-formed  Headquarters  of  the  First 
Army.  He  remained  with  the  Operations  Section  of  the  First  Army  through- 
out the  St.  Mihiel  action,  and,  shortly  after  the  Meuse-Argonne  battle  de- 
veloped, he  was  formally  relieved  from  duty  at  G.  H.  Q.  and  made  Assistant 
Chief  of  Staff  and  Chief  of  Operations  Section  of  th.e  First  Army.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  capacity  until  the  Armistice,  though  during  the  last  few  days 
he  was  under  orders  to  join  the  Eighth  Army  Corps  as  Chief  of  Staff.  He 
joined  this  Corps  immediately  after  the  Armistice  and  remained  as  its  Chief 
of  Staff  until  the  Spring  of  1919,  when,  just  before  its  demobilization,  he  was 
called  to  G.  H.  Q.,  and  sent  on  a  tour  of  lecturing  to  explain  to  the  officers 
of  the  A.  B.  F.,  w^hat  had  occurred  between  the  time  of  General  Pershing's 
arrival  in  France  and  the  date  of  the  Armistice  Before  finishing  this  duty 
the  Commander-in-Chief  detailed  him  as  his  Aide  which,  duty  he  is  still 
performing. 

On  October  15,  1918,  General  Pershing  cabled  the  War  Department  recom- 
mending, and  respectfully  urging,  that  Colonel  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  be 
promoted  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General,  and  to  be  Chief  of  Staff  of  an 
Army  Corps.  But  no  nominations  for  general  officers  were  ever  sent  to  the 
Senate,  during  the  period  of  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  battles;  so 
the  coming  of  the  Armistice  closed  the  matter.  General  Pershing,  however, 
made  him  Chief  of  Staff  of  an  Army  Corps,  without  the  rank.  Colonel  Mar- 
shall received  the  following  decorations:  Distinguished  Service  Medal, 
Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm,  Legion  of  Honour,  Order  of  the  Crown  of 
Italy,  Order  of  St.  Maurice  et  Lazarus,  and  Order  of  La  Solidaridad. 
Citation  with  the  "D.  S.  M.": 

"George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  Colonel,  United  States  Army.  For  excep- 
tionally meritorious  and  distinguished  services.  He  has  performed  the  duties 
of  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  G-3,  1st  Division,  from  June  26,  1917  to  July  12, 
1918.  He  served  in  the  G-3  Section,  General  Headquarters,  American  Expedi- 
tionary Forces,  from  July  13  to  August  19,  1918;  in  G-3  Section,  1st  Army, 
from  August  20  to  October  16,  1918;  as  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  (G-3)  of  the 
1st  Army  from  October  17  to  November  19,  1918;  and  as  Chief  of  Staff  of 
the  8th  Army  Corps,  from  November  20,  1918  to  January  15,  1919,  during 
which  period  the  1st  Division  served  in  the  Toul  Sector  and  at  the  Cantigny 


118  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

attack  and  the  1st  Army  Operations  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne 
Offensives. 

"By  untiring,  painstaking  and  energetic  effort?  he  succeeded  in  all  these 
undertakings.  His  efforts  had  a  marked  influence  on  the  successes  achieved 
by  the  Units  with  which  he  served." 

Citation   from  the  First  Division: 

"By  his  superior  professional  attainments,  his  tactical  skill,  his  sound 
Judgment,  and  his  courageous  conduct  in  obtaining  information  through 
personal  visits  to  the  most  exposed  lines,  he  contributed  in  a  determining 
manner  to  the  training,  morale,  and  operations  of  the  Division  in  the  Toul 
Sector,  at  Cantigny,  and  in  the  movement  for  the  offensive  at  Soissons." 

The  News  Standard  of  Uniontown,  Pa.,  thus  spoke  of  him: 

"Merited  appreciation  of  the  Military  service  of  a  Uniontown  man. 
Colonel  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  is  contained  in  the  story  of  the  American 
Staff  work  that  planned  the  capture  of  Sedan  and  supervised  the  successful 
accomplishment. 

"The  story  was  printed  by  Damon  Runyon,  the  well-known  New  York 
Sporting  Writer,  who,  later,  was  one  of  the  best  War  Correspondents  in 
Europe. 

"At  the  V.  M.  I.  Colonel  Marshall  was  instructed  in  the  principles  laid 
down  by  Stonewall  Jackson.  Jackson,  it  will  be  remembered,  was  a  Pro- 
fessor at  the  School  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out  and  became  the  greatest 
Strategist  of  the  Confederacy.  That  his  tactics  are  as  sound  to-day  as  they 
were  in  the  Sixties  is  shown  by  their  successful  use  in  France  by  Colonel 
Marshall;  for  to  him  has  already  been  credited  the  plans  for  the  capture 
of  Cantigny,  the  first  American  Blow,  unaided  by  Supporting  French  «r 
British  Units,  and,  now  to  him  also  is  credited  the  chief  staff  work  for  the 
capture  of  historic  Sedan  where  Napoleon  III  surrendered  to  the  Germans 
in  1871,  closing  the  Franco-Prussian  War. 

"  'Exploitation  of  the  Infantry'  was  the  cardinal  principle  of  the  attack, 
and  that  it  succeeded  so  well  is  due  to  Liggett's  doughboys  who  composed 
the  'Rainbow'  Division. 

"Just  what  Runyon  has  to  say  about  the  attack  is  as  follows: 

"SHADE   OP   GENERAL   JACKSON   REJOICES— 

STONEWALL'S    TACTICS   WIN    SEDAN 

[With  the  American  First  Army,  November  7. J 

'The  shade  of  old  Stonewall  Jackson  must  have  gazed  down  on  the  burn- 
ing town  of  Sedan  to-night  with  great  satisfaction.  Tlie  military  tactics 
evolved  by  the  bulldog  of  the  Confederacy  and  passed  on  by  him,  through 
the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  to  this  generation  of  American  fighting  men, 
have  brought  the  mud-caked  doughboys  from  God's  Country  to  the  outskirts 
of  the  ancient  town. 

'Long,  long  ago,  Stonewall  Jackson  put  into  effect  the  idea  of  using 
Infantry  practically  the  same  as  Cavalry  without  horses,  pushing  it  over 
the  ground  at  great  speed  to  the  very  limit  of  human  endurance.  There's 
never  been  any  Infantry  like  Jackson's  until  Hunter  Liggett's  soldiers  came 
along  and  tramped  over  twenty-five  miles  for  seven  days  across  man- 
murdering  country,  through  a  living  wall  of  opposition,  ribbed  with  artillery, 
upholstered  by  machine-guns. 

'There  is  a  mild-looking,  retiring  man  at  American  Headquarters  named 
Colonel  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  who  comes  from  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania, 
and  who  graduated  from  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  where  Jackson  was 
a  teacher.  This  man  Marshall  is  Chief  of  Operations  of  Liggett's  forces.  It 
was  Marshall  who  had  much  to  do  with  the  planning  of  operations  against 
Sedan,  and  he  turned  to  the  great  Master  of  Infantrymen  for  the  general 
scheme.     'Drive  the  Infantry'  was  the  word.     They  picked  all  of  Liggett's 


Some  of  the  Spectat.i.y  Distixgutstied  Aliimxi  (Cont'd)         119 

Crack  Divisions  for  the  driving.     They  became,  in  effect,  a   flying  column, 
etc'  " 

(This  interesting  article  is  too  long  for  further  extracts,  but  those  given 
plainly  manifest  the  prevailing  belief  in  the  Army  as  to  the  part,  performed 
by  Colonel  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  in  the  splendid  Staff  Work  of  the 
A.   E.  F.l 

Colonel  SAMUEL  R.  CLEAVES,  Alumnus,  of  Class  1898,  and  Graduate. 
U.  S.  M.  A.,  is  a  Virginian,  and  was  for  nearly  three  years  Commandant 
at  the  V.  M.  L  (on  detail),  and  it  is  hazarding  nothing  to  say  that  he  was 
one  of  the  best  Commandants  the  Institute  ever  had.  He  is  a  born  soldier, 
and  his  splendid  record  in  the  Army,  and  especially  in  the  Great  War,  affords 
abundant  proof  He  sailed  with  the  42d  Division,-  October  18,  1917,  as 
Assistant  Chief  of  Stafi'  (Operations).  Was  transferred  to  Staff  of  Com- 
mander-in-Ch,ief  and  served  as  a  General  Staff  Officer  in  Operations  Section 
(G-3)  at  Headquarters,  A.  E.  F.,  until  its  return  to  the  U.  S.,  June  16,  1919. 
He  was  promoted  to  Major,  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Colonel.  General  Persh- 
ing earnestly  urged  that  he  be  promoted  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General; 
but  the  War  was  so  near  the  end  then  his  nomination  was  not  acted  on. 
He  participated  in  the  battles  of  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne,  and  served 
on  Chemin  des  Dames  for  six  weeks  with  the  French  Eleventh  Corps.  For 
his  splendid  service  in  th,e  War  he  was  awarded  the  following  decorations: 
"Distinguished  Service  Medal,"  "Croix  de  Guerre,"  and  "Cross  of  the 
Legion  of  Honour." 

Colonel  MORRIS  E.  LOCKE,  "First  Honour."  Class  1899.     From  Ohio. 

F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Service. — As  Ma.ior,  8tb.  Field  Artillery,  in  France,  as  a  member  of  the 
American  Mission,  June  1-July  18,  1917.  As  Colonel,  Field  Artillery,  in 
France,  from  Sept.  22,  1917  to  Aug.  26,  1919.  Commanding  51st  F.  A. 
Brigade,  2Gth  Div.,  Sept.  23  to  Oct.  1,  1917.  Commanding  102nd  Field 
Artillery,  26th  Div.  from  Oct.,  1917  to  Aug.  14,  1918.  Instructor,  Army 
General  Staff  College,  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  IG  to  Dec.  31,  1918.  Director,  Army 
Centre  of  Artillery  Studies,  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  16,  1918  to  June  30,  1919.  On 
duty  with  the  French  Army  at  Metz,  from  July  1,  1919  to  Aug.  17,  1919. 

Campaigns. — Chemin  des  Dames  Sector,  February  and  March,  1918.  Toul 
Sector,  April  a:nd  May,  1918.  Chateau  Thierry  Sector  and  Marne  Offensives, 
July  5,  1918  to  August  4,  1918. 

Recommendation  for  Promotion. — Recommended  by  General  Pershing, 
C.  in  C,  A.  E.  F.,  for  promotion  to  the  grade  of  Brigadier  General,  Oct.  20. 
1919. 

Decorations. — Distinguished  Service  Medal  "for  exceptionally  meritorious 
and  distinguished  services  while  commanding,  with  marked  skill  and  initia- 
tive, the  102nd  Field  Artillery  in  the  Chateau  Thierry  campaign  .... 
and  for  services  rendered  at  the  Army  General  Staff  College,  A.  E.  F." 
Officer  of  the  Legion  d'Honneur  of  France  for  services  as  Colonel,  Com- 
manding 102nd  Field  Artillery. 


120  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Colonel  FRANCIS  C.  HARRINGTON,  Class  1908.     From  Virginia. 
Alumnus  of  V.  M.  I.  and  Graduate,  U.  S.  M.  A. 

Director,  Department  of  Military  Engineering,  Engineering  School,  A.  E.  F. 

Service  during  War,  as  follows: 

April  6  to  June  25,  1917,  Assistant  Professor,  U.  S.  M.  A.  June  25, 
1917  to  January  15,  1918,  Instructor,  1st  and  2nd  Engineer  Officers  Train- 
ing Camps.  January  15  to  April  15,  1918,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  303rd  Engi- 
neers, 78tli  Division.  April  15  to  September  1,  1918,  commanding  603rd 
Engineers.  September  1  to  October  1,  1918,  at  Army  War  College.  Octo- 
ber 1,  1918  to  February  17,  1919,  commanding  215th  Engineers,  and  Divi- 
sion Engineer,  5th  Division.  February  17,  1919  to  January,  1920,  Director, 
Department  of  Military  Engineering,  Engineering  School  (from  June  20 
to  September  10,  1919,  in  France).     Promoted  to  Colonel. 

Colonel  GEORGE  S.  PATTON,  JR.,  Class  1907.     From  California. 
Commander  of   1st  Brigade,  Tank  Corps,  A.   E.   F.      (Later,   designated  as 

304th  Brigade). 

He  is  the  son  of  the  Hon.  George  S.  Patton,  a  "Distinguished"  Graduate 
of  Class  1877,  V.  M.  I.,  and  Adjutant  of  the  Corps;  Democratic  Nominee  for 
U.  S.  Senate  from  California,  some  years  ago;  who  is  the  son  of  the  gallant 
Colonel  George  S.  Patton,  of  Virginia,  "Second  Honour"  Graduate  of  Class 
of  1852,  V.  M.  I.,  of  the  22nd  Virginia  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Winchester,  June  19,  1864.  The  first  George  S.  Patton  was  the  fourth  son  of 
Lieutenant-Governor  John  M.  Patton,  of  Virginia,  distinguished  lawyer  and 
member  of  the  famous  Virginia  Constitutional  Convention  of  1829,  whose  six 
sons  were  all  Confederate  soldiers  (four  of  them  having  been  V.  M.  I.  Grad- 
uates), two  of  whom  being  Colonels,  and  killed  in  battle. 

This  superb  U.  S.  Army  Officer  thus  comes  naturally  by  his  soldierly 
qualities  and  fighting  proclivities,  and  no  officer  of  his  grade  won  greater 
distinction  in  the  World  War. 

After  leaving  the  V.  M.  I.,  he  was  graduated  at  the  U.  S.  Military  Acad- 
emy, and  was  commissioned  in  the  Army. 

He  served  gallantly  under  General  Pershing  in  Mexico.  [Doubtless,  it 
will  be  recalled  how  he  fought  the  Guerillas,  and  defeated  them,  from  his 
automobile.] 

He  went  to  France  on  May  28,  1917,  in  command  of  the  H.  Q.  Troop, 
American  Expeditionary  Forces.  On  November  17,  1917,  he  was  detailed 
as  the  first  officer  in  the  American  Tank  Corps.  He  attended  the  French 
Tank  School  at  Champlien,  France.  In  December,  1917,  he  began  to  organize 
the  First  Tank  Centre,  at  Bourg,  near  Langres,  France.  He  was  promoted 
Major  and  then  Lieutenant-Colonel.  On  August  22,  1918,  Brigadier 
General  Rockenbach  (V.  M.  I.),  Chief  of  Tank  Corps,  directed  him  to  organ- 
ize the  1st  (now  called  the  304th)  Brigade,  Tank  Corps.  He  commanded 
this  brigade  at  St.  Mihiel  and  in  the  Meuse-Argonne,  until  he  was  severely 
wounded,  September  26.  On  October  17,  1918,  he  received  his  Colonel's 
commission  and  returned  to  duty,  November  5. 

He  was  awarded  the  "Distinguished  Service  Cross"  for  his  bravery  on 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  121 

September  26,  and  the  "Distinguished  Service  Medal"  for  his  work  in  or- 
ganizing and  commanding  the  1st  Tank  Centre,  and,  later,  the  304th  Brigade, 
Tank  Corps. 

He  returned  to  the  United  States  in  March,  1919,  and  still  commands 
the  304tli  Brigade,  at  Camp  Meade,  Pa. 

Colonel  EDMUND  C.  WADDILL,  of  the  Class  of  1903, 
is  a  son  of  United  States  District  Judge  Edmund  Waddill,  Jr.,  of  Virginia. 
His  War  record  is  one  to  be  proud  of. 
As  Captain  and  Major  of  the  23rd  Infantry  from  August  23,  1917  to 
September  17,  1918,  he  participated  in  holding  the  defensive  Sectors  of 
Troyon  and  Toul,  after  which  he  took  part  gallantly  in  the  Chateau  Thierry, 
Soissons  and  St.  Mihiel  Offensives.  He  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
the  latter  part  of  September,  1918,  and  assigned  to  duty  witli  th,e  357th 
Infantry,  90th  Division,  which  he  commanded  a  part  of  the  time  in  the 
Argonne,  and  in  Germany,  as  a  part  of  the  Army  of  Occupation.  While  in 
Germany  he  was  promoted  to  the  Colonelcy  of  the  358th  Infantry  and  re- 
mained with  that  Regiment  until  it  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Camp 
Pike,  Arkansas,  June  23,  1919. 

He  was  awarded  the  "Distinguished  Service  Cross"  for  services  at 
Chateau  Thierry,  June  6  and  7,  1918;  and  near  Soissons,  July  18,  1918.  He 
was  also  cited  in  War  Department  Orders  for  gallantry,  June  25,  1918,  near 
Chateau  Thierry,  and  again  near  Soissons,  July  18,  1918.  Subsequently,  he 
was  given  a  Citation  by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F.,  far  conspicuous 
and  meritorious  service  as  Adjutant  of  the  179th  Brigade,  between  Novem- 
ber 2  and  9,  1918. 

While  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  he  was  made  Military  Governor 
of  an  important  zone  in  the  section  of  Germany  occupied  by  the  United 
States  Army.  His  jurisdiction  extended  over  the  surrounding  country  and 
is  said  to  have  embraced  ninety-eight  towns.  He  had  under  his  direction 
and  control  the  civil  government  of  the  territory  assigned  him,  subject  only 
to  review  by  the  higher  Military  authorities. 

His  Citation  with  the  "D.  S.  C."  was  as  follows: 

"Edmund  C.  Waddill,  Major,  23rd  Infantry.  For  extraordinary  heroism 
in  action  near  Chateau  Thierry,  France,  June  6,  7  and  25,  and  near 
Soissons,  France,  July  18,  1918.  During  the  attack  by  his  battalion  near 
Chateau  Thierry,  Major  Waddill  displayed  exceptional  bravery  by  advancing 
in  the  open,  under  intense  shell  and  machine-gun  fire,  re-organizing  his 
leading  echelons  and  pressing  the  attack  with  the  utmost  disregard  of 
personal  danger.  On  June  25,  he  went  among  his  troops,  during  a  heavy 
gas  attack,  disregarding  his  own  danger,  in  order  to  protect  his  men,  re- 
maining in  the  sector,  and  refusing  to  be  evacuated,  until  he  had  been  so 
badly  burned  by  gas  that  his  face  was  black. 

"In  the  Soissons-Rheims  attack  he  again  displayed  marked  courage 
and  leadership  in  personally  taking  the  lead  with  his  battalion  and  push- 
ing forward  the  attack,  until  further  advance  was  stopped  by  darkness." 

Colonel  CHRISTOPHER  CLARK  COLLINS,  Class  1892.     From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  appointed  Assistant  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A.,  Jan'y.  30,  1899;  promoted 
Captain   and    Surgeon,   Jan"y.    30,   1904;    Captain,   Medical   Corps,   Jan'y.   30, 
1904;  Major,  Medical  Corps,  Jan'y.  1,  1909. 


122         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

After  serving  two  long  terms  in  the  Philippines  and  in  Porto  Rico, 
and  at  many  Posts  in  the  United  States,  he  spent  some  months  in  Europe, 
on  leave,  and  while  there  visited  all  the  great  Hospitals.  So  that  when  the 
World  War  came  he  was  well  prepared  for  service  in  his  Department.  He 
went  to  France  in  May,  1917,  as  Commanding  Officer  of  U.  S.  Base  Hospital 
No.  12  which  was  one  of  th.e  first  Units  to  arrive  overseas.  In  February, 
1918,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  as  Corps  Surgeon  of  the  2nd  American  Corps 
and  served  in  this  capacity  through  the  Somme  Offensive,  and  was  with  that 
Corps  in  all  its  battles  up  the  Somme  River  and  across  the  Hindenburg  Line. 
He  was  decorated  by  the  British  Government,  having  been  made  a  Com- 
panion of  the  Order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  George. 

This  is  the  modest  report  of  this  superb  officer.  But  the  whole  truth 
would  not  be  known,  if  the  other  facts  were  withheld.  So  the  Historio- 
grapher adds  the  facts,  given  below: 

Colonel  Collins  had  on  his  Staff  two  very  distinguished  medical  men 
from  civil  life,  Colonel  Frederick  A.  Besley,  formerly  Professor  of  Surgery 
at  the  Northwestern  University  in  Chicago,  and  Lt.  Colonel  Milton  Mandel. 
Colonel  Besley  and  his  wife  had  organized  "Unit  12"  Hospital  in  Chicago, 
and  he  had  been  at  the  head  of  it  there  until  it  became  a  Military  Hospital, 
with  Colonel  Collins  in  charge. 

As  she  had  been  so  interested  in  the  formation  of  this  Unit,  and  as  it 
sailed  on  her  birthday,  May  19,  1917,  and  was  bombed  on  that  date,  a  year 
later,  his  wife  claimed  it,  as  she  laughingly  told  a  Lynchburg  reporter. 
This  was  the  Unit  that  had  two  Red  Cross  Nurses  killed  by  an  inexplicable 
explosion  on  board  ship,  soon  after  the  Unit  sailed  from  New  York,  neces- 
sitating its  return  to  that  city.  Colonel  Collins  was  standing  talking  to  them 
just  an  instant  before  they  were  killed. 

These  two  gentlemen  give  their  testimony  to  the  worth  and  splendid 
ability  of  this  Graduate,  from  long  intimate  association  with  him.  Colonel 
Besley  said  he  never  knew  a  man  of  better  or  finer  type;  that  his  first 
thought  and  care  were  for  the  men  and  women  under  him;  and  that  it  was 
a  little  short  of  marvelous  to  watch  the  enlisted  men  grow  and  improve 
as  they  were  wont  to  re-act  to  his  kind  but  firm  treatment  and  discipline; 
and  he  added  that  if  he  said  all  he  might  say  about  him,  he  believed  his 
statements  would  be  thought  extravagant. 

Lt.  Colonel  Mandel  wrote,  some  months  after  being  assigned  to  his  Staff: 
"I  have  been  extremely  fortunate  in  having  as  a  Commanding  Officer  Colonel 
Collins.  He  has  gained  the  confidence,  respect  and  admiration  of  our  entire 
organization.  He  is  kind  and  considerate;  fair,  but  firm.  As  an  Adminis- 
trative Officer  h-e  is  splendid;  and  he  is  most  highly  thought  of  by  the 
British  with  whom  we  are  brought  in  contact.  We  are  certainly  most  happy 
to  be  able  to  serve  under  him,  and  our  Country  will  be  eminently  successful 
in  this  tremendous  undertaking,  if  he  typifies  the  American  Army  Officer. 
On  a  visit  to  Lynchburg,  in  .January,  1919,  Colonel  Besley  said:  "Colonel 
Clark  Collins,  to  my  mind,  has  done  as  large  a  medical  work  as  any  Medical 
Officer  in  the  American  Army  to-day."  He  and  Lt.  Col.  Mandel  advanced  with 
the  Second  American  Corps  of  which  Colonel  Collins  was  Surgeon-in-Chief, 
consisting  of  ten  Divisions,  after  severing  from  Base  Hospital  Unit  12,  on 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         123 

September  1,  1918.  In  charge  of  35  Surgeons,  200  enlisted  men  and  100 
nurses,  Colonel  Collins  never  once  issued  a  "disciplinary  Order."  He  set  his 
men  a  splendid  example,  said  Colonel  Besley.  and  there  was  never  any 
drunkenness  or  carousing  among  his  men.  "He  served  a  'dry'  mess  and 
managed  his  men  by  individual  methods  of  his  own  that  brought  out  the 
best  in  them,"  said  the  Officer,  adding:  "He  is  always  dignified,  and  in- 
variably neat."  Colonel  Besley  said:  "The  worst  day  we  had  was  the  day 
we  took  the  Hindenburg  Line.  We  were  bombed  every  single  good  night 
while  at  Base  Hospital  12  "  Th,e  "Correlation  Work"  as  liaison  officer  in 
the  Medical  Department  which  was  Colonel  Collins's  office,  after  September 
1,  was  a  "gigantic  .iob,"  said  the  Colonel. 

And  so  ended  this  interesting  interview  with  the  distinguished  Chicago 
Surgeon  who  had  served  so  gallantly  and  acceptably  on  the  Staff  of  Colonel 
Christopher  Clark  Collins,  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Colonel   ARISTIDES   MORENO,    Class    1899.     From    New   York   City. 
General  Staff,  A.  E.  F. 

Colonel  Moreno  entered  the  Regular  Army  in  1904  as  2nd  Lieutenant, 
28th  Infantry,  having  previously  served  in  the  Porto  Rico  Regiment  as  2nfl 
Lieutenant  and  1st  Lieutenant,  from  December  27,  1901  to  November,  1904. 

He  went  to  France,  June  13,  1917,  as  Captain  and  Adjutant,  28th  In- 
fantry, 1st  Division.  He  was  promoted  Major,  August  5,  1917;  Lt.  Colonel, 
September  2,  1919. 

He  was  appointed  to  the  General  Staff,  A.  E.  F.,  November  15,  1917,  and 
served  continuously  there  until  the  Army  returned  home,  and  is  still  serving 
there.  By  direction  of  the  President  he  was  awarded  the  "D.  S.  M."  by 
the   Commanding  General,  A.  E.   F.,   with  this  Citation: 

"Aristides  Moreno,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  United  States  Army.  For  excep- 
tionally meritorious  and  distinguished  services.  As  a  member  of  the  In- 
telligence Section,  he  efficiently  organized  and  directed  the  operations  of 
the  Counter-Espionage  Service  in  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  dis- 
playing marked  talents  in  a  position  of  great  responsibility.  His  unusual 
powers  of  discernment,  his  tact  and  sound  judgment  made  possible  effective 
co-operation  with  corresponding  services  of  the  Allied  Armies.  Due  to  his 
zeal  and  untiring  devotion,  the  Counter-Espionage  Service  attained  excep- 
tional proficiency." 

Additional  decorations  received: 
Service  Order   (British), 
Legion  of  Honour    (French), 
Order  of  the  Crown    (Belgian), 
Order  of  the  Crown    (Italian), 
Order  of  Solidaridad    (Panama), 
Order  of  the  White  Elephant   (Serbia). 

I 

Colonel  JAMES  DAVIS  TAYLOR,  Class  1898.     From  Florida. 

355th  Infantry,  89th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Early  in  his  Military  career,  when  but  23  years  of  age.  Colonel  Taylor 

won   distinction   by   his   remarkable   detective   work,   while   in   command   at 

Pantabangan,  Nueva  Ecija,  P.  I.,  as  1st  Lt.  of  Co.  "C,"  24th  Infantry,   re- 


124  Virginia  Militaey  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

suiting  in  the  capture  of  Aguinaldo,  the  head  of  the  Philippine  Insurrection. 
This  was  in  1901.  His  old  regimental  Commander,  Brig.  General  A.  C. 
Harkley  (Retired),  eighteen  years  later,  in  his  letter  to  the  Adjutant 
General,  U.  S.  A.,  recommending  and  urging  that  he  be  awarded  the  "Dis- 
tinguished Service  Medal"  for  his  "distinguished  and  extraordinarily  valu- 
able service  to  the  United  States,  making  possible  the  captui-e  of  Aguinaldo, 
the  immediate  consequence  of  which  was  the  collapse  of  the  Philippine  In- 
surrection," spoke  in  highest  praise  of  the  "skill,  energy,  and,  above  all,  the 
capacity,  displayed  by  this  fine  young  officer."     And,  he  added: 

"What  made  this  brilliant  achievement  of  Lieutenant  Taylor  possible  was 
the  fact  that,  with  wisdom  beyond  his  5'ears  (23),  he  had,  laboriously  and 
under  great  difficulties,  made  a  study  of  the  languages,  laws,  customs  and 
peoples  themselves,  of  the  people  we  were  governing.  So  successful  was  he 
in  acquiring  this  knowledge  that  as  Judge  of  Court  of  First  Instance  in  my 
command,  doing  the  work  himself  of  District  Attorney,  Detective  Corps, 
Grand  Jury  and  Judge,  he  unearthed  many  atrocious  crimes  and  brought 
punishment  upon  the  perpetrators.  At  the  same  time,  he  organized  schools, 
and,  in  other  ways,  gained  the  confidence  and  love  of  those  superior  Filipinos, 
which  enabled  him  to  secure  the  information  that  made  possible  the  collapse 
of  the  Philippine  Insurrection." 

Justice  was  long  delayed  in  the  case  of  this  officer.  In  the  year  1904,  he 
was  "honourably  mentioned"  in  General  Orders  to  the  Army,  by  order  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  and  in  the  year  1919  the  "D.  S.  M."  was  awarded  him, 
to  the  delight  of  everyone  who  is  familiar  with  the  circumstances  of 
Aguinaldo's  capture. 

It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  then  that  when  the  World  War  came  this 
officer,  with  his  long  and  splendid  record,  and  with  his  mature  experience, 
should  forge  to  the  front  rapidly.  This  he  did,  and  his  service  was  exactly 
what  was  expected.  He  was  promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel,  355th  Infantry, 
89th  Division.  He  joined  the  forces  overseas  in  this  capacity,  in  June,  1918; 
was  promoted  to  Colonel  of  the  355th  Infantry,  and  commanded  this  regi- 
ment in  the  Toul  Sector,  and  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive. 
From  November  1  to  7  he  was  Liaison  Officer  for  5th  Corps  to  Army 
Headquarters.  Later  he  was  Maritime  Officer,  Port  of  New  York,  for  which 
service  he  was  commended  by  the  President.     (See  below.) 

Colonel  Passaga,  Commander  of  the  French  32nd  Army  Corps,  made 
this  Citation  respecting  him  in  General  Orders  No.  823-A,  of  May  1,  1919: 

[Translation.] 

"Colonel  James  D.  Taylor,  355th,  Reg.  Infantry,  an  officer  of  matchless 
courage  and  energy,  particularly  distinguished  himself  in  August,  1918, 
North  of  Toul." 

He  was  awarded  the  "D.  S.  M."  by  the  President  for  exceptionally  meri- 
torious service  when  1st  Lieutenant,  24th  Infantry,  in  the  P.  I.,  in  1900-1901, 
with  this  Citation: 

"By  the  direction  of  the  President,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of 
Congress  approved  July  9.  1918  (Bui.  No.  3,  W.  D.,  1918),  the  Distinguished 
Service  Medal  is  awarded   to   the  following-named   officer: 

"Colonel  James  D.  Taylor,  Infantry,  then  First  Lieutenant,  24th  In- 
fantry. For  exceptionally  meritorious  and  distinguished  service.  "WHiile 
commanding  the  station  of  Pantabangan,  Luzon,  P.  I.,  in  January,  1901,  by 
his  discretion  and  excellent  judgment  he  obtained  possession  of  the  corre- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         125 

spondence  which  made  known  the  whereabouts  of  the  insurgent  Chieftain, 
Aguinaldo,  thus  making  possible  the  expedition  resulting  in  his  capture." 

"August  19,  1919. 
"From:   The  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 
To:   Colonel  James  D.  Taylor, 

United  States  Infantry." 
"The    President    of    the    United    States    takes    pleasure    in    highly    com- 
mending you  for   distinguished   service   in   the   line   of  your   profession   as 
Maritime  Survey  Officer,  Port  of  New  York,  during  the  prosecution  of  the 
War  against  the  Central  Empires. 

For  the  President, 

(Signed)     Franklin  D.  Roosevelt, 

Acting  Secretary  of  the  Navy." 

Colonel  GEORGE  MERCER  BROOKE,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 
301st  F.  A.,  76th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  rose  from  the  ranks,  having  been  private,  corporal  and  sergeant  in 
the  Artillery  Corps,  from  August,  1898  to  October,  1899,  at  Fort  Monroe,  in 
Battery  "I,"  the  Battery  General  (Stonewall)  Jackson  resigned  from,  after 
the  Mexican  War,  when  he  was  elected  a  Professor  at  the  V.  M.  I. 

He  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  5th  Infantry,  Oct.  1,  1899. 
Transferred  to  Artillery  Corps,  March  19,  1901.  He  was  a  Captain  when 
ha  was  detailed  for  three  years  (1913-1916)  to  visit  Japan  to  study  the 
Japanese  language.  On  his  return  to  the  United  States  he  Joined  his  com- 
mand on  the  Mexican  Border  where  he  was  serving  when  War  with  Germany 
was  declared.  He  was  sent  to  France  and  served  in  the  A.  E.  F.  with  dis- 
tinction as  Colonel,  301st  F.  A.,  76th  Division. 

Colonel  Brooke  is  the  only  son  of  the  distinguished  Captain  John  Mercer 
Brooke,  United  States  Navy  and  Confederate  Navy,  Inventor  of  the  Deep  Sea 
Sounding-Apparatus,  Brookf  Gun,  etc.,  and  Professor  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  j"rom 
the  end  of  the  Confederate  War  to  the  day  of  his  death,  December  14,  1906. 

Colonel  SYDNEY  BACON  WILLIAMSON,  Class  1884.     From  Virginia. 
Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

A  brief  review  of  the  activities  and  distinctions  of  this  great  Engineer 
will  not  be  out  of  place  here.  Almost  from  the  day  of  his  graduation  he  was 
a  marked  man.  Few  men  of  his  profession,  of  his  age,  have  received  greater 
distinction,  or  more  deservedly. 

He  was  only  two  years  out  of  the  Institute  when  he  was  placed  In  chiarge 
of  construction  of  a  large  Western  Railroad,  and  he  went  from  one  position 
to  another — always  rising. 

When  War  with  Spain  was  declared  he  was  engaged  (in  his  civil  capa- 
city) in  important  Government  work  in  Alabama,  on  the  Tennessee  River. 
It  was  there  that  he  came  first  under  the  observation  of  General  (then 
Major)  Goethals  who,  a  few  years  later,  wh.-^n  that  brilliant  Engineer  was 
put  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  called  Captain 
Williamson  to  his  aid.  But  this  is  anticipating  events.  He  was  commis- 
sioned Captain  in  the  Third  Regiment  of  United  States  Volunteer  Engineers. 


126  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Soon  Ife  was  detached  and  detailed  to  the  Staff  of  Major  General  John  R. 
Brooks,  as  Assistant  to  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  First  Army  Corps,  and  he 
served  in  the  Porto  Rico  campaign  in  this  capacity. 

In  1907  he  went  to  Panama,  on  the  invitation  of  General  Goethals. 
This  officer,  in  charge  O'  the  building  of  the  mighty  work,  knew  Captain 
Williamson's  ability  and  worth,  and  he  made  him  Division  Engineer  (one 
of  the  three  Division  Engineers  on  the  work — the  others  being  Army  Of- 
ficers), and  placed  him  in  charge  of  the  Pacific  side  of  the  stupendous  enter- 
prise, and  there  he  directed  the  operations  of  eleven  thousand  men.  He 
broke  all  records  in  using  concrete  at  the  lowest  cost  ever  known  (this  was 
a  big  factor  of  expense).  His  important  work  there  included  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Miraflores  and  Pedro  Miguel  Locks,  the  Bilboa  Terminal  Docks, 
and  all  municipal  work  in  the  Pacific  Division  and  the  City  of  Panama. 
He  was  said  by  Colonel  Goethals  to  ha\e  been  the  best  Construction  En- 
gineer that  the  Canal  developed  and  to  have  had  the  best  and  most 
harmonious  organization,  on  the  Isthmus. 

After  his  work  on  the  Canal  was  finished  (1913)  he  became  Chief  of 
Construction  for  J,  C.  White  &  Co.,  the  eminent  New  York  Engineers.  This 
necessitated  his  residing  in  London  for  sometime.  In  1915  he  was  appointed 
Chief  of  Construction  in  the  United  States  Reclamation  Service.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Interior  requested  approval  of  the  appointment,  stating 
that  Captain  Williamson's  "varied  and  valuable  experience  in  and  outside 
of  the  Government  Service,  especially  fitted  him  to  perform  the  duties  of 
the  position."  The  United  States  Civil  Service  Commission  concurred  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Department  "that  the  position  was  one,  the  qualifications 
for  which  could  not  be  adequately  tested  by  examinations,"  and  Captain 
Williamson's  appointment  was  confirmed. 

With  all  this  to  his  credit,  it  is  not  surprising  that  when  he  asked  for 
service  in  the  great  War  he  was  immediately  given  a  commission  of  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  He  was  sent  to  France  at  once,  and 
while  there  was  promoted  to  Colonel.  He  served  with  great  ability  and 
distinction  to  the  end  of  the  War,  when  he  was  honourably  discharged  from 
the  Service. 

Colonel  Williamson's  father  was  General  Thomas  H.  Williamson  ("Old 
Tom"  of  blessed  memory)  who  was  for  nearly  fifty  years  a  distinguished 
Professor  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Colonel  PHILIP  BRADLEY  PEYTON,  Class  1901.     From  Virginia. 

Infantry,  U.  S.  Army,  A.  E.  F. 
Awarded  the  "D.  S.  M."  with  the  following  Citation: 
"For  exceptional  devotion  to  duty,  energy  and  zeal,  Colonel  P.  B. 
Peyton,  then  a  Lieutenant  Colonel,  commanding  First  Battalion,  Sixtieth 
Infantry,  did,  in  the  attack  on  Cunel  and  the  Bois-de-la-Pultiere,  France, 
October  14,  1918,  by  his  presence,  coolness,  personal  bravery  and  excellent 
example,  under  intense  artillery  and  machine-gun  fire,  after  not  only  the 
officers  but  non-commissioned  personnel  of  his  battalion  had  been  decimated 
in  this  particular  attack  by  75  per  cent.,  inspire  the  members  of  his  com- 
mand to  advance  against  an  enemy  strongly  fortified  in  the  jungle  of  under- 
brush and  trenches.  He  repeatedly  disregarded  his  own  safety  in  making 
personal  reconnaissance  ahead  of  his  forces  when  they  were  held  up  by 
enemy  fire." 


Some  of  the  Si'eciat.t.y  Distinguished  ALinrxi  (Cont'd)  127 

Awarded  the  "D.  S.  M."  again  by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F., 
with  the  following  Citation: 

"Philip  B.  Peyton,  Colonel,  United  States  Army.  For  exceptionally 
meritorious  and  distinguished  services.  He  took  charge  of  a  regiment  which 
had  undergone  six  days  of  shell  fire  and  commanded  it  with  such  unusual 
skill  as  to  enable  the  regiment  to  capture  Aincreville,  Bois  de  Babiemont, 
Doulcon,  and,  after  crossing  the  Meuse,  to  capture  Hill  No.  292,  Dun-sur- 
Meuse,  Milly-devant-Dun,  Lion-devant-Dun,  Cote  St.  Germain,  Chateau 
Charmois,  and  Mouzay,  thereby  displaying  the  highest  order  of  leadership 
and  exhibiting  the  masterful  qualities  of  a  Commander." 

Colonel  Peyton's  younger  brother,  Major  James  W.  Peyton,  U.  S.  A., 
behaved  with  great  gallantly  in  action  in  France,  being  very  severely 
wounded.     He  is  likewise  a  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  of  Class  1906. 


Colonel  LEGH  ROBINSON  GIGNILLIAT,  Class  1895.     From  Georgia,  later, 

Culver,  Ind. 
General  Staff,  A.  E.  F. 

Colonel  Gignilliat,  Superintendent,  Culver  Military  Academy,  tendered 
his  services  to  the  Secretary  of  War  as  soon  as  War  was  declared.  He  was 
at  once  commissioned  Major,  U.  S.  R.,  and  was  assigned  as  Instructor  at 
the  First  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison.  He  was,  later, 
promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  made  Senior  Instructor  at  the  second 
0.  T.  C. 

He  was  subsequently  made  G-2  of  the  84th  Division,  then  ordered  to 
France,  and  promoted  Colonel,  and  attached  to  the  General  Staff,  A.  E.  F., 
G-2,  37th  Division. 

He  was  appointed  American  Representative  of  the  Interallied  Military 
Commission  for  Supply,  Civil  Population,  Left  Bank  of  Rhine,  G-1  Section, 
Army  of  Occupation. 

He  received  a  Citation  from  the  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.  for  excep- 
tionally meritorious  service,  and  was  awarded  the  Cross  of  the  "Legion  of 
Honour"  by  the  French  Government. 

Colonel  HARRY  N.  COOTES,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 
General  Slaft,  A.  E.  F. 
Served    during   the   War   as    Chief   of    Staff,    7Sth    Division,    in    France. 
Participated   in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Arras  Offensives  with  great  gallantry. 
Recommended    for    "Distinguished    and    Meritorious    Services"    in    both 
Division  and  G.  H.  Q.  Orders. 

[It  is  deeply  regretted  that  the  full  details  of  Service  of  this  superb 
Officer  are  wanting.] 

Colonel  JOHN  R.  BOSLEY,  Class  1S95.     From  Maryland. 
Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
Faithful  alv/ays,  and   distinguished   in  his   Department  of   the  Service. 
Retired  after  the  Armistice  for  physical  disability  incurred  in  the  Service, 
and  died  a  few  months  thereafter. 


128  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Colonel  WILLIAM  H.  TEEK,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 

S.    D.,    Headquarters,    First   Army,    A.    E.    F.     Later,    Lt.    Colonel    and  then 

Colonel,  SOGtli  F.  A.,  77th  Division. 

After  being  an  Instructor  at  Plattsburg,  as  Captain,  Co.  "C,"  and  at  the 
School  of  Fire  at  Fort  Sill,  as  Major  F.  A.,  he  was  sent  overseas  in  April, 
1918.  Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Commanding  302nd  Ammunition 
Train,  August  to  October  31,  I91f<:  S.  D.,  Headquarters,  First  Army,  Novem- 
ber 1  to  13,  1918;  Lt.  Colonel,  306th  F.  A.,  November  13  to  December  6,  1918. 
Colonel  Commanding  306th  F.  A.,  March  20  to  May  10,  1919.  In  A.  E.  F. 
until  April  29,  1919. 

His  rapid  promotion  is  evidence  of  his  fine  soldiership. 

A  brother,  also  a  Graduate,  T^t.  Colonel  George  M.  Peek,  served  likewise 
gallantly  in  the  A.  E.  F.,  and  another  brother,  J.  H.  Peek,  who  was  graduated 
in  the  Class  of  1908,  served  in  a  civil  capacity  for  the  Government  through- 
out the  War. 

Colonel  E.  M.  BLAKE,  Class  1885.     From  South  Carolina. 

C.  A.,  A.   E.   F.     V.   M.   I.   Alumnus  and  Graduate  of  U.   S.   M.  A. 

The  oldest  Coast  Artillery  Officer  from  the  V.  M.  I.  Promoted  Colonel, 
July  1,  1916.  In  A.  E.  F.  from  January,  1918  to  March,  1919.  On  duty  as 
Liaison  Officer,  French  Artillery  Headquarters.  Decorated  with  the  French 
"Legion  of  Honour"  Cross  (by  decree  of  July  26,  1919)  for  distinguished 
service  at  the  front. 

Colonel  JOHN  C.  GOODFELLOW,  Class  1894.  From  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Commander  of  315th  Regiment,  Field  Artillery,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

This  is  his  fine  record,  in  brief:  August  15  to  December  24,  1917,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel,  336th  Heavy  Field  Artillery,  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas. 
December  27,  1917  to  March  30,  1918,  commanding  Artillery  Brigade,  Dixie 
Division,  Camp  Wheeler,  Georgia,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  F.  A.  April  1  to 
May  15,  1918,  Colonel  and  Artillery  Brigade  Inspector,  87th  Division,  Camp 
Pike,  Arkansas.  May  25  to  October  20,  1918,  Colonel,  315th  Regiment,  Field 
Artillery,  80th  Division.  Took  part  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1918.  December  5  to  May  31,  1919,  Colonel,  F.  A.,  commanding  Mines 
and  Aix-les-Bains  Leave  Areas,  in  France. 

Returned  to  United  States,  July  13,  1919. 

Colonel  WILLIAM   S.  WOOD,  Class   1899.     From  Virginia. 
53rd  Field  Artillery,  U.   S.   A.     Later,  347th  F.  A..  91st  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

He  was  Captain,  6th  Field  Artillery,  when  the  United  States  entered  into 
the  World  War.  He  was  soon  promoted  to  Major,  Field  Artillery,  Regular 
Army,  and,  later,  was  made  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  then  Colonel,  Field 
Artillery,  in  the  National  Army.  He  performed  very  valuable  service  during 
the  War.  He  was  retained  in  this  Country  for  a  long  time,  and  then  was 
sent   overseas.    His   present   rank   is   Major,    Field    Artillery,    U.    S.   Army. 

Colonel  Wood's  father.  Graduate  of  the  Class  of  1861,  was  a  gallant 
Captain  of  Infantry  in  the  Confederate  War.  His  brother,  James  H.  Wood, 
Jr.,  was  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1898,  and  met  with  a  tragic  death  in  1914. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  129 

Colonel  ARTHUR  M.  SHIPP,  Class  1897.  From  Virginia. 
Commanding  Division  Trains  and  19th  Infantry,  18th  Division,  U.  S.  A. 
Service  in  United  States  during  entire  War,  as  follows: 
January  1-June  4,  1917,  Captain,  16th  Infantry.  In  Punitive  Expedition, 
Mexico,  and  on  Border  Service  at  El  Paso,  Texas.  June  5-August  24,  1917, 
Major,  Infantry.  Duty  with  34th  Infantry,  Camp  Fort  Bliss,  El  Paso,  Texas. 
August  25,  1917-August  8,  1918,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  343rd  Infantry,  8Gth 
Division,  Camp  Grant,  111.  August  9,  191S-August  31,  1919,  Colonel,  Division 
Trains  and  Colonel,  19th,  Infantry,  at  Camp  Travis,  Texas,  and  at  Douglas, 
Arizona. 

Like  so  many  others  in  the  regular  establishment,  this  fine  officer  was 
not  allowed  to  serve  overseas,  because  his  valuable  services  were  needed 
at  home. 

Colonel  JUNIUS  C.  GREGORY.   Class   1895,  "Honour  Graduate." 

PYom  Virginia. 

Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 

This  fine  officer  served  throughout  the  War  with  great  honour.     He  was 

always  distinguished — at  the  V.  M.  I.;   at  the  Medical   College  of  Virginia 

(M.  D.  1900);  at  the  Army  Medical  School  (Graduated,  1903).     During  the 

War  he  was  Instructor  at  the  various  Medical  Camps.     For  ten  months,  from 

April,  1918  to  January,  1919,  he  was  Commanding  Officer,  Medical  Officers' 

Training  Section,  Camp  Greenleaf,  Georgia.     From  February  1   to  October 

15,  1919,  he  was  Commanding  Officer,  General  Hospital  No.  30,  Plattsburg, 

N.  Y.     Since  then  he  has  been   Sanitary  Inspector   of  the  Central  Medical 

Department,  at  Chicago,  Illinois.     He  is  a  permanent  Lieutenant  Colonel  in 

the  Medical  Department,  Regular  Army,   and  since  January  16,   1918,  has 

held  the  temporary  rank  of  Colonel. 

Colonel  GEORGE  T.  LANGHORNE,   Class  1887.     From  Virginia. 
8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 

Second  son  of  the  late  Mr.  John  D.  Langhorne,  very  prominent  banker 
in  Lynchburg  and  Washington,  and  formerly  an  Off-cer  of  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
whose  four  sons  were  Cadets  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  all  distinguished  in 
after  life. 

Langhorne  took  a  high  stand  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  reaching^  the  Second  Class 
when  he  was  appointed  a  Caclet  in  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  There  he 
distinguished  himself  as  a  soldier,  becoming  "First  Captain"  of  the  Corps, 
in  his  graduating  year. 

He  has  for  years  been  a  very  distinguished  Cavalry  Officer.  From  about 
1913  to  1915  he  was  Military  Attache  at  Berlin.  He  had  served  in  both  the 
Cuban  and  Porto  Rican  Campaigns  with  signal  honour.  General  Pershing, 
who  knew  his  merit,  selected  him  for  service  with  him  in  the  Mexican 
Punitive  Expedition,  and  he  had  several  clashes  with  the  bandits.  It  is 
believed  no  officer  of  his  grade  was  ever  so  efficient  on  the  Texas  border, 
and  he  could  not  be  spared  for  overseas  Service.  His  retention  there  during 
the  World  War  was  a  compliment,  but  all  who  know  him  can  well  under- 
stand how  he  inwardly  fretted  at  his  lot.  In  this  connection,  the  following 
letter  from  the  Governor  of  Texas  to  the  Secretary  of  War  is  of  interest: 


130  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"January  9,  1918. 
"Hon.  Newton  D.  Baker, 
Secretary  of  War, 

Washington,  D.  C.  , 

"My  dear  Mr.  Baker: 

"The  invaluable  services  of  Colonel  G.  T.  Langhorne,  commanding  the 
Eighth  U.  S.  Cavalry  in  the  Big  Bend  country,  have  been  repeatedly  called 
to  my  attention,  and  I  feel  that  the  State  of  Texas  owes  him  her  thanks  for 
his  ceaseless  vigilance  on  that  section  of  the  border. 

"The  citizens  of  those  counties  where  his  forces  are  located  say  that 
there  has  never  before  been  such  efficient  handling  of  the  Chihauhau  bandits 
as  now. 

"I  thought  it  just  possible  that  you  would  be  glad  to  know  the  good 
work  that  Colonel  Langhorne  is  doing. 

"Cordially  yours." 

Colonel  CLEVELAND  C-  LANSING,  Class  1895.     From  New  York. 

Field  Artillery,  U.  S.  A. 
Private,  corporal  and  sergeant,  Company  "M,"  4th  Virginia  Infantry, 
Spanish-American  War,  May  24,  1898  to  April  27,  1899.  Appointed  Second 
Lieutenant,  34th  U.  S.  Infantry,  July  5,  1899.  Captain.  4th  Field  Artillery, 
June  6,  1907.  Graduated,  Artillery  School,  190G,  and  Army  School  of  the 
Line,  1911.     Resigned  from  Army,  January  9,  191.5. 

Returned  to  Service,  October,  1918,  and  commissioned  Colonel,  Field 
Artillery,  and  served  as  such  to  end  of  War. 

Colonel  HENRY  C.  BONNYCASTLE,   Class   189-5.     From  Kentucky. 
Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

This  officer  has  had  a  long  and  brilliant  career  in  the  Service,  rising 
from  Second  Lieutenant  to  Colonel. 

He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  20th  Infantry,  July  9,  1898, 
and  went  to  the  Philippines  with  that  regiment,  in  January,  1899.  He 
participated  in  several  engagements  with  the  Filipino  insurgents.  He  served 
three  tours  of  duty  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  amounting  to  seven  years  and 
four  months,  during  which  time  h,e  was  engaged  in  active  operations  against 
both  Filipinos  and  Morros.  He  served  two  years  on  the  Mexican  border, 
1914-191G,  and  was  with  General  Pershing's  Mexican  Punitive  Expedition 
from  March  15  to  December  5,  1916.  He  did  not  perform  duty  overseas, 
his  services  being  deemed  essential  here.  This  was  a  great  disappointment 
to  him,  but,  like  so  many  accomplished  U.  S.  Officers,  who  were  similarly 
denied  participation  in  the  operations  at  the  front  in  France,  he  bore  h.is  dis- 
appointment at  least  with  a  cheerful  exterior,  and  went  on  doing  the  duti'^s 
assigned  him  with  great  satisfaction  to  his  superiors,  and  thus  did  his  pait 
towards  winning  the  War. 

Colonel  Bonnycastle's  father,  Captain  John  Charles  Bonnycastle,  Jr.,  was 
a  Cadet  at  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  an  officer  in  the  United  States  Army 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  and  Indian  Wars. 
His  grandfather,  John  Charles  Bonnyca^^tle,  was  one  of  the  first  Professors 
of  Mathematics  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  who  was  brought  to  Virginia 
from  England   by   Thomas   Jefferson   when   he   established   the   University. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         131 

Colonel  HENRY  M.  NELLY,  Class  1898.  From  West  Virginia. 
Lt.  Colonel,  Adjutant,  First  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F.  Later,  promoted  to  Colonel. 
Alumnus,  V.  M.  L,  and  Graduate,  U.  S.  M.  A.,  1902.  2nd  Lieutenant, 
20th  Infty.,  Fort  Sheridan,  111.,  June  14,  1902-November  30,  1903.  Philippine 
Islands,  December  1,  1903-April  6,  190G.  San  Francisco  (at  time  of  Earth- 
quake), April-June  20,  1900.  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  Fort  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  August,  190G-August,  1907.  Instructor,  Department  of  Draw- 
ing, U.  S.  M.  A.,  August,  1907-August,  1911.  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant  De- 
cember 11,  1907.  Assigned  to  20th  Infantry.  1st  Lieutenant,  20th  Infantry, 
Fort  Douglas,  Utah,  September,  1911-November,  1913.  El  Paso,  Texas,  De- 
cember, 1913-February,  1915.  15th  Infantry,  Tien  Sin,  China,  March,  1915 
to  July,  1917.  Promoted  Captain,  15th  Infantry,  July  1,  1915.  Promoted 
Major,  A.  G.  D.,  and  assigned  as  Division  Adjutant,  34th  Division,  Camp 
Cody,  N.  M.,  July,  1917.  Adjutant,  34th  Division,  Camp  Cody,  N.  M.,  August, 
1917-August,  1918.  Promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel,  August,  1918.  Adjutant, 
34th  Division,  France,  September  to  November,  1918.  Professor,  Military 
Science  and  Tactics  and  Commandant,  V.  M.  I.,  1918-19  and  1919-20. 

Colonel  JOHN  OVERTON  STEGER,  Class  1898.     From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,   U.   S.  A.,  A.  E.   F. 

When  War  came  this  Graduate  and  accomplished  artillerist  was  on 
duty  at  Hampton,  Virginia,  serving  as  Captain,  C.  A.  C,  and  Constructing 
Q.  M.,  at  Langley  Field. 

From  there  he  was  ordered  to  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  and  served  from 
December  13,  1917  to  June,  1918,  as  Commandant,  Anti-Aircraft  Artillery 
School  there. 

From  July  5  to  November  3,  1918,  he  was  with  the  A.  E.  F.,  in  France 
and  Italy,  engaged  in  the  study  of  the  Anti-Aircraft  Artillery  Service. 

He  was  ordered  back  to  Fort  Monroe,  and  was  again  Commandant  of 
the  Anti-Aircraft  Artillery  School  there,  as  well  as  Material  Officer  of  the 
Coast  Artillery  Training  Centre,  from  November  4,  1918  to  July  5,  1919. 

He  was  then  ordered  to  the  Philippines  and  has  served  there,  at  Fort 
Mills,  with  distinguished  ability  and  success,  ever  since,  as  Operations'  Of- 
ficer, Commandant  of  Vocational  Training  School,  and  in  charge  of  Anti- 
Aircraft  Defense.  While  at  thi^  Post,  Colonel  Steger  met  with  a  very 
serious  accident  when  diving,  which  came  very  near  proving  fatal.  It  left 
him  for  a  long  time  in  a  bad  way  with  an  injured  spine.  At  the  last  report 
(March,  1920)  he  was  assured  of  complete  recovery,  and  was  then  leaving 
his  Post  for  a  month's  recuperation  of  his  nervous  system. 

Probably  no  officer  of  his  grade  has  won  greater  distinction  in  the 
Service  than  has  this  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Colonel   GEORGE    P.    HAWES,   JR.,    Class   1898,    "First   Captain,"   Corps   of 

Cadets.     From  Virginia. 
Brigade  Adjutant,   155th  F.   A.,  SOth   Division,  A.  E.   F.     Promoted  Colonel. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  European  War,  he  was  a  Captain  in  the  Coast 
Artillery,  U.  S.  A. 

He  was  appointed  Major,  Field  Artillery,  and  assigned  to   155th  Field 


132  ViRGixiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Artillery  Brigade,  SOth  Division,  at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Appointed  Brigade 
Adjutant.  Promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Field  Artillery,  May  23,  1918. 
Left  United  States  for  France,  May  26,  1918.  Served  as  Brigade  Adjutant 
through,  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensives.  Promoted  Colonel, 
April  7,  1919.  Commanded  315th  Field  Artillery  Regiment,  March,  1919. 
Commanded  313th  Field  Artillery  Regiment,  April,  1919,  to  time  of  demobi- 
lization at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia,  in  June,  1919.  Established  Motor  Transport 
Training  School,  July.  1919,  and  has  served  ever  since  as  Commandant  and 
Commanding  Officer  of  Camp  Holabird,  Maryland. 

''""'""     Colonel  EDWIN  A.  HICKMAN,  Class   1895.     From  Missouri. 

General  Staff,  U.  S.  A. 
When  the  War  began,  he  was  a  Captain  in  the  17th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A. 
On  May  15,  1917,  he  was  promoted  Major  of  17th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.  On 
July  29,  1918,  he  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the  National 
Army.  On  July  30,  1918,  he  was  promoted  Colonel  of  Cavalry,  U  S.  A.,  and 
holds  that  rank  now.  He  has  served  as  a  Member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps 
with  great  ability  and  distinction,  from  April  29,  1918  to  date. 

Colonel  EARL  BISCOE,  Class  1900.     From  District  of  Columbia. 
Commanded   342nd  F.  A.,  89th   Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Appointed  Major,  August  25,  1917,  and  assigned  to  the  324th  F.  A., 
158th  F.  A.  Brigade,  83d  Division. 

November  14,  assigned  to  the  351st  F.  A.,  92d  Division. 

Graduated  from  Field  Artillery  School,  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma,  in  the  8th 
Class. 

Appointed  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Field  Artillery,  in  May,  1918,  and  as- 
signed to  the  342d  F.  A.,  164th  F.  A.  Brigade,  89th  Division.  Detached  from 
342d  F.  A.  to  take  340th  F.  A.  Regiment  to  France. 

Sailed,  June  13,  1918,  and  had  command  of  the  troops  on  the  S.  S. 
Huntsend.     Arrived  in  Training  Camp  near  Bordeaux,  July  5,  1918. 

Returned  to  342d  F.  A.,  August  4,  1918.  Given  command  of  342d  F.  A. 
(as  a  Lt.  Colonel),  September  8,  1918. 

Arrived  on  the  St.  Mihiel  Front,  September  18,  1918. 

Promoted  Colonel,  342d  F.  A.  He  commanded  this  regiment  from 
September  8,  1918,  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  then  as  Colonel,  on  the  Front 
Lines.  He  remained  on  the  St.  Mihiel  Front  until  he  went  with  his  regi- 
ment to  Germany,  as  a  part  of  the  Third  Army,  and  continued  in  command 
of  it  there,  where  his  155  Howitzers  (French  Guns)  were  motorized.  His 
regiment  was  stationed  in  the  vicinity  of  Bithburg.  He  remained  in  Ger- 
many until  April  15,  1919,  when  the  89th  Division  was  ordered  to  the 
United  States.  He  was  detailed  as  an  Inspector  in  the  Motor  Transport 
Corps,  and  returned  home,  January  24,  1920. 

He  served  throughout  the  War  with  troops,  except  during  the  ten  weeks 
he  spent  at  Fort  Sill. 

His  regiment  was  with  the  troops  getting  ready  to  start  the  drive  to 
Metz  on  November  14,  1918.  It  was  attached  to  the  1st,  2d  and  3d  Armies, 
while  overseas. 


Some  of  the  SrECiALLY  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         133 

Colonel  Biscoe  served  with  great  gallantry  and  distinction  throughout 
the  War. 

Here  are  more  Colonels  who  must  be  specially  mentioned,  though  very 
briefly: 

Colonel  ALFRED  ALOE.   Class   1895.     From   Missouri. 
Commanding  12th  Infantry,  8th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Colonel  PHILIP  W.  BOOKER,  Class  1905.     From  Virginia. 
F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 
(No  details,  but  his  rank  proves  his  merit.) 

Colonel  FREDERICK  B.  DOWNING,  Class  1902.     From  Virginia. 
"Honour"   Graduate,   and   "Honour"   Graduate,   U.   S.   M.   A.     Corps  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A. 
Very  distinguished. 

Colonel  FRANCIS  W.  GRIFFIN,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 
334th  F.  A.,  871h  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Of  Confederate  fighting  stock  whose  glorious  traditions  have  been  fully 
maintained  by  him. 

Colonel  FITZHUGH  LEE,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 
Cavalry;   later,  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 
Son  and  namesake  of  the  great  Confederate  Cavalry  Chieftain,  who  has 
nobly  upheld  the  glorious  name. 

Colonel   BALLARD   LYERLY,   Class   1906.     From   Tennessee. 
F.  A.,  78th  Regiment,  A.  E.  F.,  whose  high  rank  attests  his  merit. 

Colonel  MAURY  NICHOLS,  Class  1880.     From  Washington,  D.  C. 

(Retired.) 
Returned  to  duty  when  War  came  and  rendered  splendid  service  in  the 
mobilization  of  Virginia  Troops. 

Colonel  WILLIAM  O.  OWEN,  Class  1876.     From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
Retired  after  thirty-odd  years'  service,  but  returned  to  duty  when  War 
was  declared,  and  served  to  the  end  with  distinction. 

Colonel  HENRY  A.  SCHWABE,  Class  1904.     From  West  Virginia. 
Both  V.  M.  I.  Alumnus  and  Graduate,  U.  3.  M.  A. 
C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
Served  with  great  honour,  and  retired  after  the  War  for  disability  in- 
curred in  the  Military  Service. 

Colonel  HUGH  D.  WISE,  Alumnus  of  V.  M.  I.,  of  Class  1891,  and  Graduate, 
U.  S.  M.  A.     From  Virginia. 
61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Father  and  all  four  brothers  are  Alumni  of  the  V.  M.  I.     Served  during 


134         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

the  War  with  distinction  and  now  retired,  after  many  years'  faithful  and 
meritorious  service. 

Colonel  CHARLES  D.  WINN,  Class  1893.     From  Kentucky. 
F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
Awarded  "D.  S.  M."  for  distinguished  service. 

Colonel    GEORGE    W.    C.    WHITING,    Class    1906.     From    Virginia. 

A.  E.  F. 

His  high  rank  is  evidence  of  his  meritorious  service  overseas.  A  brother. 
Major  Edgar  M.  Whiting,  of  Class  1904,  was  desperately  wounded  in  action. 
(See  below.) 

All  mentioned  above  added  fresh  lustre  to  their  Alma  Mater's  fame;  but, 
unfortunately,  the  full  details  of  their  service  are  not  known. 


Of  V.  M.  I.'s  forty-nine  Lieutenant  Colonels,  it  is  regretted  that  only 
the  following  can  be  specially  mentioned,  because  of  lack  of  full  data: 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JOHN  W.  DOWNER,  Class  1902.     From  Virginia. 
Commander  2d   Battalion,   6th  Field   Artillery,   A.   E.   F.     Promoted 

Lieutenant  Colonel. 
A   year   or   more   ago    a   Norfolk   paper   told    the   story   of   this   gallant 

officer's  service  overseas,   and  told   it   so  well  that  it  is  given  here  in  its 
entirety. 

The  Historiographer  vouches  for  its  correctness. 

"Lieutenant  Colonel  John  W.  Downer,  the  Norfolk  officer  who  in  all 
probability  holds  the  most  remarkable  war  record  of  all  those  from  this 
city  who  fought  with  the  Array  overseas,  has  recently  been  made  a  Chevalier 
de  la  Legion  d'Honneur  by  the  French  Government.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Downer  went  to  France  with  the  famous  First  Division  (Which  has  recently 
returned  to  the  United  States)  as  a  captain.  A  few  weeks  after  his  arrival 
in  France  he  was  made  a  major  and  put  in  command  of  the  Second  Batta- 
lion of  the  Sixth  Field  Artillery,  one  of  whose  giins  fired  the  first  American 
shot  against  the  Enemy.  Although  he  was  gassed  and  wounded  several 
times,  he  remained  in  the  thick  of  the  fight  until  the  end  of  hostilities. 

"Lieutenant  Colonel  Downer  holds  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  and 
the  Croix  de  Guerre,  and  has  received  five  Citations  and  a  letter  of  com- 
mendation from  his  Commanding  General.  He  is  still  in  France,  and,  ac- 
cording to  the  latest  word  received  by  his  mother,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Downer,  400 
West  Bute  Street,  may  remain  for  another  year. 

FIRST     DISTINCTIOX. 

"Lieutenant  Colonel  Downer  first  distinguished  himself  during  an  ex- 
tensive raid  by  the  Enemy  shortly  after  the  First  Division  went  into  action. 
One  of  his  Citations  tells  the  story  of  his  heroism.  In  the  early  part  of 
the  raid  he  was  severely  gassed.  However,  in  spite  of  his  sickness  and 
suffering,  he  remained  at  his  post  directing  the  fire  of  his  battalion.  His 
post  at  the  time  was  subjected  to  several  direct  hits.  The  bombardment 
lasted  for  an  entire  night,  and  he  stayed  on,  directing  his  men  and  giving 
valuable  aid  to  the  advancing  Infantry. 

[This  was  near  Beaumont,  France,  Mch.  11,  1918.  For  his  splendid  con- 
duct here  he  was  given  the  D.  S.  C. — Historiographer.] 

"But  this  is  only  one  of  the  many  instances  when  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Downer  brought  honour  to  himself  and  his  men   through   his  sound   judg- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumxi  (Cont'd)  135 

ment  and  unusual  valour.  Another  Citation  from  General  Summerall  tells 
the  story  of  a  time  when  the  operations  of  the  Enemy  were  stopped  by  good 
military  judgment.     The  Citation  reads  as  follows: 

"  'The  Brigade  Commander  desires  to  call  the  attention  of  the  command 
to  the  highly  commendable  action  of  Major  John  W.  Downer,  Sixth  Field 
Artillery,  in  ordering  the  batteries  of  his  battalion  to  put  down  a  barrage 
when  he  heard  the  sounds  of  heavy  firing  in  front  of  his  position,  and  with- 
out waiting  for  orders  from  higher  authority. 

"  'From  the  attending  circumstances  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  the 
prompt  and  bold  action  of  Miijor  Downer  stopped  the  operations  of  the 
Enemy  against  a  portion  of  our  line,  and  would  have  inflicted  heavy  losses 
upon  the  Enemy  should  an  attack  have  been  delivered.  This  conduct  was 
highly  meritorious  and  is  worthy  of  emulation  by  all  officers  of  this  bri- 
gade.' 

FRENCH    CITATION. 

"A  Citation  from  the  commander-in-chief  of  the  French  Armies  in  the 
East  refers  to  him  as  'a  field  oflScer  of  high  ability,  showing  sound  judg- 
ment, and  indeed  of  the  best  qualities  of  energy  and  coolness,  and  many 
times  distinguished  himself  during  the  offensive  operations  of  his  Division, 
and  gave  most  valuable  support  to  the  Infantry  with  which  he  was  closely 
co-operating.' 

"For  many  years  Lieutenant  Colonel  Downer  has  been  noted  for  his  ex- 
pert horsemanship.  He  has  represented  the  artillery  on  a  number  of  im- 
portant occasions.  He  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  six  officers  to  go  to  Paris 
last  summer  to  train  for  the  riding  team  for  the  inter-allied  games. 

"Lieutenant  Colonel  Downer  entered  the  Service  immediately  after 
leaving  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Equitation 
School  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.  Since  his  marriage  to  Miss  Gladys  Trevor,  of 
Cincinnati,  about  eight  years  ago,  he  has  made  his  home  in  Cincinnati.  He 
has  been  with  the  Army  in  Cuba  and  in  the  Far  East. 

"After  being  released  from  service  with  the  Sixth  Field  Artillery,  he 
was  made  Director  of  Instruction  of  the  American  Artillery  School  at  Bor- 
deaux. He  has  also  held  the  positions  of  Inspector  General  of  the  First 
Division,  and   was   later   Assistant   Inspector   General   of   the   Third   Army." 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Downer  is  still  (June  20,  1920)  overseas  with  the 
Army  of  Occupation,  temporarily  commanding  the  2d  Battalion,  6th  Field 
Artillery  His  Decorations  are:  D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Chevalier  of 
the  Legion  of  Honour. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  CHARLES  M.  BLACKFORD,  Class  1897.     From  Virginia. 
75th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 
(One  of  five  brothers,  Alumni  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  one  serving  gallantly  over- 
seas.)    An  officer  of  long  and  faithful  service  who  died  at  his  post  of  duty, 
during  the  World  War. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  WILLIAM  COUPER,  Class  1904.  From  Virginia. 
The  Construction  Division,  U.  S.  A. 
Few  Officers  during  the  War  received  higher  commendation  than  he. 
After  graduating  at  the  V.  M.  I.  he  took  a  degree  at  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology  in  Civil  Engineering  and  Railroad  Management.  In 
service  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  or  its  subsidiaries,  as  Railroad  Con- 
struction Engineer  and  Operating  Official,  from  his  graduation  to  the  date 
he  entered  the  Military  Service,  May  25,  1917.  Was  Secretary  of  the  Board 
pf  Engineers  which  supervised  the  construction  of  all  terminal   facilities 


136  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

in  the  vicinity  of  New  York  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Commissioned 
Major,  Q.  M.  Corps,  June  6,  1917,  and  put  in  charge  of  construction  at  the 
6th  National  Army  Cantonment,  afterwards  called  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C. 
This  Camp  was  fourth  in  size  and,  as  originally  built,  contained  1,519  build- 
ings, accommodated  44,250  men,  and  cost  about  $9,000,000. 

On  January  10,  1918,  he  was  transferred  to  Washington  and  served  as 
Supervising  Construction  Quartermaster,  with  jurisdiction  over  twelve  con- 
tracts covering  the  construction  of  harbor  craft  for  use  at  the  various  Army 
Terminals  and  depots,  and  234  boats  built  at  a  cost  of  $5,200,000. 

On  October  13,  1918,  he  was  appointed  Officer  in  charge  of  Construction 
of  the  North  Columbia  Cantonment,  near  Columbia,  S.  C.  Because  of  the 
Armistice,  construction  was  abandoned  on  this  Camp  (which  was  to  have 
been  an  Artillery  Training  Camp  for  38,000  men)    on   November   30,    1918. 

He  v/as  then  placed  in  charge  of  the  disposal  of  all  supplies,  materials, 
equipment,  camps,  etc.,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Construction  Division 
of  the  Army,  and  served  in  this  capacity,  from  December,  1918,  to  date  of 
his  resignation,  March  1,  1920. 

[Here  follow  three  Lieutenant  Colonels,  Graduates  of  the  same  splendid 
Class  (1894),  all  prominent  scientists,  who  had  reached  the  top  of  their 
profession,  and  who  volunteered  their  valuable  services  for  the  War.] 

Lieutenant  Colonel  HARDEE  CHAMBLISS,  Class  1894.    From  Alabama. 
(Grandson  of  the  accomplished  Soldier,  Lieutenant  General  William  J. 
Hardee,  of  Confederate  fame.)     He  asked  for  service  in  a  combatant  regi- 
ment, but  the  War  Department   deemed  his   services  too  valuable  for  the 
field,  and  used  them  otherwise. 

This  is  his  record: 

Lieutenant   Colonel,   Ordnance   Department,   U.    S.   A. 

M.  S.,  Vanderbilt  University;  Ph.  D.,  Johns  Hopkins  University;  Fellow 
of  the  London  Chemical  Society;  Fellow  of  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science;  Member  of  American  Chemical  Society;  Mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry    (English). 

He  offered  his  services  to  the  Government  at  both  the  first  and  second 
O.  T.  Schools,  in  1917,  expressing  a  preference  for  duty  in  the  line,  and 
at  the  front.  His  services  were  deemed  so  valuable  to  the  Government  he 
was  requested  to  take  duty  in  the  Ordnance  Department.  Upon  his  signify- 
ing his  compliance  he  was  at  once  commissioned  Major,  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment, and  assigned  to  duty,  July  20,  1917,  with  the  Gun  Division,  afterwards 
incorporated  into  the  Chemical  Warfare  Service.  Upon  his  request,  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Nitrate  Division,  Ordnance  Department.  For  a  year  he 
served  as  Nitrate  Division  Representative  in  Nev/  York  and  vicinity,  having 
charge  of  all  investigation  carried  on  by  that  Division.  February  1,  1919, 
he  was  ordered  to  United  States  Nitrate  Plant  No.  One,  at  Sheffield,  Ala., 
as  Commanding  Officer.  On  July  16,  1919,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel. 

The  Government  requested  Lieutenant  Colonel  Chambliss  to  remain 
at  the  U.  S.  N.  P.  No.  1  (which  had  cost  $14,000.00)  as  General  Manager, 
after  he  should  obtain  his  discharge  from  the  Military  Service,  as  it  bad  been 
decided  to  continue  the  operation  of  the  great  Plant. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  137 

Lieutenant   Colonel   JAMES    MOWTON    SAUNDERS   WARING,    Class   1894. 

From  Maryland. 

Degree  E.  E.,  Johns  Hopkins  University.     Distinguished  Electrical  Engineer. 

Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A. 

On  February,  1918,  he  took  charge  of  the  power  development  in  con- 
nection with  Explosives  Plant  "C,"  Nitro,  West  Virginia,  on  the  Staff  of  D.  C. 
Jackling,   Director  of   U.   S.    Government   Explosives   Plants. 

On  May  24.  1918,  he  was  commissioned  Major,  Ordnance  Department, 
U.  S.  R.,  and  assigned  to  the  Staff  of  D.  C.  Jackling,  Director. 

On  August  18,  1918,  he  was  given  charge  of  Engineering  (other  than 
process  work)  and  operation  of  utilities,  at  Nitro,  W.  Va.,  as  the  Director's 
Representative. 

In  August,  191S,  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Director,  representing  the 
Director,  D.  C.  Jackling,  on  the  Government  power  installation  at  Cabin 
Creek,  West  Virginia,  in  the  plant  of  the  Virginian  Power  Co. 

In  January,  1919,  the  Nitro  Plant  was  transferred  from  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Director  to  the  Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A.,  and 
designated  as  "Nitro  General  Ordnance  Depot,"  Colonel  Arthur  Wass,  Com- 
manding, and  Major  Waring  was  appointed  Executive  Officer  to  the  Com- 
manding Officer. 

In  January,  1919,  th,e  Virginian  Power  project  was  transferred  from 
the  Director  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  Major  Waring  was  appointed 
Special  Representative  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  Contracting  Officer 
on  this  installation,  in  which  capacity  he  served  till  the  great  Plant  was 
abolished.  '  '    p, 

On  May  16,  1919,  he  was  designated  as  Commanding  Officer,  Nitro  Gen- 
eral Ordnance  Depot. 

On  May  21,  1919,  he  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Ordnance 
Department,  U.  S.  A. 

[This  was  the  second  most  costly  and  most  important  Nitrate  Plant 
the  United  States  constructed  during  the  World  War,  costing  over  seventy 
millions  of  dollars.  After  the  cessation  of  hostilities  the  manufacture  of 
War  materials  was  stopped,  and,  later,  the  Plant  was  disposed  of  by 
auction  for  one-tenth  of  its  cost,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Waring  was  hon- 
ourably discharged,  and  he  returned  to  his  Civil  vocation  of  Consulting 
Engineer.] 

Lieutenant  Colonel  WILLIAM  G.  WALL,  Class  1894.     From  Maryland. 

(One  of  three  brothers  Alumni  of  the  V.  M.  I.) 

Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

This  officer  had  obtained  a  national  reputation  as  a  designer  of  Motor 

Cars  before  the  War.     Though  considerably  past  the  military  age,  he  offered 

his  services  as  soon  as  War  was  declared. 

On  June  20,  1917,  he  was  commissioned  Major,  Ordnance  Department. 
He  was  ordered  to  France  in  the  Spring  of  1918,  for  the  purpose  of  per- 
fecting the  motorization  of  the  U.  S.  Artillery,  and  especially  in  reference 
to  heavy  guns.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Amiens  (so-called),  though  the 
action  occurred  considerably  east  of  that  place. 


138  ViKGixiA  Military  Ixstitlte — World  War  Klcokd 

He  was  detailed  to  serve  with  the  British,  and,  later,  with  the  French 
Sixth  Afmy  at  Soissons,  for  short  periods.  On  July  1,  1918,  he  was  promoted 
to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  was  Senior  Officer  on  the  Board  of  Caterpillar 
Design  which,  consisted  of  placing  the  Artillery  on  top  of  the  Caterpillars, 
making  a  self-contained,  self-propelled  mount,  in  place  of  drawing  the  guns 
by  the  Caterpillar  Tractors. 

He  was  discharged  from  the  Service,  February  1,  1919,  and  he  returned 
to  his  pre-war  position  of  Vice-President  and  Chief  Engineer  of  the  National 
Motor  Car  and  Vehicle   Corporation,   at   Indianapolis,   Indiana. 

I 
Lieutenant  Colonel  RUTHERFURD  S.  HARTZ,  Class  1901. 
:  From  Pennsylvania. 

'  Air   Service,   U.   S.   A. 

He  served  from  1900  to  November  28,  1917,  in  the  Regular  Infantry  and 
Field  Artillery — rising  from  the  ranks. 

On  the  last  date  h,e  was  transferred  to  the  Aviation  Section  of  the 
Signal  Corps,  and  was  later  transferred  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  to  the  Air 
Service.  He  became  Junior  Military  Aviator,  November  14,  1918.  In  .Janu- 
ary, 1920,  he  completed  the  historic  Rim  Flight — circumnavigating  the  United 
States — a  distance  of  9,823  miles,  which  he  accomplished  in  104  hours  and 
23  minutes.  This  was  a  wonderful  achievement,  and  gave  him  great 
prestige. 

He  is  now  in  command  of  the  Concentration  Camp,  Air  Service,  at 
Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Lieutenant   Colonel  WALTON   H.   WALKER,   Class   1909.     From   Texas. 
13th  M.  G.  Battalion,  A.  E.  F.,  as  Major.     Promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  War  he  was  1st  Lieutenant,  19th  Infantry   (Reg- 
ular Army).     October,  1917,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain  and  Adjutant,  57th 
Infantry,    December,    1917    to    April,    1913,    he    was    Captain,    13th    Machine- 
Gun  Battalion,  at   San  Antonio,  Texas.     From  April  to  June,   1918,  he  was 
Captain,   13th  Machine-Gun   Battalion,   A.   E.   F.,   France.     From  June,   1918 
to   May,   1919,   he  was   Major    (Commanding),   13th   Machine-Gun   Battalion. 
In  action  at  Amould  Sector   (Vosges),  St.  Die  Sector   (Vosges),  battle 
of  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne  Campaign.     In  Army  of  Occupation.     He  was 
cited  twice  in   General   Orders,   Headquarters,   5th   Division    (Regular),  for 
"Distinguish,ed   Conduct  in  action."     Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  May, 
1919.     Present  Station,  Fort  Sill,  Okla. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ALVIN  MANSFIELD  OWSLEY,  Class  1909, 
"First  Captain."     From  Texas. 
Adjutant,  3Gth  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
His  military  career  is  summed  up  as  follows: 

On  May  8,  1917,  he  became  a  student  in  the  first  Training  Camp  at  Leon 
Springs,  Texas,  and  remained  there  from  May  to  July.  He  was  then  com- 
missioned a  Major  in  the  Texas  National  Guard,  and  placed  on  recruiting 
duty,  and  his  organization  later  became  the  142nd  Infantry  Regiment  of 
the  36th  Division,    He  was  next  assigned  as  the  Divisional  Insurance  Officer 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         139 

of  the  36th  Division,  attending  the  conference  held  in  October  in  Wash- 
ington. He  was,  later,  assigned  as  Senior  Instructor  of  the  Third  Officers' 
Training  School,  Camp  Bowie,  Texas.  He  sailed  for  overseas  service  in 
July,  1918,  and  was  returned  to  the  United  States  in  July,  1919.  On  October 
21,  1918,  he  received  his  promotion  and  was  commissioned  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  and  continued  his  assignment  as  Adjutant 
of  the  36th  Division. 

From  March  to  June,  1919,  he  was  one  of  those  American  officers  for- 
tunate enough  to  be  sent  to  one  of  the  larger  educational  institutions  of 
Great  Britain.  He,  of  course,  very  naturally  chose  the  Inns  of  Court,  Law 
Courts  of  England,  at  London.  He  attended  three  sessions  of  the  Lectures 
given  at  the  Inns  of  Court  and  secured  his  Certificate  as  issued  from  that 
great  institution. 

In  a  letter  to  his  father,  the  Hon.  Alvin  C.  Owsley,  Lieut.  Colonel  W.  L. 
Culberson,  of  the  General  Staff,  36th  Division,  thus  wrote  (in  part)  of  this 
gallant  officer,  and  his  brother,  Captain  Clark  Owsley,  of  Class  191G: 

"I  know  no  family  that  has  contributed  more  than  yours  has  done. 
Your  own  labors  and  counsels  at  home,  in  the  administration  of  this  great 
problem,  and  the  magnificent  service  of  your  two  boys  in  a  combat  Division, 
on  the  front  in  France,  display  a  striking  example  of  that  exalted  American 
patriotism  that  is  a  guarantee  of  freedom  and  happiness  for  the  genera- 
tions yet  to  come,  and  reminds  us  that  the  spirit  of  our  fathers  still  lives. 

"Your  sons  have  borne  themselves  nobly  and  gallantly,  both  receiving 
their  promotion  immediately  following  the  first  two  days'  battle  at  St. 
Etienne,  and  both  receiving  from  their  Commanding  General  his  thanks  and 
commendation  for  their  part  in  driving  the  Germans  back  to  the  river 
Aisne.  I  am  sure  it  will  be  a  source  of  pride  and  pleasure  to  you  and  the 
good  mother  of  these  young  men  to  know  that  they  will  come  back  to  you 
promoted  upon  foreign  soil  to  higher  rank,  and  carrying  their  battle-worn 
titles  with  the  soldierly  dignity  becoming  their  worthy  sire.  It  was  my 
pleasure  to  see  General  Smith  deliver  in  person  to  your  son,  Alvin,  his 
promotion  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Infantry,  the  first  officer  of  the  Texas 
Division  to  be  promoted,  after  the  battle  at  St.  Etienne,  and  it  was  in  the 
shell-torn  town  of  Dricourt,  near  the  Aisne,  where  he  had  been  working 
under  shell  fire  day  and  night,  that  he  took  his  oath  and  assumed  the  added 
responsibilities  of  his  increased  rank. 

"Clark  acquitted  himself  gallantly  and  fearlessly  in  the  twenty-two 
days'  fighting — from  the  first  shell  to  the  'pull  out'  when  the  Division  was 
relieved.  No  officer  rendered  more  service,  or  went  through  more  danger, 
than  he  did  in  the  discharge  of  duties  under  shell  fire  and  in  the  face  of 
machine-guns.  I  write  this  to  you,  not  in  flattery,  but  to  let  you  know 
that  which  from  the  modesty  of  your  gallant  sons  you  might  never  know. 

"With  highest  regards  for  >ou  and  your  family, 

"W.  L.  Culberson, 
"Lieutenant  Colonel,  General  Staff." 

In  a  letter  to  General  Nichols,  the  proud  father  of  these  two  boys 
(and  of  another,  later  sent  to  the  V.  M.  I.),  thus  concluded:  "A  touch  of 
V.  M.  I.  fits  men  for  many  things,  in  time  of  peace,  and  puts  them  to  the 
front  when  we  get  into  War." 

Upon  his  discharge  from  the  service,  Lt.  Col.  Owsley  was  made  Assistant 
Attorney  General  of  Texas. 


140  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Lieutenant   Colonel   WALTON   GOODWIN,   JR.,   Class   1901. 

From  District  of  Columbia. 

59th' Infantry,  4tli  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Appointed  Second  Lieutenant,  5tlL  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  June  9,  1904.  He 
was  Captain,  Second  U.  S.  Cavalry,  when  War  was  declared.  Promoted  to 
Major,  Cavalry.  Left  United  States  for  France,  March  22,  1918,  with  2nd 
U.  S.  Cavalry.  After  spending  about  three  weeks  at  the  front,  his  regiment 
was  ordered  to  the  Service  of  Supplies  for  remount  duty.  He  was  stationed 
at  Valdahon  and  Gievres  on  this  duty  until  August  29,  1918,  when  he  was 
promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  assigned  to  the  59th  Infantry,  4tli 
Division.  He  was  in  the  St.  Mihiel  drive,  and  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  drive 
until  September  29,  1918,  when  he  was  severely  wounded.  He  was  in  Hos- 
pital at  S.  O.  S.  until  November  27,  when  he  re-joined  his  command.  Joined 
Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany,  December  20,  1918.  Transferred  to  89th 
Division,  January  23,  1919,  as  Acting  Adjutant,  177th  Brigade. 

Reverted  to  his  pre-war  rank  of  Captain,  Cavalry,  U.   S.  A. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JOHN  COCKE,  Class  1896.     From  Virginia. 
Ordnance  Officer,  87th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Volunteered  in  Spanish-American  War,  Sergeant,  Company  "G,"  3rd  Vir- 
ginia Infantry. 

Enlisted  in  U.  S.  Army,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  April  4,  1899 — private, 
corporal  and  sergeant.  Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  11th  Cavalry, 
April  25,  1901. 

He  was  a  Captain  of  Cavalry  when  War  with  Germany  was  declared, 
having  graduated  at  both  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  and  the  Mounted 
Service  School. 

He  served  in  France  as  Ordnance  Officer  of  th.e  87th  Division. 
Returned  to  the  United  States,  he  reverted  to  his  pre-war  rank  of  Captain 
of  Cavalry. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JAMES  AYLOR  ANDERSON,  Class  1913,  "First  Honour," 

From  Virginia. 
Assistant  to   Observations  Officer,   First  Army,   A.   E.   F. 

Entered  Sei-vice,  July  7,  1917,  as  Captain,  Q.  M.  C,  Virginia  National 
Guard,  and  served  as  Asst.  Q.  M.,  30th  Division,  U.  S.  A.,  both  at  Camp 
Sevier,  U.  S.  and  in  France,  until  September  10,  1918.  Promoted  Major, 
August  1,  1918.  At  First  Army  Headquarters,  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  11,  1918  to 
January  20,  1919,  as  Assistant  to  Operations  Officer,  First  Army  (Colonel 
George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  V.  M.  I.). 

January  21  to  July  5,  1919,  Assistant  to  A.  C.  of  G.,  7th  Corps  (Third 
Army  of  Occupation). 

Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  April  2C,  1919. 

With  A.  E.  F.,  from  May  1,  1918  to  June  27,  1919.  In  three  major 
operations— Ypres.  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne.     Discharged,  July  27,  1919. 

Returned  to  duty  as  Adjunct  Professor  of  Engineering,  V.  M.  I. 

Promoted,  June,  1920  to  Associate  Professor,  Civil  Engineering. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         141 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JENNINGS  CROPPER  WISE,  Class  1902,  Cadet  Captain. 

From  Virginia. 
318th  Infantry,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

May  11,  1917,  was  returned  to  active  duty  as  Major,  U.  S.  R.,  Adjutant 
General's  Section;  and  June  21,  ordered  to  duty  as  Asst.  A.  G.  Southern 
Department,  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Texas.  July  18,  was  placed  on  duty  as 
Instructor  at  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Camp  Funston,  Leon 
Springs,  Texas,  being  re-commissioned  Major  of  Infantry,  August  15,   1917. 

At  that  time  h.e  was  specially  recommended  to  be  commissioned  Lt. 
Colonel,  by  the  Camp  and  Department  Commanders. 

Sept.  1,  1917,  assigned  to  the  Command  of  the  3rd  Battalion,  357th 
Inf.,   90th  Division,  N.  A.,   Camp   Travis,  Texas,  which  he  organized. 

Sept.  11,  transferred,  upon  request,  to  the  80th  Division,  N.  A.,  and, 
Sept.  IG,  placed  in  command  of  the  3rd  Battalion,  31Sth  Infantry,  Camp 
Lee,  Va.  Nov.  18,  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  314th  Machine-Gun 
Battalion  and  the  1st  Provisional  Infantry  Recruit  Battalion,  80th  Division. 

Dec.  11,  ordered  to  Join  the  A.  E.  F.,  sailing  from  New  York,  Deo.  14, 
and  reporting  to  the  A.  G.,  A.  E.  F.,  Dec.  28,  1917. 

From  Jan.  5  to  March  5,  1918,  served  v/ith  the  British  Ex.  Force  (57th 
Division)  in  the  line  in  Flanders,  and  with  the  French  Army  in  the  Vosges, 
being  attached  to  the  42nd  (Rainbow)  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  for  a  brief  period, 
in  February,  1918. 

While  with  the  133rd  Reg.  of  Inf.,  French,  Army,  he  was  decorated, 
receiving  the  appointment  of  Grenadier,  Regiment  de  Zuzey,  for  participation 
in  battle  on  February  20,  near  Arracourt,  in  the  Foret  de  Parroy. 

March  5-May  30,  attended  the  Army  General  Staff  College,  A.  E.  F.,  at 
Langres,  being  graduated  the  latter  date  in  the  Operations  Section,  and  was 
assigned  to  temporary  duty  with  the  16th  (Irish)  Division,  B.  E.  F.,  pending 
the  arrival  of  the  80th  Division  in  the  British  Sector,  as  part  of  the  2nd 
U.  S.  Corps. 

From  June  G  to  June  24,  he  was  acting  Operations  Officer,  80th  Division, 
having  been  appointed  Division  Machine-Gun  Officer  during  his  absence 
from  the  Division,  and  re-assigned  to  the  314th  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 

June  24-July  21.  attended  the  British  G.  H.  Q.  Machine-Gun  School,  at 
Camieres,  France,  graduating  the  latter  date,  and  reporting  the  following 
day  to  Headquarters,  80th  Division. 

July  28  to  Feb.  19  he  commanded  the  2nd  Battalion,  318th.  Inf.,  80th 
Division,  participating,  without  a  day's  absence,  in  the  Picardy  Campaign, 
attached  to  the  17th  and  38th  British  Divisions,  successively,  and  in  the  St. 
Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Campaigns. 

Oct.  4,  1918,  was  wounded,  being  twice  cited,  subsequently,  for  "Meri- 
torious and  Conspicuous  action  in  battle,"  once  by  the  Division  Commander 
and  once  by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F. 

Feb.,  1919,  transferred  to  the  Historical  Section,  General  Staff,  A.  E.  F., 
and  stationed  at  G.  H.  Q. 

April  23,  re-assigned  to  the  80th  Division,  as  Division  Machine-Gun 
Officer.  Sailed,  with  Hdqrs.,  80th  Div.,  from  Brest  on  the  Zeppelin,  May  17. 
Landed,  Newport  News,  May  28,  and  was  discharged  from  the  Military  Ser- 
Tice.  June  28.  1919. 


142  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

The  D.  S.  C.  was  presented  by  the  War  Department  to  Lt.  Col.  Wise  in 
November,  1920,  "for  extraordinary  heroism"  in  action  near  Nantillois, 
France,   October   4,   1918. 

Oct.  3,  1919,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Contract  Adjustment 
Board  of  the  War  Department,  with  judicial  duties,  and  was  thus  serving, 
April,  1920. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Wise  is  the  fourth  son  of  the  late  Hon.  John  S. 
Wise,  one  of  the  "New  Market"  heroes,  who  sent  all  of  his  five  sons  to  the 
V.  M.  I. — thxee  of  them  becoming  Field  Officers  in  the  World  War. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  LEONARD  TOWNSEND  GEROW,  Class  1911,  Third  Cadet 

Captain.     From  Virginia. 

52nd  Telegraph  Battalion,  A.  E.  F. 

Upon  graduation,  the  "Honour"  Appointment  was  awarded  him,  and  he 
was  commissioned  a  Second  Lieutenant,  Sept.  29,  1911,  and  assigned  to  the 
19th  U.  S.  Infantry.  He  served  continuously  in  that  regiment,  both  in  the 
United  States  and  in  Vera  Cruz,  until  promoted  to  the  rank  of  First  Lieu- 
tenant, in  June,  1916,  and  assigned  to  the  37th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

He  performed  the  usual  duties  in  connection  with  his  rank  until  promoted 
to  the  grade  of  Captain,  July,  1917,  and  assigned  to  the  57th  U.  S.  Infantry, 
and,  later,  appointed  District  Adjutant,  Brownsville  District.  After  a  short 
tour  of  duty  in  that  capacity  he  was  transferred  to  the  24th  Infantry  (Col- 
ored), at  Columbus,  N.  M.,  where  experienced  officers  were  urgently  needed. 
After  about  three  months'  duty  with  this  regiment  he  was  detailed  for  duty 
in  the  Signal  Corps,  and  was  sent  to  Leon  Springs,  Texas,  as  an  Instructor  in 
•  the  Signal  Corps  School  for  Candidates  for  Commission.  While  there  he 
received  orders  to  proceed  to  France,  arriving  at  Brest  the  latter  part  of 
April,  1918.  He  was  assigned  to  duty  as  Officer  in  Charge  of  Purchasing 
and  Disbursing  for  the  Signal  Corps  in  all  foreign  Countries  (France,  Eng- 
land, Switzerland,  Spain  and  Italy),  with  Control  Offices  in  Paris.  (Practi- 
cally, all  signal  equipment  purchased  abroad  was  obtained  through  the 
Control  Office,  or  its  branches,  and  disbursements  made  therefrom.)  The 
approximate  value  of  the  property  purchased,  and  money  disbursed,  was 
$20,000,000. 

After  the  Armistice  was  signed  the  machinery  of  the  P.  &  D.  Office  was 
reversed,  and  it  became  the  Sales  and  Disbursing  Department  for  the  Signal 
Corps,  and  he  was  designated  as  the  Officer  in  Charge.  Signal  Corps  ma- 
terial to  the  value  of  approximately  $15,000,000,  was  disposed  of  to  foreign 
buyers. 

While  in  France  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Major,  and,  in  October, 
1918,  he  became  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Signal  Corps,  which  rank  he 
holds  at  present. 

For  his  services  he  was  cited  in  orders  by  the  Commander-in-Chief  of 
the  A.  E.  F.,  and  the  French  Government  (with  which  he  had  been  in  close 
contact)  conferred  upon  him  th.e  Decoration  of  "Chevalier  Legion  d'Honneur." 
He  returned  to  the  United  States  on  October  2,  1919,  and  since  that  date 
has  been  commanding  the  52nd  Telegraph  Battalion,  at  Fort  Sam  Houston, 
Texas. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         143 

A  brother  of  Lt.  Colonel  Gerow,  Major  L.  S.  Gerow,  U.  S.  A.,  was 
graduated  in  the  Class  of  1913. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  DONALD  M.  McRAE,  Class  1912.     From  District  of 

Columbia. 
(Son  of  Major  General  James  H.  McRae,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.) 
This   gallant   young   officer   enlisted   early   in   the   Canadian    Army    and 
went  to  France.     He  was  wounded  at  Vimey  Ridge,  April  9,  1917.     He  rose 
from  private  to  Major  in  the  B.  E.  F. 

Upon  the  declaration  of  War  by  the  United  States  he  was  transferred 
to  the  U.  S.  Army  and  Commissioned  Captain,  and  before  the  Armistice 
came  he  h,ad  been  promoted  to  the  grade  of  Lieutenant  Colonel.  He  was 
three  times  cited  for  conspicuous  gallantry,  and  King  George  himself  pinned 
on  his  breast  the  British  "Military  Cross."     His  record  is,  therefore,  unique. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JOHN  E.  TOWNES,  JR.,  Class  1907.     From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Captain  C.  A.  C,  Commanding  22nd  Recruit  Company,  General  Service, 
Infantry,  Ft.  Thomas,  Ky.,  from  April  2,  1917  to  Oct.  20,  1917  (approx.). 
Commanding  2nd  Co.,  C.  A.  C,  Coast  Defense  of  Tampa,  Oct.  20  to  Nov.  25, 
1917.  (Both  dates  ai)proximate.)  Sailed  for  France  as  a  Casual  Officer, 
Dec.  4,  1917.  Reported  to  Commanding  General,  1st  Separate  Brigade,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  at  Mailly-le-Camp,  France,  on   (or  about)   Dec.  28,  1917. 

Commanded  Battery  "F,"   53rd  Artillery,  C.  A.   C. 

Promoted  Major,  C.  A.  C,  Feb.  6,  1918,  commanding  53rd  Artillery, 
C.  A.  C.  Adjutant,  Railway  Artillery  Reserve.  Chief  of  Section  G,  General 
Staff  of  the  Railway  Artillery  Reserve,  A.  E.  F.  Promoted  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel, C.  A.  C,  October  11,  1918.  Chief  of  Section  G.,  Railway  Artillery  Re- 
serve, A.  E.  F.,  until  return  to  United  States,  November  5,  1918,  with  about 
60  other  Artillery  Officers  for  assignment  to  new  organizations  which  were 
being  formed  for  overseas  Service.  The  Armistice,  coming  a  few  days  later, 
prevented  h.is  returning  to  France,  as  had  been  contemplated. 

Service  after  November  11,  1918:  Fort  Commander,  Fort  Barrancas, 
Nov.  30,  1918  to  February  27,  1919,  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  C.  A.  C.  On 
Recruiting  duty  until  February  27,  1919. 

The  successive  promotions  of  this  fine  officer  show  his  merit. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  GEORGE  M.  PEEK,  Class  1907.     From  Virginia. 
Assistant  Operations  Officer,  6th  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

"When  diplomatic  relations  were  broken  off  between  the  United  States 
and  Germany  he  was  commanding  the  U.  S.  S.  Schofield  (Mineplanter),  in 
Central  American  waters.  At  first,  he  was  ordered  to  the  States,  but  was 
caught  by  radio  and  ordered  back.  His  ship  was  used  on  patrol  duty  in 
the  Caribbean  Sea,  in  addition  to  the  mine  and  submarine  net  work,  the 
patrol  duty  being  under  th.e  Naval  authorities  in  those  waters.  Part  of 
this  time  he  was  in  command  of  a  Provisional  Division,  consisting  of  his 
ship  and  two  Destroyers. 

He  remained  on  this  duty  until  September  9,  1917,  when  he  was  promoted 


144  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

to  Major  and  sent  to  the  States  as  Ordnance  Officer  of  the  76th  Division. 
In  January,  1918,  he  was  made  Division  Adjutant.  He  sailed  for  France  in 
the  Spring,  and  shortly  after  his  arrival  overseas,  he  was  promoted  and 
made  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Division.  Soon  after,  he  was  sent  to  the  6th 
Army  Corps  as  Assistant  G-3,  Operations,  and  he  remained  with  the  6th 
Corps,  advancing  with  it  into,  and  occupying,  the  Dutchy  of  Luxemburg, 
after  the  Armistice.  When  the  Cth  Corps  was  returned  to  the  States  he  was 
sent  to  the  3rd  American  Army  on  the  Rhine,  as  Assistant  G-1.  Later,  he 
was  made  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  G-1,  and  remained  in  that  capacity  with 
the  permanent  forces  of  Occupation  overseas,  which  position  he  was  occupy- 
ing as  late  as  February,  1920. 

Lt.  Colonel  Peek  is  a  brother  of  Colonel  William  H.  Peek,  A.  E.  F. 
(above).  Graduate  of  Class  1896,  and  a  younger  brother  who  graduated  in 
1908,  J.  H.  Peek,  was  engaged  in  civil  work  for  the  Government,  during  the 
World  War. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  R.   O.   EDWARDS,   Class  1908.     From  Virginia. 
C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A.   (A.  E.  F.). 

After  graduating  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  he  received  the  "Honour  Graduate" 
Appointment  to  the  Army,  and  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  Sept.  4,  1908.  Promoted  to  1st  Lieut.,  C.  A.  C,  July  3,  1909. 
Promoted  to  Captain,  C.  A.  C,  July  1,  1916.  Promoted  to  Major,  C.  A., 
National  Army,  Dec.  29,  1917.  Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Coast  Artil- 
lery, September  17,  1918. 

When  War  was  declared  he  was  serving  in  the  Coast  Defense  of  Oahu, 
Hawaiian  Territory.     From  there  he  served,  as  follows: 

1.  Trained  and  instructed  enlisted  men  and  officers  in  the  Coast  Defense 
of  Oahu;  trained  and  instructed  enlisted  men  for  Officers'  Commissions; 
from  April  to  December,  1917,  engaged  in  this  duty. 

2.  In  command  of  Fort  Armstrong,  H.  T.,  Dec,  1917  to  Aug.,  1918. 

3.  In  command  of  Camp  for  Federalization  of  Hawaiian  National  Guard, 
June,  1918.  Placed  in  com.mand  of  Camp  for  Instruction  of  Selective  Draft 
Troops  of  Hawaiian  Territory,  July,  1918;  relieved,  to  take  command  of 
Coast  Defense  of  Oahu,  July  and  August,  1918. 

4.  Ordered  to  United  States,  October,  1918.  On  arrival,  was  ordered  to 
Fort  Howard  to  organize  a  regiment  for  overseas  duty.  Regiment  not 
organized,  due  to  Armistice.  It  was  a  disappointment  to  this  fine  officer,  but 
he  was  satisfied,  knowing  he  had  done  his  duty,  though  not  on  the  fighting 
line — to  his  great  sorrow. 

5.  On  duty  at  Fort  Howard,  Md.,  from  November,  1918  to  June,  1919. 

6.  Ordered  overseas.  June,  1919.  Served  at  H.  Q.,  S.  0.  S.,  A.  E.  F., 
Tours,  July  to  September,  1919.  On  duty,  H.  Q.,  A.  E.  F.,  in  Paris,  Septem- 
ber, 1919  to  January,  1920,  when  he  returned  to  U.  S.  Since  then  on  duty 
in  New  York  City. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ALBERT  B.  DOCKERY,  Class  1899.     Alumnus  of  V.  M.  I. 

and  Graduate,  U.  S.  M.  A.    From  Mississippi. 
Cavalry,  Infantry  and  Staff,  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  14th  Division,  U.  S.  A, 
His  fine  record  from  the  declaration  of  War  is  as  follows: 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         145 

Captain,  10th  Cavalry,  January  26  to  February  5,  1917.  Feb.  G  to  June 
23,  1917,  at  Fort  Huachuca,  Arizona.  June  24  to  Aug.  24,  Instructor  at 
Training  Camp,  Ft.  Myer.  Promoted  to  Major  of  Infantry,  August  5,  1917. 
Dec.  24,  1917  to  March  15,  1918,  commanding  318th  Infantry,  at  Camp  Lee. 
March  16  to  April  15,  commanding  1st  Battalion,  318th  Infantry,  at  Camp 
Lee.  April  16  to  Aug.  12,  1918,  Instructor,  155th  Depot  Brigade  and  Chief 
Mustering  Officer,  at  Camp  Lee.  Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Infantry, 
Aug.  10,  1918.  Aug.  13  to  Nov.  4,  1918,  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  (G-3),  14th 
Division,  Camp  Custer.  Nov.  5  to  Dec.  11,  War  College,  Washington.  Dec. 
12,  1918  to  Feb.  8,  1919,  P.  S.  &  T.  Division,  Washington.  Feb.  9  to  March, 
1919,  commanding  Camp  and  3rd  Squadron,  4th  Cavalry,  at  McAllen,  Texas. 
March  24  to  August  19,  1919,  commanding  4th  Cavalry  at  Ft.  Ringgold,  Texas. 

Detailed  as  Instructor  of  Cavalry  at  V.  M.  I.,  Aug.  20,  1919. 

Promoted,  Sept.,  1920,  to  Professor,  Military  Science  and  Tactics,  and 
Commandant  of  Cadets. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ERNEST  O.  THOMPSON.  Class  1914.     From  Texas. 

Major,  344th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  90th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel. 

This  young  officer  had  such  a  remarkably  distinguished  record  that, 
although  few  details  are  at  hand,  he  must  be  mentioned  in  this  galaxy 
of  heroes  specially. 

He  had  but  a  few  weeks  before  received  his  B.  L.  degree,  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia  when,  on  August  15,  1917,  he  received  a  commission  of 
Captain,  Infantry,  at  Leon  Springs,  Texas.  He  was  assigned  to  the  344th 
Machine-Gun  Battalion,  90th  Division,  at  Camp  Travis,  Texas,  in  December, 
1917.     He  sailed  for  France  with  his  Division. 

In  a  short  time  he  went  into  action  and  proved  his  mettle.  Soon,  he  was 
promoted  to  Major  of  his  battalion,  and  before  the  War  ended  he  was 
promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct.  His 
record  for  one  so  young  was  scarcely  excelled  in  the  Overseas  Armies. 

A  younger  brother,  First  Lieutenant  G.  Otho  Thompson,  of  Class  1918, 
also  distinguished  himself  in  France  and  was  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ARTHUR  E.  WILBOURN,  Class  1904.     Graduate  of 
V.  M.  I.  and  of  the  U.  S.  M.  A.     From  Virginia. 
Signal  Corps  (Aviation  Section),  U.  S.  A. 
When  War  was  declared  he  was  on  duty  as  1st  Lieutenant  of  Cavalry 
in    Columbus,    N.    M.,    where    he    had    been    stationed    since    the    Columbus 
(Mexican)    Raid.     He  served  on  this  duty  until  August  28,   1917,   when  he 
was   assigned   to   the   21st   Cavalry   which    was    then   being   organized    as   a 
Field  Artillery  Regiment  at  Fort  Riley.     In  a  short  time  he  was  commis- 
sioned Major,  Signal  Corps   (Aviation  Section)   and  ordered  to  Kelly  Field, 
October  1,  1917,  to  assume  command  of,  and  re-organize,  the  Flying  School. 
When   this  work  was  completed  he  was   ordered,   Dec.   30,   1917,   to   Wilbur 
Wright  Field,  Ohio,  to  organize  a  school  for  enlisted  mechanics  in  the  Air 
Service — the  school  to  handle  3,000  men  per  month,  and  all  to  be  prepared 
for  overseas  service.     This  school  was  intended  to  operate  in   the  Winter 


146  ViRGixiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

months  only,  when  weather  conditions  would  permit  flying  instruction.  It 
was  discontinued  in  April  and  the  Flying  School  was  re-organized.  In  July, 
1918,  he  was  ordered  to  Chanute  Field,  Illinois,  to  re-organize  the  school  at 
that  station.  When  this  work  had  been  completed,  he  requested  to  be  re- 
lieved from  duty  in  the  Air  Service.  He  was  relieved  and  commissioned 
Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Infantry,  and  ordered  to  join  the  SlOth  Pioneer  In- 
fantry, at  Camp  Greene,  N.  C,  for  duty  overseas.  On  October  20,  1918,  he 
joined  the  regiment,  and  was  in  charge  of  training  it,  from  that  date  until 
it  was  demobilized,  the  signing  of  the  Armistice  preventing  the  regiment 
from  going  to  France. 

On  duty  with  Remount  Service  of  the  Army  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  from 
February  3  to  Oct.  13,  1919.  Now  on  duty  as  Assistant  Instructor,  Cavalry 
School,  at  Fort  Riley,  Kansas. , 

He  served  with  the  following  regiments,  after  being  commissioned  in 
1904: 

9th  Cavalry,  12th  Cavalry,  13th  Cavalry,  21st  Cavalry. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ARTHUR  G.  CAMPBELL,   Class   1906.     From  Virginia. 

Commander,  Battery  "M,"  7th  Regiment,  C.  A.  C,  A.  E.  F. 
Then  Regimental  Adjutant.     Later,  transferred  to  Military  Intelligence  Divi- 
sion, General  Staff,  U.  S.  A.     G.  S.  Executive  Assistant. 

Here  is  one  of  V.  M.  I.'s  Lieutenant  Colonels  of  whose  record  she  is  very 
proud. 

He  entered  the  Service  as  a  Second  Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps, 
September  25,  1908. 

Wlien  War  was  declared  he  had  been  a  Captain  in  the  Coast  Artillery 
Corps  nine  months.  He  soon  went  to  France  as  Commander  of  Battery  "M," 
7th  Regiment,  Coast  Artillery  Corps.  The  first  attack  upon  the  German 
line  by  an  American  battery  was  made  by  Captain  Campbell's  battery,  on 
February  13,  1918,  in  Champagne,  near  Rheims,  France.  He  had  been  made 
Adjutant  of  his  regiment  a  short  time  before,  but  on  this  occasion  the  honour 
was  accorded  him  of  commanding  his  splendid  battery  in  its  first  action. 

He  wrote  his  father: 

"I  am  enclosing  a  clipping  from  the  Xeio  York  Herald.  It  will  explain 
itself.  I  was  there  in  the  capacity  I  wanted  to  go  into  action.  I  can't 
give  any  details  other  than  are  here  published.  I  am  back  now,  and  went 
into  the  office  this  morning  as  Adjutant  again.  My  Commanding  Officer  did 
me  a  great  favour  and  honour. 

"I  have  told  you  a  number  of  times  since  coming  over  here  just  how  I 
wanted  to  go  into  action.  Well — I  did  it.  It  was  great!  I  have  not  quite 
rested  up  yet,  but  that  is  a  matter  of  minor  importance.  I  will  come  back 
to  earth  shortly." 

The  report  published  in  the  Herald  (Paris  Edition)  said,  in  part,  Febru- 
ary 14: 

"The  American  Army's  first  Offensive  took  place  yesterday  when  Amer- 
ican batteries  participated  in  the  artillery  preparation  for  the  P^rench  attack 
at  Butte  du  Mesriel.  The  preparation  lasted  six  hours.  The  American  bat- 
teries effectively  destroyed  the  German  trenches,  wire  entanglements  and 
fortifications.  When  the  French  Infantry  leaped  to  the  attack  at  4:15  in 
the  morning,  the  guns  participated  in  the  rolling  barrage  which  preceded 
the  assailants." 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  147 

In  another  letter  to  his  father,  Captain  Campbell  wrote: 

"I  must  tell  you  something  that  made  me  feel  good,  though  I  stumbled 
against  it  by  chance.  When  the  new  Cafttain  took  my  battery  (after  I  was 
made  Adjutant),  the  Com-manding  Officer  told  him  h,e  was  taking  a  battery 
that  was  in  the  highest  state  of  efficiency,  and  that  he  must  see  that  it  did 
not  slip  back.     The  Captain  told  me  this  himself." 

Captain  Campbell  was  promoted  to  Major  in  May,  1918,  and  ordered  to 
the  United  States  as  an  Instructor.  Upon  his  arrival  he  was  soon  trans- 
ferred to  the  General  Staff.  In  a  few  months,  he  v/as  promoted  to  the  grade 
of  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  made  Executive  Assistant,  G.  S.,  Military  Intelli- 
gence Division,  one  of  the  four  branches  of  the  General  Staff  in  Washington. 
His  services  proved  so  valuable,  he  was  retained  in  this  position  until  the 
War  ended.     He  is  still  serving  with  the  General  Staff,  U.  S.  A. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Campbell  is  the  eldest  son  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Campbell, 
of  Lexington,  Virginia,  a  Graduate  of  the  Class  of  1875.  Two  Other  sons 
served  in  the  Army  during  the  War.  First  Lieutenant  William  S.  Campbell 
(V.  M.  I.),  of  the  810th  Pioneer  Infantry,  and  Sergeant  John  H.  Campbell, 
Jr.  who  served  nine  months  with  the  318th  Infantry  overseas. 

nt  is  a  pleasure  to  the  writer  to  chronicle  the  brilliant  achievements  of 
this  Graduate  in  the  World  War  whose  distinguished  father  was  his  pupil 
at  the  Institute,  1i  the  Second  Section,  Third  Class  Latin  in  1872-3.  They 
may  not  have  become  famous  Latinists,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  any  Section  ever 
contained   more  members  who  became  as  prominent  as  they  in  after  life.] 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ALFRED  P.  UPSHUR,  Class  1904.  From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
Appointed  First  Lieutenant  Medical  Reserve  Corps,  March  25,  1911. 
He  v/as  a  Captain  in  the  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  when  War  was  declared. 
In  June,  1917,  he  was  ordered  to  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  and  placed  in  charge 
of  the  sanitary  and  hygienic  development  of  the  Camp  near  there  for  the 
mobilization  of  thirty-eight  thousand  troops. 

He  was  promoted  soon  to  Major,  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A.  He  organized 
and  commanded  th.e  Base  Hospital  at  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas.  He  organized 
and  commanded  General  Hospital,  No.  3,  U.  S.  A.,  having  been  promoted  to 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  Medical  Corps.  His  record  in  the  War  was  exceptionally 
fine,  and  he  was  recommended  by  the  Surgeon  General,  U.  S.  A.,  for  the 
Distinguished  Service  Medal.  His  brother,  Major  William  P.  Upshur,  U.  S.  M. 
Corps  (who  won  several  medals  for  distinguished  bravery  in  action  before 
the  World  War),  is  a  Graduate  of  Class  1902,  and  his  half  brother  was  a 
Captain  in  the  Medical  Corps,  during  the  War.  His  father,  also  a  Graduate 
of  the  V.  M.  I.,  served  in  the  battle  of  New  Market  in  1864,  where  he  was 
severely  wounded. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  WALKER  H.  ADAMS,  Class  1911.     From  Virginia. 
Commanded   3rd  Battalion,  317th  Infantry,  80th  Division.  A.   E.  P. 

(Promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel,  U.  S.  A.,  R.  C.) 
Entered   Service  as   Sergeant,   Co.   L.,   1st  Va.  Infantry,   March   4,    191G. 
Promoted  to  First  Sergeant,  July  1,  1916,  serving  as  same  on  Mexican  border 


148  Virginia  Military  Institute— World  War  Record 

until  mustered  out  of  Service  in  January,  1917.  Promoted  to  2nd  Lieutenant, 
Infantry,  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  May  3,  1917,  and  ordered  to  report  to  Fort 
Myer,  Virginia,  for  active  duty,  May  8,  1917.  Promoted  to  Captain,  Infantry, 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  August  15,  1917,  and  ordered  to  report  to  Camp  Lee, 
Virginia,  and  assigned  to  317th  Infantry.  Sailed  from  Newport  News,  Vir- 
ginia, May  25,  1918,  for  service  in  A.  E.  F.  Acting  Battalion  Commander 
of  3rd  Battalion,  317th  Infantry,  from  September  5  to  October  28,  and 
promoted  to  Major,  October  28,  1918,  and  assigned  to  3rd  Battalion,  317th 
Infantry.  Recommended  for  promotion  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  March  29, 
April  20  and  May  3,  1919,  and  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Infantry, 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  August  9,  1919,  and  now  subject  to  call.  Saw  service 
in  Picardy  Sector,  Somme  Offensive,  August  2  to  6  and  August  16  to  IS,  1918; 
St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  September  12  to  16,  1918;  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive, 
September  25  to  November  6,  1918. 

Lieutenant   Colonel  JOHN   S.   WILLIAMS,   Class   1904.     From   Virginia. 
General  Staff,  General  Headquarters,  A.  E.  F. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  War  he  was  a  Captain  in  the  Coast  Artillery 
Corps,  U.  S.  A.  He  sailed  for  France,  August  14,  1917,  in  command  of 
Battery  "G,"  6th  Provisional  Regiment,  C  A.  C,  the  first  Coast  Artillery 
sent  overseas.     This  battery  had  French  155  m.  m.  G.  P.  F.  Guns. 

He  was  promoted  to  Major,  C.  A.  C,  February,  1918,  and  took  command 
of  a  battalion  of  the  First  Provisional  Howitzer  8"  Regiment,  and  went 
to  the  front,  April,  1918,  with  it.  After  this  time,  he  was  on  the  General 
Staff  at  General  Headquarters,  A.  E.  F.,  until  the  end  of  the  War. 

He  was  promoted  I-ieutenant  Colonel,  October,  1918.  Returned  tc 
United  States,  February,  1919. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Williams  was  awarded  the  Cross  of  Oflader,  Ordre  de 
la  Couronne  by  Albert  I,  King  of  the  Belgians,  "for  valuable  services  in  the 
Common  Cause." 

He  was  also  cited  for  "exceptionally  meritorious  and  conspicuous  ser- 
vices as  a  member  of  the  General  Headquarters,  A.  E.  F.,"  by  General  John  J. 
Pershing,  Commander-in-Chief. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  HAMILTON  TEMPLF:tON.  Class  1912.  From  Arkansas. 
18th.  309th,  308th  and  15th.  F.  A..  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  Captain,  5th  F.  A.,  and  stationed  in  Texas,  when  War  was 
declared.  In  June,  1917,  he  was  transferred  to  18th  F.  A.  Attended  School 
of  Fire  at  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma,  July,  1917.  On  duty  then  at  El  Paso,  Texas, 
for  six  months,  as  Battery  and  Battalion  Commander.  Left  for  overseas, 
Advance  Detachment,  3rd  Division,  March  4,  1918.  Started  forward,  July 
18;  stopped  August  4,  when  18th  F.  A.  was,  relieved  and  withdrawn  Train- 
ing Area  duty  until  September  4.  Arrived  at  position  in  St.  Mihiel  Offensive, 
September  8.  Left  September  15  and  arrived  at  position  in  Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive,  September  24.  Stopped,  November  10,  midnight — in  position  near 
Murraux.  Armistice,  November  11,  1918.  Transferred  to  309th  F.  A.,  78tb 
Division  and  joined  same  December  3.  Transferred  to  308th  F.  A.,  same  day. 
Moved   to  Training  Area  near   Dijon   and  arrived   December   11.     Training 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         149 

duty  until  April,  1919.  Attended  Army  Artillery  School,  Valdalion,  Febru- 
ary, 1919.  Left  Dijon  Area  April,  1919;  arrived  Marseilles,  April  20.  Duty. 
Combat  Officers'  Replacement  Depot,  Gondrecourt,  April  27-30.  Arrived, 
Rommersdorf,  Rhineland,  Germany,  May  7,  1919.  Reported  to  F.  A.,  2nd 
Division.  Left  Germany,  July  9,  1919.  In  charge,  Detachment  Colors,  Army 
of  Occupation,  July  9-23,  1919.  Left  France,  July  24,  1919.  Arrived,  United 
States,  August  4,  1919. 

Stationed  Camp  Travis,  San  Antonio,  Texas.  On  July  9,  1918,  he  was 
promoted  Major.  On  November  9,  1918,  he  was  promoted  Lieutenant  Colonel 
(to  rank  from  October  26,  1918). 

During  the  War  he  was  Battery  Conimander;  Regimental  Supply  Of- 
ficer; Student  Officer;  Battalion  Commander;  Second  in  command  of  Regi- 
ment; Regimental  Commander;  Commander,  Regimental  Echelon;  Batta- 
lion Liaison  Officer;   Division  Welfare  Officer. 

He  saw  Service  as  Regimental  Echelon  Commander,  18th  F.  A.  at 
Chateau  Thierry,  and  as  Commander  of  2nd  Battalion,  ISth  F.  A.,  at  St. 
Mihiel,  and  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive, 

Lieutenant   Colonel    HARRY   L.   JORDAN,   Class   1900.     From   Virginia. 
Inspector  General's  Department,  U.  S.  A. 
He   served   with    honour   and   distinction    during   the   War,    as    follows: 
Major,  42nd  Infantry,  August  5  to  December  23,  1917.     Major,  Signal  Corps, 
Air  Service,  December  24,  1917  to  May  8,  1918.     Major,  Inspector  General's 
Department,  May  8  to  July  30,   1918.     Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Division   In- 
spector, 18th  Division,  July  30,  1918  to  February  19,  1919.     Afterwards,  he 
was  a  representative  of  the  War  Plans  Division  of  the  General  Staff  in  the 
District  comprising  the  States  of  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina, 
Georgia  and  Florida.     Under  his  immediate  supervision  were  placed  all  the 
Military  Schools  in  th,e  District  and  also  all  civilian  educational  institutions 
which  had  taken  up  military  training,  under  the  Reserve  Training  Corps. 
Southeastern  Department,   Charleston,   S.   C,  as  late  as  January,   1920. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  SAMUEL  G.  TALBOTT,  Class  1899.     From  Virginia. 
73rd  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 
This  officer  has  been  long  in  the  Service,  and  he  made  a  fine  reputation. 
When  War  came  he  was  a  Captain.     He  rose  to  become  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  73rd  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

He  went  with  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  was  serving,  as  late  as 
June,  1920,  as  Captain  and  Adjutant  General,  A.  E.  F.,  in  Germany,  with 
headquarters  at  Coblenz. 

Lieutenant   Colonel   WILLIAM   ROBERT    NICHOLS,    Class    1906. 
"Second  Honour"  and  Cadet  Adjutant.     From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  U.   S.  A.    (A.  E.  F.). 
This  accomplished  and  distinguished  officer  was  retained  in  the  Uniterl 
States  during  the  entire  War,  because  of  the  need  of  his  valuable  services  in 
the  work  of  placing  the  Country  in  a  state  of  defense  against  Germany. 
His  record  is  as  follows: 


150  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"Second  Distinguished"  Graduate  and  "Jackson-Hope"  Medalist,  V.  M.  I., 
Class  1906,  and  Cadet  Adjutant.  1906-1907,  Engineer,  in  association  with 
Sydney  B.  Williamson,  Graduate,  V.  M.  I.  (and  subsequently  Colonel,  En- 
gineers, A.  E.  F.  World  War).  1907-1908,  Assistant-Professor,  Mathematics, 
V.  M.  I.  1908-April,  1909f  Graduate  Student,  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  (Electrical  Engineering).  Appointed  Second  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  U.  S.,  April  7,  1909.  Appointed  First  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  March  11,  1911.  Appointed  Captain,  Coast  Artillery  Corps, 
July  1,  1916.  (Above  appointments  in  the  Regular  Establishment.)  Ap- 
pointed Major,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  March  11,  1918.  Appointed  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  September  17,  1918.  (Emergency  Appoint- 
ments.) 

"Honour"   Graduate   of   Coast   Artillery   School,    Fort   Monroe,   Virginia. 

Following  the  custom  of  the  War  Department  of  selecting  two  of  the 
five  "Honour"  Graduates  of  the  Artillery  School  to  pursue  advanced  study 
in  certain  famous  Technical  Institutions,  First  Lieutenant  Nichols  was  sent, 
in  1915-1916,  to  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  where  he  com- 
pleted, with  distinction,  the  course  that  had  been  interrupted  by  h,is  ap- 
pointment to  the  Army  in  April,  1909. 

During  the  World  War  he  was  stationed  at  Fort  Totten,  near  New  York 
City,  and  had  charge  of  the  mining  operations  in  New  York  Harbour  and  in 
Long  Island  Sound. 

After  the  Armistice,  he  was  sent,  with  other  officers,  to  Europe  to  study 
the  Campaigns  and  fields  of  operations.  While  tliere  he  was  ordered  to 
report  to  the  American  Embassy  in  London,  where  he  was  placed  in  charge 
of  the  stores  belonging  to  the  United  States  Government  remaining  in 
England.     He  is  still  on  this  duty. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JOHN  MAGRUDER,  Class  1909,  "First  Honour" 

and  Second  Cadet  Captain.     From  Virginia. 

Acting   ChAet   of   Staff,    4th    Corps   Artillery,   A.   E.    F. 

Received  "Honour"  Appointment  to  Army,  immediately  after  his  gradua- 
tion. Went  to  France  in  June,  1918,  as  Adjutant.  20th  Field  Artillery. 
Became  Major  and  Brigade  Adjutant,  5th  Field  Artillery  Brigade,  5th  Division, 
latter  part  of  June.  Served  at  the  front  in  this  capacity  until  October  25, 
when  he  became  Acting  Chief  of  Staff,  4th  Corps  Artillery.  On  November 
6,  1918,  he  was  ordered  to  duty  in  Office  of  Chief  of  Artillery,  A.  E.  F., 
where  he  continued  to  serve  until  his  return  to  the  U.  S.  in  July,  1919. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Magruder's  father.  Major  J.  W.  Magruder,  V.  M.  I., 
was  a  brave  soldier  in  the  Southern  Confederacy. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  JOHN  E.  MORT,  Class  1904.     From  Virginia. 

Was  Chief  of  Artillery,  Information  Service  and  Counter-Battery  Officer, 
Third  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

On  Staff  of  Lieutenant  General  Robert  L.  Bullard,  from  the  date  of  the 
organization  of  the  Corps  to  the  signing  of  the  Armistice.  Participated  in 
the  Aisne-Meuse,  Oise-Aisne  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensives. 

The  story  of  his  splendid  service  in  his  important  position  is  thus  all 
too  modestly  told  by  himself. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguistied  Alumni  (Cont'd)  151 

Lieutenant  Colonel  KENNETH  S.  PERKINS,  Class  1905.  From  Virginia. 
F.   A.,  and   Inspector   General's   Department,   U.    S.  A. 

He  served  during  the  War  as  Major  of  the  350th  F.  A.,  and  as  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel,  Inspector  General's  Department. 

In  1919,  he  was  detailed  as  Assistant  Professor  of  Military  Science  at 
the  V.  M.  I.,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  efficient  and  accomplished 
Army  Officers  ever  assigned  to  the  Institute. 

Many  of  the  best  Officers  in  the  Army  were  not  sent  overseas,  because 
their  services  were  required  at  home,  or  at  our  foreign  Stations.  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Perkins  is  one  of  that  number,  and,  though  he  was  denied  service 
in  France,  his  record  at  home  was  most  distinguished. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  BOWYER  B.  BROWNE,  Class  1901.     From  Virginia. 
Commander  of  303rd  Engineers,  7Sth  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Continuously  engaged  in  Engineering  work  for  almost  nineteen  years. 

Upon  completion  of  the  Students'  Course  with  the  General  Electric  Com- 
pany, he  took  service  with  that  concern  for  approximately  six  years,  in  the 
Construction  and  Engineering  Department.  Afterwards,  he  was  engaged 
in  Hydro-Electric  Engineering  in  South  America,  Mexico  and  on  the  West 
coast  of  the  United  States,  and  has  to  his  credit  the  design,  construction 
and  operation  of  numerous  plants,  the  result  of  his  study  of  Hydro-Electric 
problems. 

As  soon  as  his  Country  declared  War  with  Germany,  he  tendered  his 
services  to  th,e  Government.  He  was  commissioned  at  once  a  Captain  in 
the  U.  S.  Engineers.  He  was  soon  promoted  to  be  a  Major  of  Engiu<5ers. 
He  organized,  commanded  and  carried  overseas,  the  39th  Engineers,  and, 
later,  commanded  the  303d  Engineers,  the  Engineer  Regiment  of  the  78th 
Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  is  now  (May,  1920)  commanding  the  318th  Engineers  at  Camp  Grant, 
Illinois,  at  the  age  of  thirty-nine  years. 

This  record  of  one  who  entered  the  Military  Service  as  late  as  the 
Spring  of  1917,  and  is  retained  in  the  Service  with  the  high  rank  attained 
during  the  War,  is  an  attestation  to  his  unusual  efficiency  and  merit,  and  is 
most  complimentary,  alike  to  this  brilliant  officer  and  to  his  beloved 
Alma  Mater. 

Lieutenant   Colonel   ALLEN   KIMBERLY,    Class    1906.     From   Virginia. 

Major,  306th  Ammunition  Train,  81st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Promoted  to  Lt    Colonel. 

I 
Lieutenant  Colonel  WILLIAM  P.  CURRIER,  Class  1904.     From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  U    S.  A. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  RICHARD  S.  DODSON.  Class  190G.     From  Virginia. 

Major,  303d  F.  A.,  76th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Later,  Lt.  Colonel,  Field  Artillery  and  Adjutant  General,  9th  Corps. 

Others  of  our  V.  M.  I.'s  splendid  Lieutenant  Colonels  might  justly  be 
specially  mentioned  here,  but  space  will  not  allow  it. 


152  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Kecord 

Of  the  long  list  of  Majors,  it  is  regretted  that  only  the  following  can  bo 
given  here,  while  all  acquitted  themselves  so  well.     And,  first  on  the  list,  it 
is  a  pleasure  to  name- 
Major  RICE  McNUTT  YOUEI.L,  Class  1914,  "First  Captain,"  Corps  of  Cadets. 

From  Virginia. 
26th    Infantry,    First    Division,    A.    E     P.      (Went    overseas    as    Captain    in 

this  Division.) 

For  the  act  cited  below,  he  had  the  distinction  of  being  recommended  for 
his  Majority  by  WIRELESS,  during  the  Meuse-Argonne.  battle,  and  of  re- 
ceiving the  promotion  immediately. 

He  was  given  the  further  distinction  of  commanding  the  Vanguard  of 
hig  Division  in  its  march  into  Germany. 

He  was  awarded  the  "D.  S.  C,"  with  this  Citation  from  th,e  Command- 
ing General,  A.  E.  F.: 

"Rice  McNutt  Youell,  Major,  26th  Infantry. 

"For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action,  near  Verdun,  France,  October 
1-12,  1918.  Taking  command  of  his  battalion,  after  the  battalion  commander 
had  been  mortally  wounded,  he  led  it  with  remarkable  bravery  throughout 
nine  days  of  the  hardest  fighting,  though  he  was  himself  painfully  wounded 
on  the  first  day  when  he  led  his  command  in  storming  the  heights  beyond 
the  Rau  de  Gauffre.  On  October  10,  when  the  Enemy's  resistance  had  been 
broken,  and  a  rapid  thrust  into  the  disorganized  defenses  was  necessary,  in 
order  to  enable  a  unit  on  the  right  to  advance,  Major  Youell,  with  one  com- 
pany and  no  artillery  support,  pushed  forward  2  kilometers,  under  heavy 
fire,  driving  back  a  force  of  enemy  Infantry  superior  in  number  to  his  own, 
and'  capturing  an  important  Artillery  position  on  Hill  263." 

He  was  also  decorated  by  the  French  Government  with  the  "Croix  de 
Guerre"  and  made  a  "Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honour,"  and  he  re- 
ceived one  Corps  Citation. 

He  was  in  all  four  principal  Engagements  of  the  American  Army. 

[Mr.  Edward  J.  Amory,  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  wrote  the  Compiler  of  these 
records,  January  4,  1920,  that  his  martyred  son.  Lieutenant  Thomas  D. 
Amory  (below)  was  in  Major  Youell's  regiment,  as  was  also  Lieutenant 
Charles  Ridgely  (a  Croix  de  Guerre  man),  and  that  the  latter  told  him  of 
being  with  Youell  where  the  shells  were  bursting  all  about  them,  and  that 
he  crawled  into  a  shell  hole,  but  Youell  calmly  continued  to  make  observa- 
tions in  the  open;  and  that  Ridgely's  comment  was:  "He  has  nerves  of 
'  iron."  Ridgely  also  told  him  that  while  on  a  march,  Youell  would  call  his 
old  V.  M.  I.  comrade,  and  make  him  ride  his  horse,  while  he  "stretched  his 
legs."  Mr.  Amory  added:  "I  have,  therefore,  a  warm  spot  in  my  heart  for 
this  Major  Youell."] 

Major  VICTOR  PARKS,  JR.,  Class   1915.     From   Virginia. 
Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 
Entered  the  Service  as  soon  as  War  was  declared.     Commissioned  Cap- 
tain, i6th  Infantry. 

Detailed   to   Air    Service.     Commanded    lOOth   Aero   Bombing   Squadron, 
American  Ace,  with  eight  Enemy  Planes  brought  down,  officially  to  his  credit. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)  153 

His  duty  was  to  attack  Enemy  Planes,  Only  on  the  defensive.  Highly  com- 
mended for  gallantry  and  efficiency  as  a  Flyer  by  American  and  French 
Governments.  Croix  de  Guerre  and  a  second  decoration  awarded  him  by 
the  French  Government,  with  Citation,  a.nd  three  Citations  from  the 
U.  S.  Government. 

French  Citation  as  follows: 

"Capitaine  Parks   (Americaine)  a  1'  E-M;  B.  9: 
"Officer  of  the  first  order,  very  modest  and  very  brave. 
"Marked  the  measure  of  h,is  excellent  qualities  in  making  all  bombard- 
ment raids  at  lew  altitude,  participating  in  all  Combats  with  th.e  same  good 
humour  and  willingness." 

"(Signed)     Le  Capitaine  De  Lavergne, 

"Commandant  le  G.  B.  9." 

Major  Parks  had  two  years  and  five  months'  service  overseas.  He  is  of 
a  very  shrinking  and  retiring  disposition,  and  not  even  his  family  has  been 
able  to  get  him  to  speak  of  his  heroic  acts  which  are,  fortunately,  of  oflScial 
record. 

It  will  not  be  out  of  place,  we  are  sure,  to  insert  this  extract  from  a  letter 
from  Private  Harry  E.  Brown,  of  Norfolk,  to  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  D.  Brown,  of  Graydon  Park,  telling  of  his  beloved  commander's  gallantry: 

"It  is  wonderful,  the  work  our  captain  has  done  over  here,  and  he  has 
been  cited  for  his  work.  TTie  people  of  Norfolk  should  know  of  his  work, 
father,  for  his  squadron  and  pilots  were  the  first  to  move  up  into  Germany. 

"One  incident  in  particular  should  be  mentioned  of  one  of  his  flights 
during  a  heavy  bombardment.  He  was  forced  to  land  in  a  crash,  but  for- 
tunately not  injuring  himself.  In  sixteen  minutes  after  his  machine  had 
crashed,  he  was  up  and  over  the  German  lines  in  another  machine.  Believe 
me,  dearest  mother  and  father,  that  boy  is  absolutely  afraid  of  nothing. 
Who  wouldn't  bo  proud  of  being  under  the  leadership  of  such,  even  if  he 
wasn't  what  he  is  to  me.  Maybe  he  hasn't  the  notoriety  that  some  of  our 
pilots  have,  but  he  is  known  all  over  France  for  his  excellent  work.  Father, 
see  that  this  reaches  the  attention  of  the  people  of  old  Norfolk,  that  he  may 
get  a  little  of  the  great  credit  that  is  due  him." 

Major  ESTIL  V.   SMITH,  Class  1912.     From  Kansas 
Infantry,  U.   S.   A.    (A.  E.  F.) 
Stationed  in  Manila,  P.  I.,  until  April,  1918.     Then  Instructor,  Officers' 
Training  School,  Camp  Hancock,  Georgia,  June  to  October;   from  that  time 
to  January  1,  1919,  h,e  was  Senior  Instructor  at  same  School. 

It  was  a  misfortune  (as  this  splendid  young  officer  considered  it)  that 
he  was  not  permitted  to  see  service  at  the  battle  front.  But  those  who  knew 
best  ordered  otherwise.  However,  he  was  sent  abroad  later — to  the  Army 
of  Occupation,  and  is  serving  at  present  (.June,  1920)  at  Honningen,  Ger- 
many, with  the  Interallied  Railway  Commission. 

He  is  one  of  four  brothers  who  served  their  Country  in  the  World  War 
in  its  Military  Establishment  with  the  highest  credit. 

He  was  a  Captain  when  he  returned  from  the  Philippines.  Shortly 
afterwards,  he  was  promoted  to  Major  on  his  fine  record.  He  is  now  on  the 
Rhine,  not  far  from  Coblenz,  where  there  are  eight  or  ten  other  gallant 
"V.  M.  I.  boys."  They  have  organized  a  Chapter  of  the  V.  M.  I.  Alumni 
Association,    and,    during   the   recent   Commencement   Exercises,    cabled    the 


154  Virginia  Miijtary  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.  that  they  had  all  subscribed  to  the  Endowment 
Fund.     Their  loyalty,  like  their  gallantry,  is  most  commendable. 

Major   RUTHERFORD    HOUSTON    SPESSARD,    Class    1915,    Second    Cadet 

Captain.     From  Virginia. 

58th    (Regular)    Infantry,   A.   E.   F. 

Volunteered  as  soon  as  War  was  declared  and  commissioned  Captain, 
Infantry,  at  Fort  McPherson,  Ga.,  early  in  the  Summer  of  1917. 

Instructor  at  l^ort  Oglethorpe  Officers'  Training  School.  After  training 
one  class  there  he  asked  for  active  service  in  the  Regular  Army.  He  was 
at  once  given  a  Captaincy  and  assigned  to  the  5Sth  Infantry,  4th  Division. 
Sailed  with  his  Division  for  France  in  April,  1918,  and  was  immediately  sent 
to  the  front. 

He  took  part  in  the  Toul  Sector  (Defensive),  Aisne-Marne  (Offensive), 
St.  Mihiel    (Offensive),  and  Meuse-Argonne    (Otfensive). 

He  was  promoted  to  Major,  August  '3.  1018,  at  the  crossing  of  the  Vesle 
River,  when  his  Major  was  killed.  For  his  conduct  here  he  was  given  the 
"D.  S.  C,"  and,  later,  during  the  Argonne  Offensive,  h,e  received  the  French 
"Croix  de  Guerre." 

He  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation. 

He  returned  to  the  TTnited  States,  September,  1919,  and  was  honourably 
discharged. 

Citation. 

"Rutherford  H.   Spessard,  Major,   5Sth   Infantry. 

"For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Ville-Savoy,  France,  August 
6,  and  near  Bois  de  Fays,  France,  October  2,  1918,  during  the  crossing  of  the 
Vesle  River,  Major  Rutherford  H.  Spessard  (then  Captain),  when  his  Bat- 
talion Commander  was  killed,  immediately  assumed  command  of  the  bat- 
talion, without  orders,  and  led  them  across  the  Vesle  River,  against  strongly 
fortified  enemy  positions,  displaying  absolute  disregard  for  his  personal 
danger. 

"On  Oct.  2,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Bois  de  Fays,  Major  Spessard  exposed 
himself  to  intense  enemy  artillery  and  machine-gun  fire,  while  making  ob- 
servations and   directing  the   movement   of  his   men. 

"He  established  his  battalion  headquarters  a  short  distance  to  the  rear 
of  his  lines,  in  a  position  continually  subjected  to  severe  Enemy  artillery 
fire." 

Major   WILLIAM    HANSON    GILL,    Class    1907.     From    Virginia. 
12th  U.  S.  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,  1912.  He  was  serving  in  the 
Philippine  Islands  as  1st  Lieutenant,  Machine-Gun  Company,  8th  U.  S.  In- 
fantry, when  War  was  declared 

He  returned  to  the  U.  S.,  September,  1917,  as  Captain,  commanding 
Supply  Company,  and  Regimental  Supply  Officer,  Sth  U.  S.  Infantry  Trans- 
ferred to  the  5th  Division,  as  Adjutant,  5th  Division  Trains,  December.  1917. 
Sailed  for  Bordeaux,  France,  April,  1918. 

Promoted  Major,  Infantry,  and  appointed  Division  Provost  Marshal,  5th 
Division,  June,  1918.  In  Training  Area  at  Bar-Sur-Aube,  May,  1918.  Recom- 
mended for  promotion  to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Infantry,  October,  1918.  Trans- 
ferred to  6th  U.  S.  Infantry  and  assigned  to  command  of  1st  Battalion,  No- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         155 

vember,  1918.  Cited  for  "Distinguished  Conduct  in  action"  by  Commanding 
General,  5th  Division,  November,  1918.  Participated  in  the  following  En- 
gagements (with  5th  Division):  Arnould  Sector  (Vosges),  Defensive,  June 
3-July  15,  1918;  St.  Die  Sector  (Vosges).  Defensive,  July  16-Aug.  23,  1918; 
Frapelle,  Offensive,  August  17-20,  1918;  St.  Mihiel,  Offensive,  September 
12-17,  1918;  Argonne-Meuse,  Offensive,  October  1-November  14,  T918.  With 
Army  of  Occupation,  November  15,  1918-July  4,  1919.  Attached  to  Third 
Army  Headquarters,  Luxemburg  City,  December,  1918.  Garrisoned  town 
of  Trier,  Germany,  January  and  February,  1919.  Stationed  at  Petange. 
Luxemburg,  March  and  April,  1919,  Commanding  1st  Battalion,  6th  U.  S. 
Infantry.  In  charge  of  Border  Guard,  between  Germany  and  Luxemburg, 
and  guarding  German  Supplies  in  Germany,  May,  June  and  July,  1919. 
Began  move  from  Germany  to  Brest,  France,  commanding  1st  Battalion, 
6th  U.  S.  Infantry,  July  4,  1919.  Sailed  for  United  States,  commanding  1st 
Battalion,  Gth  U.  S.  Infantry,  July  13,  1919.  Arrived  in  New  York,  com- 
manding 1st  Battalion,  Gth,  U.  S.  Inf.,  July  22,  1919.  Transferred  from  6th 
U.  S.  Infantry,  Unassigned,  and  detailed  as  Inspector-Instructor,  Virginia 
National  Guard,  July  25,  1919.  Appointed  Colonel  (Temporary),  Virginia 
National  Guard,  and  assigned  to  command  1st  Prov.  Regiment,  Virginia 
National  Guard,  December  31,  1919. 

Major  Gill  is  a  son  of  a  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Major*  GEORGE  HOWARD  BRETT.  Class   1909,   Cadet  Captain. 

From  Ohio. 
Air   Service,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.   F; 

Soon  after  he  was  graduated,  as  one  of  the  alternate  "Honour"  Ap- 
pointees to  the  Army  from  his  Class,  he  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant 
in  the  Philippine  Scouts,  and  served  in  1910-11  in  Luzon  and  Jolo,  P.  I. 
He  was  transferred  to  the  U.  S.  Cavalry,  and  served  on  the  Mexican  Border, 
1911-13.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the  Aviation  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  where 
he  has  served  with  distinction  ever  since.  From  April  to  October,  1917,  he 
was  on  duty  in  the  Aviation  Section  of  the  Signal  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  at 
Washington.  From  October,  1917  to  October,  1918,  he  was  on  duty  in  Paris, 
France,  as  Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Material  Division,  Supply  Section,  Air 
Service,  A.  E.  F. 

In  October  and  November,  1918,  he  was  Commanding  Officer  at  the  Con- 
centration Camp,  Codford,  England,  which  terminated  his  service  in  the 
A.  E.  F.  in  which  he  had  many  responsible  duties  which  he  performed  with 
great  credit  to  himself,  and  with   great  satisfaction  to  hi3  superiors. 

He  rose  from  Captain  of  Cavalry  to  Major,  Air  Service,  during  the 
War,  by  his  meritorious  service.  He  visited  his  Alma  Mater  in  his  plane 
during  the  Commencement  Exercises  of  1920 — the  largest  plane  ever  seen 
over  Lexington  —and  received  the  plaudits  of  his  400  fellow-Alumni  gathered 
there  on  the  interesting  occasion,  as  well  as  of  the  hundreds  of  other  visitors 
who  witnessed  his  thrilling  evolutions  in  the  air. 

Major  DONALD  R.  McMILLEN,  Class  1909.     From  Wisconsin. 
Commanding  Officer  of  9th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  3rd  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  War,  he  was  on  duty  as  1st  Lieutenant,   31st 


156  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Infantry,  at  Fort  William  McKinley,  Philippine  Islands.  Promoted  to  Cap- 
tain of  20th  Infantry,  and  ordered  to  Fort  Douglas,  Arizona,  in  October,  1917. 
Transferred  to  38th  Infantry,  3rd  Division,  at  Camp  Greene,  N.  C  in  Janu- 
ary, 1918. 

Went  overseas  with  the  3rd  Division,  in  March,  1918.  Promoted  to  Major, 
N.  A.,  in  June,  1918,  and  to  Commanding  Officer  of  the  9th  Machine-Gun 
Battalion,  3rd  Division.  Commanded  this  Battalion  through  the  Marne 
Defensive,  Marne  Offensive,  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  and  the  Argonne  Offensive, 
until  November  1,  when  he  was  evacuated  to  the  Hospital  at  Bordeaux, 
after  having  been  twice  gassed  in  action.  Tv/o  days  later,  he  was  operated 
on  for  acute  appendicitis. 

He  was  returned  to  the  United  States  in  the  middle  of  July,  1919,  and 
assigned  to  the  19th  U.  S.  Infantry  doing  Border  duty  at  Douglas,  Arizona. 
He  is  commanding  the  3rd  Battalion  of  this  regiment  at  the  present  time. 

Major   KENNETH    S.    PURDIE,    Class    1912,    Third    Cadet    Captain. 

From  Virginia. 
Coast   Artillery   Corps,   U.   S.   A. 

He  was  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  C.  A.  C.  when  War  was  declared.  In 
May,  1917,  he  was  ordered  to  Ft.  Amador,  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  attached 
to  6-inch  and  14-inch  gun  batteries,  in  defense  of  the  Panama  Canal.  From 
August,  1917  to  September,  1918,  he  was  Battery  Commander,  Battery  Prince, 
12-inch  Mortars,  Ft.  Amador.  Battery  Prince  attained  fourth  place  of  all 
Coast  Artillery  batteries  in  the  United  States  and  foreign  possessions,  for 
the  year  1917,  on  the  basis  of  firing  records. 

He  had  many  duties  while  at  Ft.  Amador,  among  others,  that  of  Bat- 
talion Commander,  Provisional  Infantry  Battalion;  President,  Special  Court 
Martial;  Assistant  to  Commandant,  School  for  Enlisted  Aspirants  for  Com- 
missions; Assistant  Supervisor,  Presidential  Election,  Republic  of  Panama 
(while  the  Election  was  under  the  supervision  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment) ;  in  command  of  Escort  of  Honour  at  the  funeral  of  the  President  of 
thei  Republic  of  Panama.  And  all  who  know  this  superb  officer  are  sure  ho 
performed  all  these  duties  well. 

In  January,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  C.  A.  C. 

He  was  relieved  from  duty  at  this  Station  in  September,  1918,  and  ordered 
ta  duty  with  the  Coast  Artillery  Training  Centre,  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia 
He  was  Company  and  Battalion  Commander,  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Fort 
Monroe,  from  October,  1918  to  February,  1919. 

In  November,  1918,  he  was  commissioned  Major,  C.  A.  C.  In  February, 
1919,  he  was  detailed  as  Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics  at  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute.  From  July  to  August,  1919,  he  was  Assistant 
to  the  Executive  Officer,  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps  Camp,  at  Fort 
Monroe.  Upon  his  own  request,  he  was  relieved  from  duty  at  the  V.  M.  I., 
October,  1919,  and  detailed  to  organize  and  instruct  a  Unit  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps,  at  the  Mississippi  A.  &  M.  College, 
which  duty  he  is  still  performing. 

Major  Purdie  is  another  instance  of  an  officer  whose  services  in  the 
U.  S.  were  too  valuable  to  allow  him  to  be  relinquished  for  overseas  duty. 


Some  of  the  Spfx'ially  DisTiNGUisirED  Alumni  (Cont'd)         157 

Major  LOUIS  A.  FALLIGANT,  Class  1909.     From  Georgia. 

He  was  a  Captain  of  Cavalry  when  the  War  began.  On  March  26,  1918, 
he  reached  France,  in  command  of  Troop  "M,"  15th  Cavalry.  The  regiment 
was  placed  in  the  S.  0.  S.,  on  Remount  duty. 

After  serving  in  this  capacity  until  June,  1918,  upon  his  own  request 
he  was  transferred  to  the  4th  Regular  Army,  Combat  Division,  joining  tnat 
Division  at  Lizy-sur-Ourcq  (40  kilos  N.  E.  of  Paris),  on  July  7,  1918.  On 
July  31,  he  went  to  the  Army  School  of  the  Line,  at  Langres,  France,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  on  September  26,  and  recommended  for  a  Corps 
Instructor. 

He  returned  to  his  Division  when  he  was  assigned  to  command  the  3rd 
Battalion,  39th  IT.  S.  Infantry.  On  Dec.  15  (after  the  Armistice)  he  took 
the  1st  Battalion  of  this  regiment  and  held  it  until  recalled  to  Division 
Headquarters  as  Assistant  Division  Inspector,  in  charge  of  Decorations, 
March  3,  1919.  He  served  in  this  capacity  until  October  1,  1919,  when  he 
was  assigned  to  duty  as  Camp  Transportation  Officer. 

He  returned  to  the  United  States  and  was  ordered  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
serving  as  Chief,  Military  Police,  from  October  10  to  December  19.  1919. 
He  then  returned  to  his  station  at  Camp  Dodge  to  prepare  for  the  Inspection 
of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F..  January  7,  1920. 

He  served  in  the  4th  Division  in  the  Aisne-Marne  and  Meuse-Argonne 
Offensives,  and  was  a  member  of  both,  the  1st  and  2nd  Armies,  during  what 
is  termed  the  Defensive  Sector  Service,  and  is  entitled  to  wear  three  stars 
on  his  War  ribbon. 

He  was  decorated  by  the  Italian  Government  with  the  Order  of  Dio  Saint 
Mauricio  et  Lazario. 

He  has  resigned  from  the  Service  to  be  with  his  family  from  whom  he 
has  been  separated  four  years,  leaving  a  record  behind  him  which  reflects 
the    highest   honour   on   his    name,    his    State   and    his   Alma   Mater. 

A  brother,  also  an  "Old  Cadet"  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  Ensign  Philip  L. 
Falligant,  of  Class  1913,  served  in  the  United  States  Navy,  during  the  War. 

•Major  JOHN  W.  HYATT,  Class  1900,  "Honour"  Graduate.     From  Virginia. 
Staff,  26th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Sailed  for  France,  September  26,  1917.  as  Aide  to  Major  General  C.  R. 
Edwards,  Commander  of  the  26th  Division,  A.  E.  F.  He  served  one  month 
on  the  British  and  PYench  fronts  and  was.  then  in  Hospital  with  pneumonia 
for  a  month.  Returned  to  his  Division  and  went  into  the  line  with  it, 
February  5,  1918,  as  Intelligence  Officer  of  the  Division  ("Yankee"). 
Served  continuously  with  this  Division  which  was  in  the  line  from  February 
5  to  the  day  of  the  Armistice,  and  took  part  with  it  in  all  the  big  Offensives. 
His  assignment  was  on  the  Staff  of  Major  General  Edwards  in  various  capa- 
cities, during  the  entire  period  of  his  ten  months  in  the  line. 

From  October  1  to  October  27,  1918,  he  attended  the  Staff  College  In 
France. 

•  He  returned  to  the  United  States  with  his  Division  on  November  15, 
1918,  and  is  still  on  General  Edward's  Staff,  as  Morale  Officer  of  the 
North  Eastern  Department. 


158  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Major  Hyatt  is  one  of  five  brothers,  four  of  whom  were  distinguished 
at  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  who  have  had  remarkably  successful  careers  since  leav- 
ing their  Alma  Mater.  One  brother  was  graduated  at  the  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy,  after  leaving  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  is  now  Commander  in  the  U.  S.  Navy. 
Their  father  was  a  gallant  Confederate  Soldier. 

Major  RICHARD  G.  LYNE,  Class  1916.     From  Virginia. 

Commander  of  Battery  "B,"  1st  Battalion,  51st  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

Promoted  to  Major. 

Received  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant,  C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  Army,  August 
8,  1917,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  as  one 
of  ten  "Honour"   Graduate  Appointees  to  the  Army,   that  year. 

Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  same  date.  Ordered  to  Fort  Monroe 
where  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  C.  A.,  December  29,  1917. 

On  December  31,  1917,  he  was  sent  to  France.  After  a  course  at  the 
famous  Observation  School  at  Tours,  and  in  intensive  training  at  the 
Military  Institute  at  Angers  for  Heavy  Artillery,  he  was  given  command  of 
Battery  "B,"  51st  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.  His  tenacity  and  bravery  in  getting  his 
guns  through  deep  mud  into  the  conquered  territory,  in  spite  of  constant 
shell  fire  and  a  bombardment  of  mustard  gas,  won  high  commendation,  and 
soon  afterwards  he  was  promoted  to  the  grade  of  Major.  It  was  on  Septem- 
ber 12,  1918,  at  the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel,  that  he  won  his  wound  chevron, 
and  that  his  battery  received  special  mention;  and  here  it  is  fitting  to  insert 
this  oflScial  commendation: 

"Headquarters,  Fourth  Artillery  Corps, 
American  Expeditionary  Forces, 

France,  3  October,  1918. 
"From  Chief  of  Artillery,  4th  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

To  Commanding  Ofl!icer,  1st  Battalion,  51st  Artillery,  C.  A.  C,  A.  E.  F. 
Subject:   Action  of  the  1st  Battalion.  51st  Artillery,  C.  A.  C,  in  the  battle 
of  St.  Mihiel,  Sept.  12,  1918. 
"1.  I  wish  to  express  my  appreciation  of  the  good  work  done  by  the  or- 
ganization under  your  command,  during  the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel,  Septembei* 
12,  1918. 

"The  French  Officer  commanding  the  Heavy  Artillery  of  this  Corps  re- 
ports to  me  that  the  battalion  was  handled  by  you  with  exceptional  skill, 
and  that  Battery  "B"  of  the  51st  C.  A.  C.  deserves  Special  Mention  for  the 
manner  in  which  it  pushed  its  guns  forward  into  the  conquered  territory, 
in  spite  of  constant  shell  fire  and  a  bombardment  of  mustard  gas. 

"Wm.  Lassiteb,  Major  Gen'l,  U.  S.  A." 

"W.  L./M  Copy  furnished 

Chief  of  Art.,  1st  Army." 

"1092  1st  Indorsement.  C.  G.  B./W.  M. 

Headquarters,  51st  Artillery,  C.  A.  C,  France, 

7th  October,  1918. 

To  C.  O.,  1st  Battalion,  51st  Artillery,  C.  A.  C. 

"1.  Attention  Is  Invited  to  the  above.  The  following  remarks  were 
made  by  the  C  0.,  Heavy  Artillery,  Right  Grouping. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumxi  (Cont'd)         159 

'Copy  transmitted  to  Colonel  Bunker, 
with  sincere  congratulations. 

(Signed)     Berbier.' 

"2.  I  have  received  the  above  letter  with  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  and  wish 
to  express  to  you  and  your  command  my  appreciation  of  the  work. 

C.    G.    BUXKER, 

Colonel,  C.  A.  C,  Commanding." 

"393  2nd   Indorsement.  p.  d.  B./2   t  c 

Headquarters,   1st  Battalion,  51st  Artillery   (C.  A.  C). 

France  8  October,   1918. 
Copy  furnished  to  each  Officer  and  Organization. 
By  order  of  Lieut.  Colonel  Niles, 
F.  D.  Bradbury,  1st  Lt.,  C.  A.  C,  Adjutant." 

On  November  2,  1918,  Captain  Lyne  was  promoted  to  Major,  and  was 
then  ordered  home  as  Instructor. 

He  was  slightly  wounded,  Sept.  26,  1918.  He  saw  service  in  the  A.  E.  F. 
for  eleven  months  with  the  51st  Regiment,  Coast  Artillery,  from  December, 
1917  to  November,  1918. 

His  command  was  composed  of  New  England  Troops. 

He  was  discharged  from  the  Service,  June  1,  1919. 

Major   THOMAS   TROY   HANDY,    Class    1914.     From   Virginia. 
Staff,  Major  General  Menoher,  42nd  Division,  A.  E.  P. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  F.  A.,  U.  S.  (Regular)  Army  in  1916. 
Soon  after  War  was  declared  he  was  promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant  at  Fort 
Bliss,  put  in  command  of  a  battery  of  190  men,  and  sailed  for  France,  July 
29,  1917,  with  the  42nd  Division.  He  trained  at  the  Field  Artillery  School 
in  France  for  some  time.  He  was  promoted  Captain,  F.  A.,  November  1, 
1917,  and,  later,  was  attached  as  A.  D.  C.  to  the  Staff  of  Major  General 
Menoher,  42nd  Division. 

He  received  both  the  "D.  S.  C."  and  the  "Croix  de  Guerre"  "as  he  fol- 
lowed assaulting  lines  of  Infantry  into  front  line  German  trenches,  exhibit- 
ing great  bravery  and  coolness." 

Promoted  to  Major. 

A  full  report  of  his  service  is,  unfortunately,  not  yet  at  hand,  though 
it  is  well  known  he  was  conspicuous  for  bravery,  as  well  as  efficiency. 

[Major  Handy  is  one  of  five  brothers  who  volunteered  as  soon  as  War 
was  declared.  The  youngest  was  turned  down  at  Fort  Myer  (first  0.  T 
Camp),  because  of  "slight  murmur  in  the  heart"  (the  result,  possibly,  of 
excessive  strain  in  athletics  at  College)  ;  the  others  all  served  in  the  A.  E.  F. 
Three  of  his  lineal  ancestors  were  officers  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and 
in  1812;  and  ^x  of  his  mother's  brothers  were  Confederate  Soldiers,  four 
of  them  officers,  and  the  youngest,  a  private,  killed  in  battle.  The  "mili- 
tary spirit,"  therefore,  is  his,  by  right  of  inheritance,  as  well  as  by  training.] 

Major  LEWIS  RANDOLPH  BRYAN,  JR.,  Class  1912.     From  Texas. 
Adjutant,   72nd   Infantry   Brigade,   36th   Division,   A.   E.   F. 
Promoted  to  Major,  Infantry. 
Attended    first   Officers'    Training    Camp,    Leon    Springs,    Texas.        Com- 


160  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

missioned  Captain,  Infantry,  U.  S.  R.,  August  15,  1917.  Assigned  to  40th 
Division,  August  29th,  1917.  Served  with  5th  California  Infantry  as  Ad- 
jutant, at  Camp  Mason,  San  Francisco,  California.  This  regiment,  later, 
combined  with  the  2nd  California  to  become  the  159th  Infantry.  Trans- 
ferred, October  23,  1917,  to  36th  Division.  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Train- 
ing Section,  until  Division  went  overseas,  July,  1918.  Assistant  "G3,"  when 
Division  went  into  action  in  the  Champagne,  in  October,  191S,  with  the  4th 
French  Army.  Assigned  as  Adjutant,  72nd  Infantry  Brigade,  Brigadier 
General  John  A.  Hulen,  Commanding,  October  17,  1918;  promoted  to  Major, 
Infantry,  October  29,  1918.  Remained  with  Headquarters,  72nd  Brigade, 
until  unit  returned  to  America  and  was  finally  demobilized,  July  8,  1919. 
Major  Bryan  is  a  lawyer,  but  after  his  return  to  hJs  home,  at  Houston, 
Texas,  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Cashier  of  The  Lumberman's  National 
Bank,  of  that  City. 

Major  CHARLES  JOSEPH  COLLINS,  Class  1916.    From  Florida. 
C.  A.  C,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  in  the  regular  Service,  Coast  Artillery 
Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  Aug.  24,  1917.  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant,  Oct.  19,  1917. 
In  Heavy  Artillery  School,  France,  January-April,  1918.  Assigned  to  44th 
Art,  C.  A.  C.  (Howitzer  Reg.),  and  ordered  to  the  front,  April  14,  1918.  With 
Eighth  French  Army  in  campaign  of  Lorraine  Sector,  April-July,  1918. 
Commissioned  Captain,  June  5,  1918.  With  Fourth  French  Army  in  cam- 
paigns about  Rheims,  July-September,  1918.  With,  First  American  Army, 
September-October,  1918  (St.  Mihiel,  etc.).  With  Second  American  Army 
(Metz  Sector),  October-November,  1918.  Commissioned  Major,  Coast  Artil- 
lery, November  2,  1918.  November  24,  1918  to  February  8,  1919,  on  duty  in 
U.  S.  From  April  to  September.  1918,  Adjutant,  1st  Battalion,  44th  C.  A.  G 
September  5  to  20,  Battery  "A,"  44th  C.  A.  C.  September  20  to  October  28, 
1918,  Operations  Officer,  Fourth  Army  Corps,  Second  American  Army.  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1919,  resigned  from  Army.  Fort  Stevens,  Oregon,  until  resignation 
accepted. 

Highly  commended  by  all  his  superiors  for  exceptional  ability  and  valour. 

Major  CHARLES  WILSON  KOLLOCK,  M.  D.,  Class  1877,  Cadet  Captain. 

From   South  Carolina. 

Chief  Flying  Surgeon,  Air  Service,  Kelly  Field,  U.  S.  A. 

Major  Kollock  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished  Specialists  in  Eye,  Ear, 

Throat   and    Nose    Diseases    in    the    South.     Ex-President    of   the    Tri-State 

Medical  Association  of  Virginia  and   the   Carolinas,   etc.,  and   Auth,or,   and 

for  twenty  years  commander  of  the  famous  Charleston  Light  Dragoons,  and 

retired  as  Major,  S.  C.  National  Guard. 

Though  past  sixty  years  of  age,  he  tendered  his  services  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  upon  the  declaration  of  War. 

He  was  commissioned  Captain  and  soon  promoted  to  Major,  and  as- 
signed to  duty  as  Chief  Flying  Surgeon  at  Kelly  Field,  South  San  Antonio, 
Texas,  after  special  training  at  the  Medical  Research  Laboratory  at  Mineola, 
Long  Island,  and  at  various  Flying  Fields. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         161 

The  Flight  Surgeon  had  entire  charge  of  the  Flyers  and  looked  after 
not  only  their  physical,  but  mental,  condition,  as  well. 

It  was  shown  by  the  British  statistics  that  only  two  per  cent,  of 
fatalities  among  Flyers  were  due  to  the  German  bullets,  and  only  eight  per 
cent,  were  due  to  defects  in  the  ships,  but  that  ninety  per  cent,  were  caused 
by  some  defect  of  condition  in  the  Flyers  themselves. 

The  number  of  accidents  from  the  last  named  cause  was  very  materially 
reduced  in  the  American  Air  Service,  after  Flight  Surgeons  were  placed  in 
charge  of  the  larger  Flying  Fields. 

Kelly  Field  was  probably  the  most  important  Field.  Major  Kollock 
had  charge  of  800  men  in  training  there,  and  his  record  in  the  Service  was 
very  distinguished. 

He  resumed  his  pre-war  occupation  after  the  Armistice,  when  he  was 
discharged  from  the  Service. 

Major  0.  C.  LLOYD,  Class  ]910.     From  North  Carolina. 
A.  G.  Department,  U.  S.  A. 

Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  R.  C,  November  27,  1917.  Ordered 
to  active  duty  as  C.  O.,  32nd  Company,  Casual  Detachment,  Camp  Gordon, 
December  15,  1917.  Later,  assigned  as  Assistant  Personnel  Adjutant,  82nd 
Division,  N.  A.,  Camp  Gordon.  Assisted  in  filling  and  balancing  th.is  Division 
for  overseas  Service.  Transferred,  March,  1918,  to  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y.,  and 
served  there  as  Embarkation  Personnel  Adjutant  until  July.  Organized  em- 
barkation work  at  that  Camp  and  shipped  approximately  80,000  men  over- 
seas. July  1,  1918,  assigned  as  Camp  Personnel  Adjutant,  Camp  Jackson, 
S.  C.  Organized  the  Personnel  offices  at  that  Camp,  and  consolidated  the 
functions  pertaining  to  Personnel  work  in  the  156th  Depot  Brigade  and 
the  Field  Artillery  Replacement  Depot,  filling  and  balancing  the  Artillery 
Regiments  of  the  81st  Division,  and  handled  and  assigned  drafts  of  some 
60,000  men. 

Promoted  to  Major,  A.  G.  D.,  August  17,  1918.  As  a  member  of  the 
Conference  of  eight,  called  together  by  the  Adjutant  General  in  early  Sep- 
tember, he  assisted  in  working  out  the  standard  plan  of  mobilization,  and 
the  planning  of  a  standard  building  for  that  purpose.  September,  1918, 
ordered  to  Camp  Sevier,  S.  C,  as  Personnel  Adjutant  to  organize  Personnel 
work  there.  October,  1918,  ordered  to  Camp  Greenleaf,  and  Camp  Forrest, 
Ga.,  to  supervise  the  organization  of  Personnel  Systems  in  these  Camps. 
November,  1918,  worked  out  a  system  for  demobilization  at  Camp  Sevier. 
December,  1918,  ordered  to  Washington  as  Traveling  Supervisor  of  Demobili- 
zation for  the  Camps  of  the  East,  South  and  Middle  West;  assisted  in  work 
ing  out  the  general  scheme  of  demobilization. 

Discharged,  March,  1919,  to  accept  position  as  Chief  of  Personnel  Bureau, 
War  Risk  Insurance,  Washington. 

Commissioned  Major,  Adjutant  General,  U.  S.  Reserve  Corps,  upon  his 
discharge. 

Major   O.   M.   BALDINGER,   "Honour   Graduate"   and   "First  Captain," 
Class  1910.     From  Virginia. 
Infantry,  Regular  Army,  U.  S.  A.,  Detailed  to  Air  Service. 
When  War  came  he  v/as  a  First  Lieutenant  of  Infantry,  stationed  at 


162  Virginia  Military  Institute— World  War  Record 

Fort  McDowell,  California.  June  4,  1917,  Assistant  Post  Adjutant,  C.  O. 
of  the  2Sth  Recruit  Co.,  Casual  Officer,  Signal  Officer,  Officer  in  charge  of 
Record  Division.  Promoted  to  Captain,  Regular  Army,  May  15,  1917.  Trans- 
ferred and  detailed  to  Signal  Corps,  May  1,  1918.  Promoted  to  Temporary 
Major,  and  transferred  to  Post  Field,  Ft  Sill,  Oklahoma,  June  4,  1918. 
School    Director,   Acting   C.    O.     Transferred   as   Major,   Air    Service,    July, 

1918,  and  rated  as  Flying  Officer,  September,  1918.  Transferred  to  Wash- 
ington, March  13,  1919,  Chief,  Observation  Section.  Officer  in  charge  of  all 
"Liberty  Loan"  Flights.  Detailed  as  Assistant  Chief  of  Training  and  Acting 
Chief  of  Training,  Air  Service.  Placed  in  command  of  AU-American  Path- 
finders Squadron,  flying  from  Coast  to  Coast,  August  13  to  Oct.  25,  1919. 
This  Unit  was  demobilized  Oct.  26,  1919. 

Ordered   to  command   of  Taylor   Field,   Montgomery,   Ala.,   October   28, 

1919,  where  he  was  still  stationed,  April  1,  1920. 

Major  RICHARD  B.  DUNBAR,  Class  1908.  From  Kentucky. 
111th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 
Mexican  Border  Service  as  1st  Lieutenant,  Engineers,  Texas  National 
Guard,  July  27,  1916-March,  21,  1917.  Called  into  State  Service,  May  2,  1917. 
Staff  duty,  assisting  and  raising  the  National  Guard  of  Texas  to  war  strength. 
Promoted  Captain  of  Engineers,  June  4,  1917.  Appeared  before  regular  Army 
Examination  Board  for  promotion,  July  15,  1917.  Promoted  Major,  En- 
gineers. Commission  dated  June  4,  1917.  Mustered  into  Federal  Service, 
August  5,  1917.  Commanding  1st  Battalion,  111th  Engineers.  Trained  at 
Camp  Bowie,  Texas.  Sailed  for  France,  July  7,  1918.  The  111th  Engineers, 
upon  arriving  in  France,  was  assigned  as  1st  Corps  Engineers,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse  Offensives,  fromi  beginning  to  end. 
He  was  not  injured,  except  by  being  slightly  gassed  in  action.  Returned  to 
U.  S.,  June  1,  1919.  Mustered  out  of  Federal  Service  at  Camp  Bowie,  Texas, 
and   received  his  honourable  discharge,  June  18,   1919. 

Major  JOHN  NASH,  Class  1906.  From  Virginia. 
2nd  Battalion,  313th  Field  Artillery,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  P. 
Graduated  from  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Myer,  Virginia, 
August  14,  1917,  as  Captain  of  Field  Artillery.  Assigned  to  313th  Field 
Artillery,  80th  Division,  and  joined  it  at  Camp  Lee  the  day  it  was  or- 
ganized, August  27,  1917.  He  served  with  this  regiment  throughout  the 
War,  and  until  it  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Lee,  the  first  part  of  June, 
1919.  He  took  the  War  course  at  the  School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery,  at 
Fort  Sill,  graduating,  May  17,  1918.  He  sailed  with  his  regiment  for  France, 
May  26,  1918.  On  August  16,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  Major,  and  he  com- 
manded the  2nd  Battalion  during  the  remainder  of  its  existence.  His  regi- 
ment went  to  the  front  on  August  14,  1918,  as  reserve  for  the  St.  Mihiel 
Offensive,  and  it  was  in  action  throughout  the  entire  Meuse-Argonne  Offen- 
sive, from  September  26  to  November  11.  Previously  to  his  promotion  to 
Major  he  had  served  most  of  the  time  as  Adjutant  of  the  2nd  Battalion. 
The  regiment  returned  from  France,  May  27,  1919.  After  it  was  mustered 
out,  Major  Nash  was  ordered  to  temporary  duty  in  the  War  Department, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         163 

Washington,  and  when  his  work  there  was  completed,  he  was  discharged 
from  the  Service.  August  25,  1919. 

Captain  John  Paul.  Class  1903.  was  the  Adjutant  of  this  regiment. 
A  history  of  the  313th  Regiment,  Field  Artillery,  A.  E.  F.,  has  been  pub- 
lished, the  work  mainly  of  Lieutenant  Thomas  I.  Crowell,  of  New  Jersey; 
though  others,  including  the  two  superb  V.  M.  I.  officers  named  herein, 
contributed  to  the  interesting  and  valuable  publication.  Since  his  return 
home.  Major  Nash  has  resumed  his  profession  of  Journalism,  with  residence 
at  No.  5  Manteo  Apartments,  Norfolk,  Virginia. 

Major  DANIEL  GORDON  MORRISSETT,  Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 
Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Ammunition  Train,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  Oct.  4,  1913,  and  as- 
signed to  the  12th  Cavalry.  Promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant,  July  11,  1916. 
Promoted  to  Captain,  May  15,  1917.  Was  serving  at  Columbus,  N.  M.,  and 
vicinity,  in  the  Mexican  Punitive  Expedition,  when  War  was  declared. 

July,  1917,  ordered  to  France  with  th«  First  Division  Ammunition  Train 
(Plorsed  Battalion).  Served  in  A.  E.  F.,  Ammunition  Train,  until  June, 
1918.  With  Headquarters  Trains  and  Military  Police,  First  Division,  and 
with  First  Division  Headquarters,  from  June  until  October  2,  1918.  On 
the  latter  date  he  was  severely  wounded  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Drlva 
Promoted  to  Major  of  Cavalry,  June  26,  1918. 

In  the  following  actions  in  France:  Picardy,  Montdidier,  Cantigny 
(Spring,  1918),  Soissons  (July,  1918),  Toul  Sector  (August,  1918),  St.  Mihlel 
(September,  1918),  Meuse  Argonne  (September-October,  1918). 

Returned  to  U.  S.,  December  31,  1918,  wounded;  on  Sick  Report  until 
latter  part  of  February,  1919,  when,  having  become  fit  for  duty,  was  ordered 
to  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Texas,  as  Instructor  in  Cavalry  School.  School  dis- 
continued in  May,  1919,  and  he  was  ordered  as  Instructor  and  Professor, 
Military  Science  and  Tactics,  to  Southwestern  Presbyterian  University, 
Clarksville,  Tenn.,  May,  1919.  Remained  on  College  duty  until  November 
30,  1919,  when  he  was  assigned  to  the  16th,  Cavalry,  at  Brownsville,  Texaa. 

Reverted  to  his  pre-war  rank,  June  15,  1919. 

Major  EDWARD  HAMMOND  JOHNSON,  Class  1904,  Cadet  Captain. 

From  Virginia. 

Major,  328th  Infantry,  82nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Died  in  the  Service  at  Cochem,  Germany. 

Trained  at  Camp  Gordon,  Georgia,  with  328th  Infantry  and  sailed  for 
France  In  April,  1918.  Promoted  to  Major.  He  participated  in  several  en- 
gagements  and   acquitted    himself   well.     He  was   wounded   at  ,   In 

the  closing  days  of  the  War,  but  soon  recovered  and  returned  to  his  com- 
mand. He  was  transferred,  after  the  Armistice,  to  the  112th  Infantry,  28th 
Division,  and  was  stationed  at  a  place  called  Cochem,  District  Hinter 
Kenyscln,  Germany,  and  was  Major  and  Recreation  Officer,  Headquarters, 
Fourth  Army  Corps,  Office  of  G-1. 

He  died.  May  17,  1919,  under  the  following  circumstances,  as  related  by 
First  Lieutenant  Geiger  (his  old  V.  M.  I.  comrade).  Chaplain,  51st  U.  S. 
Infantry,  who  happened  to  be  in  Cochem  on  the  day  of  his  death: 


164  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"He  had  been  feeling  bad  for  several  days — complaining  of  frequent 
dizziness,"  wrote  Lieutenant  Geiger,  "though  his  condition  was  in  no  sense 
considered  serious.  In  fact,  he  seemed  to  be  suffering  merely  with  an  upset 
stomach,  and  was  still  going  about  and  attending  to  his  duties.  He  came  in, 
on  the  evening  of  the  17th  of  May,  stood  around  and  talked,  and  then  went 
to  his  room.  The  next  heard  from  him  was  as  follows:  Someone  noticed 
water  running  through  the  floor  of  the  bathroom  and  went  up  to  see  what 
the  trouble  was.  and,  after  getting  into  the  bathroom,  discovered  Major 
Johnson  in  the  tub  dead,  and  the  water  still  running.  An  autopsy  was 
performed  at  Field  Hospital  No.  301,  and  it  was  discovered  that  death  had 
been  caused  by  cerebral  hemorrhage.  Evidently,  he  had  started  to  take  a 
bath,  had  turned  the  water  on,  and  had  gotten  into  the  tub,  when  he  dropped 
flead.  There  was  no  evidence  whatever  of  either  foul  play  or  self-destruc- 
tion, as  the  autopsy  showed  very  plainly  the  cause  of  death,  which  was 
apoplexy,  or  cerebral  hemorrhage. 

Hammond  seemed  very  popular  at  Fourth  Army  Corps  Headquarters, 
and  with  all  who  knew  him.  Please  excuse  this  hurried  note,  but  I  know 
you  wish  the  enclosed  copy  of  'Memorandum,'  so  will  hurry  it  on." 

It  was  most  providential  that  this  beloved  old  comrade  was  in  Cochem 
that  day.  He  had  been  ordered  to  return  home  soon,  and  had  been  given 
leave  to  visit  a  number  of  German  towns  before  departing,  as  he  had 
laboured  hard  for  nearly  two  years — always  at  the  front  in  all  engagements 
of  his  regiment  and  he  was  entitled  to  a  rest;  and  so  his  Commanding  Officer 
gladly  gave  him  leave.  He  performed  the  Episcopal  burial  service  over  his 
departed  friend;  and  all  who  know  this  earnest  servant  of  God  and  his 
loyalty  to  his  Alma  Mater  and  his  V.  M.  I.  comrades  will  realize  that  the 
service  was  feelingly  performed.  He  sent  the  following  "Memorandum," 
and  prefaced  it  with  this  certification:  "The  following  is  a  true  copy  by 
Chaplain  Henry  J,  Geiger,  51st  Infantry,  Camp  Grant,  Illinois."  (He 
brought  the  original  from  Germany  for  Johnson's  brother,  Captain  Branch 
Johnson  (V.  M.  I.),  a  copy  having  been  sent  from  Germany  by  him  to  his 
widow  and  children): 

"Headquarters,  4th  Army   Corps, 
American  Expeditionary  Forces, 
May  18,  1919. 
"Memorandum: 

To  Chiefs  of  Staff  Sections  and  Services, 

Commanding  Officers,  Hqs.  Troop,  and  M.  P.  Co.: 

1.  The  funeral  of  Major  E.  Hammond  Johnson,  Infantry,  will  take 
place  at  10  A.  M.,  Monday,  May  19,  1919,  from  Field  Hospital  No.  301. 

2.  All  Officers,  duty  permitting,  are  directed  to  attend. 

3.  Headquarters  Troop  and  Detachment  and  the  4th  Corps  Military  Police 
Company  will  be  reported  to  Major  Raymond,  at  Hospital,  at  9:45  A.  M. 

4.  Headquarters  Troop,  4th  Corps,  will  furnish  firing  squad  of  16  men. 

5.  The  following  named  Officers  are  requested  to  attend  as  Pallbearers: 
Major  Herbert  S.  Struble,  Major  Harrison  C.  Browne,  Major  Richard  P.  Kuhn, 
Major  William  E.  Thurston,  Major  Jack  Smith,,  Major  Burt  English. 

By  command  of 

Major  General  Summerall, 

E.  A.  RoBBiNS,  Jr., 
Adjutant  General." 
"Headquarters,  4th  Army  Corps. 
(Official.) 

"Note. The   above   'Memorandum'   was    issued   from    Headquarters,    4th 

Army  Corps,  then  located  in  Cochem,  on  the  Moselle  River,  Germany. 

Henry  J.  Geugek." 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         165 

Major  John  Barnes,  of  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  a  teacher  in  the  State  Col- 
lege, was  at  that  time  Welfare  Secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  Cochem,  and 
knew  Major  Johnson  well.  He  had  left  the  morning  of  May  17,  to  be  gone 
a  week  on  business,  and  did  not  know  of  Johnson's  death  until  he  returned 
on  the  23,  when  he  heard  from  Major  Raymond  of  G.  I.,  the  particulars  of 
his  death,  as  Lieutenant  Geiger  related  them,  except  he  said  he  was  dis- 
covered in  the  bathroom  of  the  Hotel  about  4:30  P.  M.  He  wrote  at  once  to 
Mrs.  Johnson,  at  Athens,  Ga. 

Major  Johnson  was  a  Graduate  of  both  the  V.  M.  I.  and  the  University 
of  Virginia.  While  at  College  he  was  one  of  the  most  renowned  Foot-Ball 
men  in  the  United  States,  and  was  known  far  and  wide  as  an  athlete,  and 
was  very  popular. 

Major   HARRY   INNES   THORNTON    CRESWELL,   Class    1913. 
From  California. 
Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Passed  examinations  in  August,  1916,  for  a  commission  in  the  Regular 
Army.  Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  Soon  promoted 
1st  Lieutenant,  and  went  to  the  Mexican  Border,  and  served  there  until  thb 
first  troops  went  to  France,  when  he  went  with  them. 

His  record  in  the  A.  E.  F.  is  very  fine.  In  May,  1918,  he  was  promoted 
Major,  Infantry. 

A  high.  (V.  M.  I.)   Officer  on  the  General  Staff,  A.  E.  F.,  wrote: 

"At  the  capture  of  Cantigny,  May  28,  1918,  one  battalion  of  Infantry  had 
to  reinforce  the  line  with  some  companies  in  broad  daylight,  under  a  terrific 
bombardment  of  very  heavy  artillery  and  a  deadly  machine-gun  fire.  It  also 
had  to  send  companies,  formed  under  similar  conditions,  and  during  a 
counter-attack,  to  carry  ammunition.  Its  Commander,  fearing  some  dif- 
ficulty about  direction,  or  delay,  due  to  the  violent  hostile  fire,  personally  led 
these  companies,  formed  them,  and  saw  them  properly  placed.  This  was 
Creswell,  of  Class  1913.  He  had  been  recently  promoted  Major  for  previous 
good  work,  and  was  also  commended  for  personally  directing  the  work  of 
digging  Jumping-off  trenches,  during  the  two  nights  before  the  attack,  when 
the  hostile  artillery  was  very  active.  The  Machine-Gun  Company  in  Cres- 
well's  battalion  was  commanded  by  Cammer  of  1915,  who  is  making  a  fine 
record,  and  the  First  Engineers  in  this  fight  was  commanded  by  Horace 
Smith,  of  1915." 

[The  Cantigny  Campaign  might,  like  the  Chancellorsville  Victory,  not 

*  Inaptly,  be  called  the  work  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  seeing  that  the  Campaign  was 

planned  by  Colonel  George  C.  Marshall,  Jr.,  V.  M.  I.,  and  largely  executed 

by  V.  M.  I.  officers.     The  three  named    (and  there  were  others  there)   had 

no  superiors  in  the  Army  for  gallantry  and  efficiency.] 

Creswell  was  wounded,  July  30,  1918.     He  continues  in  the  Service. 

Major  EDGAR  M.  WHITING,  Class  1904.  From  Virginia. 
Commanding  2d  Battalion,  77th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
Transferred  as  Captain  from  4th  Cavalry  to  19th  Cavalry,  May  29,  1917. 
Assigned  to  command  Troops  "G"  and  "H"  (Battery  "D").  Regiment  con- 
verted from  19th  Cavalry  to  77th  Field  Artillery,  November  1,  1917.  Pro- 
moted Major,  November  19,  1917,  to  rank  from  August  5,  and  assigned  to 
command  2nd  Battalion,  77th  Field  Artillery.    Sailed  from  New  York.  May 


166         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

19,  1918,  landing  at  Liverpool,  May  30,  and  at  Havre,  June  6,  1918.  Arrived 
Chateau  Thierry,  August  2,  1918,  the  regiment  being  a  part  of  th,e  4th  Fi^ld 
Artillery  Brigade,  4th  Division,  Severely  wounded,  August  7,  1918,  between 
Fere-en-Tardenois  and  Marenil-en-Dale,  while  commanding  the  2nd  Bat- 
talion, 77th  Field  Artillery,  in  the  action  against  the  Germans  on  the  Vesle 
River.  [He  was  moving  up  to  his  position  when  he  was  hit  by  five  fragments 
of  a  22-shell,  and  it  was  the  first  shell  fired  by  the  Enemy  in  the  action. 
All  the  outside  of  his  right  thigh  was  torn  away  and  the  upper  third  of  the 
femur  was  broken,  and  the  sciatic  nerve  damaged.  He  spent  six  months  on 
his  back,  unable  to  move,  and  another  like  period  learning  to  walk  again. 
But  it  is  most  gratifying  to  know  he  is  able  to  do  full  duty  again.] 

On  his  return  to  duty,  November  18,  1919,  he  was  assigned  to  com- 
mand the  1st  Squadron,  1st  Cavalry,  and  is  now  stationed  at  Camp  Harry  J. 
Jones,  Douglas,  Arizona  (June,  1920). 

In  the  scarcity  of  Surgeons,  while  he  was  convalescing,  a  brother  "Old 
Cadet"  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  himself  a  convalescent,  1st  Lieutenant  George  Tayloe 
Blackford,  of  Virginia,  dressed  his  wounds,  and  Major  Whiting  said  he  did 
It  very  skilfully,  too. 

Major  Whiting  is  a  son  of  an  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.  and  a  brother 
of  Colonel  G.  W.  C.  Whiting,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.,  Graduate  of  Class  1906  (above). 

Major  WALTER  C.  SMITH,  Class  1909.     From  West  Virginia. 
319th  Infantry,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Captain,  319th  Infantry,  80th  Division,  at  Camp  Lee, 
Virginia,  August  27,  1917.  Promoted  to  rank  of  Major,  October  22,  1918. 
With  British  in  Artois  Sector,  from  May  to  July,  1918.  In  reserve  at  St. 
Mihiel  drive.  In  Argonne  drive,  September  26  to  November  8,  1918. 
Knocked  unconscious  by  exploding  shell,  but  not  evacuated  from  the  field. 
Mustered  out  of  Service  at  Camp  Dlx,  June  11,  1919,  as  Major,  O.  R.  C. 

His  brother,  Sidney  C.  Smith,  of  Class  1914,  is  likewise  a  Graduate  of 
the  V.  M.  I.  and  rose  to  be  Major  of  Infantry  in  the  Service,  but  was  kept 
on  duty  at  Camp  Lee,  throughout  the  War.     They  both  made  fine  records. 

Major  WILLIAM  H.  BECKNER,  Class  1907,  Second  Cadet  Captain. 
From  Kentucky. 
Brigade  Adjutant,  55th  F.  A.  Brigade,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  went  Into  Service  with  the  Second  Tennessee  Infantry,  July  25,  1917, 
as  a  First  Lieutenant.     Was  immediately  promoted   to  Captain   and  trans- 
ferred to  115th  Field  Artillery.     Served  with  this  organization  until  it  sailed 
for  France  in  April,  1918.     Was  made  a  Major   In  July,   1918,  and   served 
•with  the  115th  Field  Artillery  until  September,  1918,  when  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Headquarters  of  the  55th  Field  Artillery  Brigade  and  made 
Brigade  Adjutant.     The  115th  Field  Artillery  and  55th  Field  Artillery  were 
part  of  the  30th  Division.     In  January,  1919,  h,s  was  transferred  to  the  10th 
Field  Artillery,  3rd  Division,  with  which  he  served  until  his  return  to  the 
States  In  July,  1919. 

This  modest  report  fails  to  tell  of  the  actions  this  accomplished  officer 
gallantly  participated  in,  with  the  30th  Division.  His  successive  promotions 
prove  his  claim  to  distinction,  however. 


Some  of  the  SrEciALLY  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         167 

Major  Beckner  lias  returned  to  his  pre-war  occupation — Lumber  Busi- 
ness, Galax,  Virginia. 

Major  RANDOLPH  TUCKER  PENDLETON,  Class  1908.     From  Virginia. 
1st  Battalion,  Trench  Artillery,  1st  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

This  accomplished  Officer  was  a  Captain  of  Coast  Artillery,  when  the 
War  began.  He  was  promoted  Major  for  gallantry.  July  30,  1918.  From 
June,  1917  to  February,  1918,  he  was  an  Instructor  in  the  C.  A.  C,  at  Fort 
Monroe,  Virginia.  From  February  to  August,  1918,  he  commanded  Battery 
"A,"  2nd  Battalion,  Trencli  Artillery.  From  September,  1918  to  March 
1918,  he  commanded  the  1st  Battalion,  Trench  Artillery,  1st  Corps,  A.  E.  F., 
and  participated  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensives. 

His  father,  the  late  E.  Morgan  Pendleton,  was  a  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I., 
Class  1877,  and  his  distinguished  grandfather.  Colonel  Edmund  Pendleton, 
C.  S.  A.,  was  a  Graduate  of  the  first  Class  to  leave  the  V.  M.  I.,  in  1842. 

Major  LEE   S.   GEROW,   Class   1913.     From   Virginia. 
36th  Infantry,  12th  Division,  U.  S.  A.   (A.  E.  F.) 

Later,  he  assisted  in  training  the  95th  Division.  Still  later,  he  was  at- 
tached to  the  Finance  Department,  Washington,  and  placed  in  charge  of 
Soldiers'  "Bonus"  Payments. 

This  fine  officer  served  with  great  distinction  during  the  War,  although 
he  was  denied  the  gratification  of  going  overseas,  until  very  recently.  His 
Service  Record  is  as  follows:  Commissioned  in  Regular  Army,  November  30, 
1915,  after  competitive  examinations.  Was  assigned  to  the  36th  U.  S.  In- 
fantry, at  Del  Rio,  Texas,  and  was  on  Border  duty  for  a  period  of  about 
three  months.  Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  dating  from  entry  into  Service, 
November  30,  1916.  Went  with  36th  Infantry  as  First  Lieutenant,  Com- 
pany "G"  to  Fort  Snelling,  Minnesota.  Promoted  to  Captain,  July  26,  1917. 
Moved  with  his  regiment  to  Camp  Devens,  Mass.,  in  August,  1918,  the  36th 
Infantry  then  becoming  a  part  of  the  12th  Division.  Was  promoted  to 
Major,  September  2G,  1918,  and  transferred  to  Camp  Sherman,  Ohio,  to 
assist  in  the  training  of  a  new  Division  being  formed  there — the  95th.  After 
the  Armistice,  this  organization  was  demobilized,  and  he  was  called  to  Wash- 
ington to  the  Finance  Department,  in  January,  1919.  He  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  payment  of  the  "Bonus"  granted  by  Congress  to  all  honour- 
ably discharged  soldiers  who  had  served  between  April  6,  1917  and  Novem- 
ber 11,  1918,  in  the  World  War.  There  were  approximately  one  and  one-half 
million  claims  to  be  paid  by  his  office;  these  claims  were  paid  at  the  rate  of 
forty  thousand  a  day,  the  entire  million  and  a  half  being  cleared  up  in 
approximately  two  months.  He  continued  on  duty  in  the  Finance  Depart- 
ment, until  the  Spring  of  1920,  when  he  was  sent  overseas,  and  is  now 
(June,  1920)  Commanding  Ofl[icer,  Visitors'  Bureau,  with  the  A.  E.  F.  in 
Germany. 

His  elder  brother.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Leonard  T.  Gerow,  Graduate  of 
Class  1910,   served  with  distinction  in  the  A.  E.  F.      (See  above.) 

Major  FREDERICK  STUART  GREENE,   Class  1890.     From  Kentucky. 
First  Battalion,  302nd  Engineers,  77th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
This  rank  is  given  this  gallant  officer  because  it  belongs  to  him  as  of 


168  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

right,  though  by  some  curious  mishap,  his  commission,  carrying  promotion 
from  Captain  to  Major,  was  by  error  given  to  another  of  the  same,  or  similar, 
name,  and,  due  to  excessive  "red  tape,"  the  error  was  not  corrected  before 
the  end  came. 

This  Graduate  comes  of  fighting  stock.  His  father  was  Major  of  the 
17th  Alabama  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.  (Later,  becoming  First  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  the  Confederate  States  Treasury).  And  his  maternal  grandfather 
was  the  gallant  Colonel  of  the  First  Virginia  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  Frederick  G. 
Skinner,  of  Virginia,  formerly  a  Cadet  at  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy;  later, 
an  Attache  at  the  Court  of  Louis  Philipe;  and,  after  the  War,  until  his 
lamented  death,  a  distinguished  citizen  of  New  York  and  Virginia.  As  the 
chronicle  states,  this  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  special  notice  wab 
in  mid-ocean  when  he  was  born.  (He  intended  to  be  born  in  Virginia,  at 
the  old  family  homestead;  but,  by  some  mischance,  he  first  saw  the  light  in 
the  little  State  of  New  Jersey).  Colonel  Skinner  was  returning  from  Egypt 
where  he  had  just  refused  a  General's  commission  in  the  Khedive's  New 
Army.  When  he  saw  his  grandson,  he  is  said  to  have  turned  to  his  mother 
with  the  remark:  "By  Jove,  my  dear,  that  boy  will  be  a  fighter,  if  you'll 
bring  him  up  properly.'"  And  the  prediction  was  literklly  fulfilled— Greene 
did  become  a  fighter  in  the  great  War  through  which  the  World  has  just 
passed.  He  was  an  Engineer  of  prominence  in  New  York  when  the  War 
came,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  volunteer,  though  he  was  a  man  of  family, 
and  past  the  military  age.  He  went  to  the  first  Plattsburg  Officers'  Training 
Camp,  in  April,  1917,  and  was  commissioned  Captain,  and  assigned  to  the 
command  of  Company   "B,"  302nd  Engineers,   at  Camp  Upton. 

Later,  he  went  overseas  with  the  77th  Division,  his  being  the  only 
combat  Engineer  Regiment  in  the  Division. 

In  a  letter,  dated  May  15,  1918,  from  "Somewhere  in  France,"  he  hur- 
riedly wrote  as  follows: 

"I  thought  it  proper  to  write  you  on  'New  Market  Day,'  I  am  at  the 
front,  on  a  tour  of  observation,  living  in  a  dugout,  and  going  through  all 
that  an  Engineer  Officer  must.  Outside,  shells  are  tearing  by  overhead  at 
thirty-second  intervals,  aero  planes  are  whirling  high  in  the  sky,  machine- 
guns  are  popping  merrily  away,  and  every  other  sound  of  modern  warfare 
is  about  me.  Last  night,  I  visited  our  extreme  outposts,  being  within 
thirty  yards  of  the  Boche  line.  I  have  been  caught  in  one  small  straffe, 
and  had  to  run  for  it;  two  whiz-bangs  have  exploded  within  twenty  yards 
of  me,  and  machine-gun  bullets  have  zipped  by  my  head;  so,  you  see,  I  have 
enjoyed  about  all  the  luxuries  of  War. 

"I  just  write  to  say  that  you  and  Mrs.  are  in  my  thoughts,  and 

that  when  I  come  back,  I'll  run  down  to  dear  old  V.  M.  I.  and,  if  you  will  let 
me,  I'll  tell  the  boys  some  first-hand  War  stuff,  and  I  promise  not  to  lie 
too  hugely." 

The  record  of  this  officer  was  fine,  as  was  that  of  his  whole  Division. 
He  led  the  attack  on  the  Aire,  in  command  of  the  Second  Battalion  of  the 
302nd  Engineers.  And  as  part  of  the  reward  for  his  accomplishment  (as 
outlined  by  the  Correspondent  of  the  h^etc  York  Evening  Stm)  his  promotion 
to  a  Major  followed,  on  the  recommendation  of  General  Pershing.     Accord- 

Ing  to  this  Correspondent,  Major  Greene  led  lii§  mm  to  the  Aire,  as  to  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         169 

Vesle  at  Cherieres.  There,  again,  in  face  of  a  heavy  machine-gun  fire,  they 
built  bridges  quickly  and  perfectly.  The  Americans  stormed  Grand  Pre 
over  bridges  built  by  Greene's  men.  Major  Greene's  own  graphic  account  is 
thrilling:  "For  four  nights,"  he  said,  "we  have  had  no  clothes  off,  not  even 
shoes  or  puttees,  and  all  the  sleep  we  got  could  be  tucked  away  in  a  thimble. 
When  we  go  forward,  everything  depends  on  the  Engineers,  especially  If 
there  Is  a  river  nearby.  First,  footbridges  for  the  Infantry  must  be  there 
from  the  start,  then  there  are  the  light  artillery  bridges,  and  they  must  go 
up  quickly,  in  order  to  let  the  75s  pass  on  a  gallop.  Finally,  there  must  be 
the  heavy  bridges  for  the  big  guns  and  the  trucks.  The  responsibility  is 
tremendous.  Everything  depends  on  speed — speed  and  strength,  but  we  got 
away  with  the  job  in  fine  style.  One  light  artillery  bridge  was  opened  for  the 
first  gun  just  one  half  hour  after  the  work  begun,  and,  ye  gods,  the  stream  of 
traffic  that  stormed  across!  The  heavy  bridges,  of  course,  took  longer,  but 
they  were  ready  on  schedule  time." 

In  its  edition  of  February  6,  1919,  The  New  York  Evening  Sun  said: 

"The  story  of  the  valour  of  the  77th  Division  in  France  has  been  told, 
time  and  time  again,  but  the  work  of  the  Engineers  of  the  Division  has  re- 
ceived only  brief  notice.  Capt.  Fred  S.  Greene,  acting  Major  in  command 
of  the  First  Battalion  of  the  302nd  Engineers,  recently  returned  to  this  coun- 
try, told  to-day  the  story  of  how  the  New  York  road  builders  performed 
their  work,  often  in  the  face  of  the  most  terrific  fire  that  the  Germans 
could  turn  on  them. 

"Captain  Greene,  a  well-known  clubman  in  this  City,  went  overseas  with 
the  Seventy-seventh  Division,  and  put  in  nearly  a  year  of  constant  fight- 
ing along  the  "Vesle  and  in  the  Argonne.  At  one  stretch,,  his  regiment  was 
fighting,  or  hiking,  for  153  days,  without  rest  or  relief.  There  was  not  a 
phase  of  the  Hun's  hell  he  and  his  gallant  command  did  not  endure.  They 
were  in  tbc  fighting  when  the  Armistice  was  signed. 

"The  302nd  Engineers  built  the  bridges  over  the'  Vesle  and  repaired  the 
roads  for  the  French  camions.  They  strung  the  wire  and  made  many  a 
foray  into  'No  Man's  Land'  to  cut  down  the  mazes  of  wire  the  Huns  had 
strung  to  retard  the  progress  of  the  French  and  American  armies.  Out  of 
the  baptism  of  fire  and  gas  the  Seventy-seventh  Division  emerged  with  a  deep- 
rooted  love  and  regard  for  the  glorious  French  fighters,  who  proved  that  a 
people  known  as  volatile,  temperamental  and  emotional  were  capable  of 
prodigies.     *     *     *. 

"  'The  Seventy-seventh  Division  was  the  first  to  fight.  After  we  landed 
in  France  the  British  forces  and  their  Portuguese  allies  failed  to  hold  their 
sector  in  Flanders.  Nothing  could  save  the  Channel  ports  but  a  miracle. 
That  miracle  took  definite  form  in  the  Seventy-seventh  Division  and  a  part 
of  the  Twenty-seventh  Division.  "We  sailed  into  Fritzie,  stopped  his  advance, 
and  saved  the  Channel.     *     *     * 

"  'The  French  hurled  Division  after  Division  of  Reserves  into  the  lines, 
and  all  the  efforts  of  the  Germans  to  oust  them  failed.  French  artillery 
blocked  the  road  as  the  guns  came  up  in  streams.  The  Hun  horde  concen- 
trated for  a  final  attack,  and  our  positions  were  subjected  to  a  thirty-six- 
hour  straffing  that  smashed  them  to  smithereens. 

"  'From  that  time  on  to  the  end  of  the  fighting  we  were  in  it  con- 
stantly. When  not  engaged  in  the  first  line,  we  were  hiking  about  to  land  in 
new  positions.  No  one  who  has  not  been  in  the  fight  with  the  Huns  in  the 
Argonne  can  begin  to  imagine  the  horrors  of  fighting  there.     *     *     * 

"  'During  the  last  phase  of  our  advance  in  the  Argonne  we  went  fifty 
kilos  In  nine  days.  We  outran  artillery  and  rations,  but  we  captured  a 
German  provision  station  and  for  three  days  lived  on  German  grub.  It 
wa»  good,  too.    It  was  in  this  advance  tliat  the  boys  showed  th©  stuff  of 


170         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

which  they  were  made.  They  endured  everything  with,  a  smile,  and  re- 
turned for  more.  I've  seen  chaps  fall  asleep  on  their  feet  during  a  halt 
in  a  march,  but  rouse  up  and  carry  on  when  ordered  to  proceed.  The  dirt 
and  other  conditions  made  life  unbearable,  and  I've  seen  boys  discard  their 
underwear  to  rid  themselves  of  pests.  In  November  ice  was  forming  on  the 
ponds,  and  you  may  form  some  idea  of  what  they  suffered.  But  through  it 
all,  you  had  only  to  say,  'Let's  go,'  and  the  boys  were  off  again. 

"  'Our  Engineers  were  in  the  thickest  of  the  fighting,'  said  Capt.  Greene. 
'We  built  the  roads  along  the  Vesle,  we  built  the  bridges,  we  dug  trenches 
In  odd  moments  we  fought  in  the  trenches.  I  remember  once  we  were 
building  a  bridge  over  the  Vesle.  A  French  Captain  came  up.  He  said 
nothing  to  us,  but  when  we  put  the  second  section  of  the  bridge  in  position 
he  rode  away.  Just  as  we  had  the  bridge  finished,  he  came  up  at  the  head 
of  a  motor  lorry  company,  and  the  transports  rushed  over  the  bridge. 
Not  a  minute  was  lost;   not  a  word  was  spoken. 

"  'We  built  that  bridge  with  captured  Boche  material,  and  it  aided  us 
greatly  in  driving  them  back.  We  captured  many  smaller  guns,  and  in  the 
advance  through,  the  Argonne  we  took  forty-nine  big  guns. 

"  'One  of  the  feats  we  accomplished  was  when  we  were  taken  out  of 
the  Vesle  sector.  After  an  all-night  march  we  were  rushed  into  motor  lorries 
and  driven  101  miles  overnight.  We  were  put  in  fighting  positions  early  In 
the  morning  and  went  right  to  the  work  of  fighting. 

"  'Major  Gen.  Alexander  cited  the  Division  for  its  work.  He  was 
Justly  proud  of  the  work  of  the  men  in  his  command.  The  following  Order 
issued  by  him  tells  his  opinion  of  us  better  than  I  could  begin  to  tell  it: 

"1.  The  completion  of  the  march  of  the  Division  from  the  Argonne  to 
the  new  area  where  we  are  to  be  stationed  marks  the  conclusion  of  one 
phase  of  our  service  in  France.  Since  the  undersigned  assumed  command 
of  this  Division  the  services  of  the  Division  appear  to  have  met  the  wishes 
of  responsible  higher  authority  to  an  eminently  satisfactory  degree.  The 
Division  has  at  all  times  demonstrated  that  aggressive  spirit  from  which 
alone  success  in  war  can  be  expected.  It  has  at  all  times  succeed'^d  in  reach- 
ing the  objectives  set  for  it,  and  the  advance  made  by  the  Division,  the 
enemy  material  captured,  and  the  rate  of  advance  in  time  and  distance  are 
comparable  with  the  records  set  by  the  best  of  our  American  Divisions. 

"2.  While  the  front  line  is,  of  course,  occupied  by  the  Infantry,  and 
while  consequently  upon  the  Infantry  has  fallen,  as  always,  the  bulk  of  the 
losses  which  have  paid  for  this  record,  the  Division  Commander  feels  that  it 
should  be  recognized  that  any  success  we  have  obtained  has  been  due  to  the 
united  efforts  of  all.  The  Artillery  and  Machine-Gun  units,  the  Engineers 
and  the  Signal  Corps  and  the  administrative  services  are  all  entitled,  and 
are  asked,  to  receive  herewith,  the  tbanks  of  the  Division  Commander  for 
the  work  done  and  the  harmonious  effort  which,  without  exception,  all  have 
made. 

"3.  The  memories  of  our  services  together  here  in  France — memories 
which  will  be  re-awakened  by  the  names  Bazoches,  Fismes,  Chateau  aux 
Diable  Villters  en  Prayares,  Vesle  and  the  Aisne,  the  Forest  d'Argonne, 
Grand  Pre,  Ayre,  Raucourt,  Autrecourt  and  the  Meuse— will  always  awaken 
recollections  which  I  am  sure  every  one  of  my  com,mand  of  this  Division 
will  cherish  as  the  brightest  of  his  life.  We  have  met  the  Enemy  on  all 
these  fields;  we  have  on  each  of  them  displayed  the  aggressive  spirit,  and 
the  spirit  of  self-sacrifice,  which  bring  success  in  war.  Many  of  our  original 
number  have  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  of  all,  and  now  rest  unforgotten 
in  the  soil  of  France. 

"4  The  Division  Commander  has  already  transmitted  to  the  Division 
the  thanks  of  our  superior  commanders  of  the  Corps,  the  Army  and  the 
American  Expeditionary  Forces.  He  further  feels  that  this  expression  on 
his  own  part  is,  under  the  circumstances,  entirely  justified.    No  one  knows 


Some  op  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         171 

better,  or  perhaps  as  well,  as  the  Division   Commander  the  magnitude   of 
the  obstacles  encountered  and  overcome. 

"5.  Furthermore,  the  Division  Commander  has  confidence  that  the 
memory  of  our  past  service  and  the  realization  of  the  record  made  thereby 
will  be  the  greatest  inspiration  and  incentive  to  the  troops  of  this  Division 
to  show  that  they  are  indeed  good  Americans  and  good  soldiers. 

"6.  The  Division  Commander  thanks  the  Division  for  its  hearty  support 
and  feels  the  fullest  confidence  that  this  support  will  be  as  freely  given  in 
the  future  as  it  has  been  in  the  past. 

Robert  Alexander, 
Major-General   Commanding." 

This  Order  is  given  here  in  its  entirety  because  it  eloquently  tells  of  the 
work  accomplished  by  this  heroic  Division  of  which  Major  Greene's  En- 
gineers formed  an  important  unit. 

While  Major  Greene  was  overseas,  his  patriotic  little  wife  gave  all  her 
time  in  work  for  the  Red  Cross,  as  Organization  Manager,  and  to  the 
families  of  the  men  of  her  husband's  old  Company.  "The  mothers  and 
fathers  of  the  boys  of  Company  B,  which  my  husband  commanded  before 
his  promotion,  meet  every  two  or  three  weeks,"  she  said.  "We  read  over 
the  letters  and  cables  which  have  been  printed  in  the  papers,  telling  of  the 
work  of  the  men  from  New  York." 

Upon  his  return  home  and  discharge  from  the  Service,  Major  Greene  was 
honoured  by  the  Governor  of  New  York  with,  the  appointment  of  State  Com- 
missioner of  Highways. 

Major    HARDING   POLK,   Class   1907.     From    Texas. 
Alumnus  of  V.  M.  I.  and  Graduate,  U.  S.  M.  A.,  Class  1910. 
Major,  Cavalry,  General  Staff  Officer,  5th  and  92nd  Divisions,  A.  E.  F. 
Before  the  European  War  he  saw  service  in  the  United  States,  Philip- 
pines, Sulu  Campaign,  on  the  Mexican  Border  and  with  the  Mexican  Punitive 
Elxpedition. 

Service  in  U.  S.  Army  in  World  War:  With  line  troops,  as  Instructor 
at  two  Officers'  Training  Camps.  Staff  Officer  with  5th  Division.  92nd 
Division  and  17th  Division.  Served  as  General  Staff  Officer  in  battles  of 
American  Army  in  France,  with  the  5th,  Division  and  92nd  Division,  in  1918. 
Grandnephew  of  Lieutenant  General  (Bishop)  Leonidas  Polk,  C.  S.  A., 
who  was  killed  in  action. 

Major  H.  H.  PARSONS,  Class  1906.  From  Montana. 
Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Entered  Service  as  First  Lieutenant,  Medical  Corps,  September  22,  1917. 
Trained  at  Camp  Grant  and  Fort  Riley.  With  Evacuation  Hospital  No.  7. 
In  France,  May  23  to  December  8,  191S.  Then  to  Prum,  Germany,  with 
Army  of  Occupation,  until  April,  1919.  In  all  Engagements  from  June  10 
till  Armistice. 

Promoted    Major,    M.    R.    C. 

Discharged  at  Camp  Devens,  Mass.,  May  3,  1919. 

Major  ROBERT  ISHAM  RANDOLPH,  Class  1903.    From  Illinois. 
U.  S.  Engineers — attached  to  Second  Army,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  Captain.  Engineers,  R.  C,  June  5,  1917.    Ordered  to  active 


172  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

duty  as  Student  at  Engineers  R.  0.  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Leavenworth, 
September  2,  1917.  December  1,  1917,  commanding  Recruit  Detachment, 
23rd  Engineers,  Camp  Meade,  Md.  December  17,  1917,  commissioned  Major, 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  January  10,  1918,  assigned  to  duty  as  Assistant  In- 
structor, E.  R.  O.  T.  C,  Camp  Lee,  Va.  May  10,  1918,  in  command  of  535th 
Engineers,  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  August  5,  1918,  embarked.  Overseas  Service. 
Attached  to  Second  Army,  on  Standard  Gauge  Railroad  Construction,  in  the 
St.  Mihiel  Sector. 

April  29,  1919,  honourably  discharged. 

This  "Old  Cadet,"  son  of  one  of  the  most  famous  Engineers  in  the 
World,  and  an  Engineer  himself  of  prominence,  gave  up  his  profession  at 
the  Call  to  Arms,  and  served  gallantly  overseas. 

Major  JOHN  STUART  HARRISON,  Class  1913.  From  West  Virginia. 
Commanding  350th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  92nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  living  in  Louisiana,  at  time  War  was  declared.  April  1,  1917, 
First  Lieutenant,  Louisiana  National  Guard.  April  8,  1917,  Captain,  Loui- 
siana National  Guard.  April  12  to  July  31,  guard  duty.  New  Orleans  Docks. 
August  to  November,  1917,  commanded  Company  "H,"  156th  Infantry.  In 
November,  Company  "H"  became  Companies  "A"  and  "B,"  142nd  Machine- 
Gun  Battalion.  July  3,  1918,  commissioned  Major  of  Infantry,  and  assigned 
as  Battalion  Commander,  142nd  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 

Landed  at  Brest,  France.  September  3,  1918;  142nd  Machine-Gun  Bat- 
talion, used  as  Replacements.  November,  1918,  was  assigned  to  92nd  Divi- 
sion, o50th  Machine-Gun  Battalion.  December  8,  transferred  to  7th  Division. 
21st  Machine-Gun  Battalion.  W^as  one  of  five  Majors  sent  to  Army  School 
of  Artillery,  Trier,  Germany,  Colonel  M.  E.  Locke  (V.  M.  I.),  Commandant. 

Sailed  for  home,  June  9,  1919,  on  S.  S.  Prinz  Frederick  Wilhelm,  with 
one  hundred  and  ninety-two  officers,  seven  thousand  men  and  three  hundred 
and  two  horses.     Was  Troop  Commander  on  board. 

Mustered  out,  July  14,  1919. 

Both  the  142nd  and  21st  MachineGun  Battalions  received  highest  rating 
in  A.  E.  F. 

Resumed  pre-war  position  as  Construction  Engineer  of  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany of  Louisiana,  July  17,  1919. 

Major  Harrison  is  a  nephew  of  Colonel  H.  C.  Bonnycastle,  U.  S.  A.,  of 
Class  1895.  A  younger  brother,  now  deceased,  was  also  an  Alumnus  of 
the  V.  M.  I. 

Major  GEORGE  MURRELL  ALEXANDER,  Class  1909.     From  Virginia. 

Commander  of  1st  Battalion,   116th   Infantry,  29th  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

He  was  elected  Captain  of  th.e  Lynchburg  Musketeers,  Co.  "L,"  1st  Va. 

Infantry,  on  June  6,  1917.     Called  into  State  service,  June  13,  1917,  and  on 

June  19  left  for  Camp  Stuart,  Richmond.     Served  with  the  1st  Va.  Infantry 

at  Brownsville,  Texas,  from  July  10,  1917  until  January  5,  1918. 

While  at  Brownsville  Co.  "L"  won  the  competitive  drill  as  the  best 
drilled  Infantry  Company.     During  the  World  War  this  Company  furnished 


Some  op  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         173 

62  Officers  to  the  Service.  On  July  25,  1918,  was  called  into  Service;  left  for 
Camp  McClellan.  Anniston,  Alabama,  on  September  2G.  On  October  3  the 
1st,  2nd,  and  4th  Va.  Regiments  were  merged  into  the  llGth  Infantry,  and 
he  was  given  command  of  Co.  "L,"  llCth  Infantry,  which  was  made  up  of 
Companies  "E"  and  "L"  (both  from  Lynchburg),  and  about  40  men  from 
Co.  "G,"  of  Alexandria,  Va. 

Left  for  France,  June  15,  1918,  arriving  there,  June  27.  Took  charge 
of  the  1st  Battalion,  116th  Infantry,  August  16,  and  was  promoted  to  Major 
on  September  4  and  given  permanent  command  of  that  Battalion.  Spent  two 
weeks  in  the  trenches  in  the  Vosges  District,  in  the  Gildwiller  Sector.  Took 
part  in  the  Offensive  North  of  Verdun,  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Meuse,  in 
October.  Was  wounded  October  10  by  a  piece  of  high  explosive  in  the  Con- 
sovoye  Woods,  and  was,  as  a  consequence,  absent  from  his  Regiment  until 
January  3,  1919,  being  at  Hospitals  at  Chaumont  and  Limoges.  On  his  re- 
turn he  was  again  given  command  of  the  1st  Battalion,  116th  Infantry. 
This  Regiment  was  picked  by  the  Division  Commander  as  being  the  best  in 
the  Division. 

On  March  6,  he  left  England,  being  one  of  three  officers  sent  from 
the  Division  to  attend  Universities  there,  and  he  was  at  Magdalen  College, 
Oxford,  for  the  Spring  term.  He  returned  to  New  York  July  12  and  was 
honourably  discharged  from  service  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  on  July  31, 
1919. 

All  too  modestly  the  writer  of  the  above  tells  of  his  splendid  service. 
No  Officer  of  his  grade  in  the  A.  E.  P.  served  more  faithfully  or  with  greater 
gallantry. 

Major  WILLIAM  A.  TABER,  Class  1916.  From  Alabama. 
61st  Infantry,  U.  S.  A, 
Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  1917.  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant, 
Infantry,  1917.  Promoted  Captain,  61st  Infantry  (to  rank  from  August  5, 
1917).  Promoted  Major,  Infantry.  Commission  as  Captain,  U.  S.  A.  made 
permanent,  March,  1919.  After  War,  detailed  as  Instructor,  Emory  College, 
Oxford,  Ga.     Continues  In  the  Service. 

Major  JOSEPH  T.  CLEMENT,  Class  1906.     From   South  Carolina. 

V.  M.  I.  Alumnus  and  Graduate,  U.  S.  M.  A. 

39th  Infantry,  4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Promoted  Captain  of  Infantry  when  War  began,  and  assigned  as  Ex- 
amining Officer,  Officers'  Training  Camps.  Range  Officer,  4th  Division. 
Acting  Brigade  Adjutant,  7th  Infantry  Brigade.  Promoted  to  Major  of  In- 
fantry. Severely  wounded  in  action  while  serving  as  Liaison  Officer,  39th 
Infantry,  near  Ourcq  River,  France,  July  18,  1918. 

Major  Clement  had  been  sent  to  Hospital,  111  with  influenza,  on  July 
13.  He  obtained  his  discharge  on  the  17  and  joined  his  command,  not  will- 
ing to  be  absent  from  the  impending  engagement. 

For  this  act  he  was  awarded  the  French  "Croix  de  Guerre."  And  he 
received  from  General  Pershing,  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.,  a  Citation 
for  "distinguished  and  exceptional  gallantry,"  for  his  conduct  on  this 
occasion. 


174  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Major  ROBERT   M.    DASHIELL,    Class   1908.     From    Virginia. 
Company  "M,"  106th  Infantry,  and  302nd  Tank  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Enlisted,  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Fort  Myer,  Virginia,  May  14,  1917. 
Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  Augnst  15,  1917.  Placed  on  duty  at  Camp 
Lee,  Virginia,  commanding  Company  "K,"  31Sth  Infantry.  Went  overseas 
with  his  organization.  Detailed  on  special  duty,  Second  Army  Corps,  July 
2,  1918.  Assigned  to  lOGth  Infantry,  Company  "M,"  27th  Division,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1918;  three  days  later,  placed  in  command  of  3rd  Battalion.  Saw 
service  at  the  front  with  this  outfit.  Transferred  to  302nd  Tank  Corps, 
November  16,  1918.     In  Hospital  for  long  time  following  Armistice. 

Promoted  to  Major,  December  6,  1918. 

Entered  Hospital,  December  11,  1918. 

Returned  to  United  States,  and  discharged,  May  1,  1919. 

Major  KENNA   G.   EASTHAM,   Class   1910.     From   Virginia 

815th   Pioneer   Infantry,    1st    Section,    General    Staff,   etc.,   A.    E.    F. 

When  the  United  States  entered  the  War  he  was  in  the  Philippine 
Islands,  commanding  the  9th  Cavalry.  Later,  he  was  promoted  to  Major  and 
went  to  France.     He   served  there  with  the   following  organizations: 

S15th  Pioneer  Infantry;  the  1st  Section,  General  Staff;  Advance  Section, 
S.  O.  S.,  and  the  2nd  Cavalry. 

He  is  an  accomplished  officer,  and  served  with  great  distinction,  through- 
out the  War. 

Major  JACK  HASTIE,  Jr.,  Class  1912,  Senior  Cadet  Officer  in  his  Class. 
From  Washington  State. 
Infantry,  91st  Division.    Later,  2d  Cavalry,  A.  E.  F. 
Commanded   Troop   "H,"    1st   Washington   Cavalry   on   Mexican    Border, 
1916-1917.    Commissioned,  November  26,  1917,  Captain,  Infantry,  at  Presidio, 
California.     With  91st  Division  in  France.     Commanded  Co.  "E,"  Ammuni- 
tion Train,  which  was  changed  to  a  Provisional  Cavalry  Squadron  and  at- 
tached to  the  2d  Cavalry.     He  was  severely  gassed  in  action.     His  gallant 
conduct,  witnessed  by  French  Officers,  caused  the  French  Commanding  Gen- 
eral to  award  him  the  Croix  de  Guerre.     After  the  Armistice  he  commanded 
the  H.  Q.  Troop  of  the  9th  Corps,  at  St.  Mihiel.     Promoted  Major. 

Was  seriously  injured  in  the  victorious  Interallied  Polo  Contest  at 
Paris,  and  invalided  home. 

Major  WILLIAM   D.   SCOTT.  JR.,   Class   1899.     From   Virginia. 
Medical  Corps.     In  command.   Field   Hospital  320,  A.   E.  F. 

In  May,  1918,  he  received  a  commission  as  Captain  in  the  Medical 
Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  with  orders  to  report  for  duty  immediately.  He  was 
assigned  to  the  8Cth  Division  and  sailed  for  France  with  it  on  May  24,  1918. 
In  Janur.ry,  1919,  he  was  promoted  to  Major,  Medical  Corps,  and  made  Com- 
manding Officer  of  Field  Hospital  320,  of  the  350th  Sanitary  Train,  80th 
Division.  In  June,  1!)19,  he  returned  to  the  United  States  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  Service  at  Camp  Dix. 

Resumed  Uie  practice  of  his  profession  in  Baltimore,  Md. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixgulsiieu  Alumni  (Cont'd)         175 

Major  HENRY  W.  T.  EGLIN,  Class  l'J05.     From  Virginia. 

Assistant  Chief  Ordnance  Officer,  2nd  Army,   A.  E.   F. 

War    Service:       May-July,    1917,    Instructor,    Officers'    Training    Camp; 

August,   1917-October.   l!)TS.   on    Staff,   (Commanding  General,   39th   Division; 

October-December,    1918,    Assistant    Chief    Ordnance    Officer,    Second    Army, 

A.  E.  F.;    1919  to  date,  on  duty  with  War  Department,  Washington,   D.   C. 

Major  STERLING  M.  HEFLIN,  Class  191G,  Second  Cadet  Captain. 

From  Virginia. 

Infantry,  Instructor,  U.  S.  A. 

Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  at  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort 
Myer,  Virginia.  Instructor  at  second  Camp  at  same  place.  Instructor  at 
Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Commissioned  Major,  Infantry,  and  sent  to  Camp 
MacArthur  as  Adjutant,  C.  I.  O.  T.  S.,  where  he  served  most  efficiently 
until  the  Armistice. 

Served  as  Assistant  Professor,  Physics  and  Engineering,  V.  M.  I.,  1918- 
1919.     Recalled  to  the  V.  M.  I.  as  Adjunct  Professor  of  Physics,  June,  1920. 

Major   EDWARD   M.   ALMOND,   Class   1915.     From  Virginia. 
Infantry,   12th   Machine-Gun   Battalion,   4th   Division,  A.   E.   F. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,  1916.  Promoted  to  1st  Lieu- 
tenant, 1917.  Promoted  to  Captain  and  assigned  to  command  Company 
"A,"  12th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  4th  Division.  Sailed  for  France  with  his 
Division.  In  all  of  its  engagements  at  the  front.  Slightly  wounded  at  battle 
of  Vesle  River.     Promoted  to  Major  of  Infantry. 

He  continues  in  the  Service,  with  reduced  rank  of  Captain,  Infantry, 
Regular  Army. 

Stationed  at  Marion   Institute,  Marion,   Alabama,   at   last   report. 

C/o  The  Adjutant  General,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Major  TURNER  H.   WILTSHIRE,   Class   1909.     From    Maryland. 
Infantry,    Headquarters    Staff,    80th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917.  Assigned  to  Head- 
quarters Troop,  80th  Division.  Went  overseas  with  this  Division.  Promoted 
Major,  Infantry,  Staff,  Major  General  Cronkhite,  commanding  80th  Division, 
and  saw  service  in  all  the  engagements  of  that  Division. 

His  brother,  George  D.  Wiltshire,  of  Class  191G,  was  commissioned  2nd 
Lieutenant,  August  15,  1917.  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant  (to  rank  from  Octo- 
ber 22,  1917).  Promoted  Captain,  Cavalry,  August,  1918.  As  late  as  Janu- 
ary,   1920,   he   was   serving   with    the   2nd    Cavalry,    at   Fort   Riley,    Kansas. 

The  permanent  address  of  both  is  now  Culpeper,  Virginia. 

Major  JOHN  W.  CARROLL,  Class  1900.  From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  Base  Hospital.  No.  4,  A.  E.  F. 
Volunteered  for  Service,  October,  1917.  Received  commission  as  Captain, 
Medical  Corps,  December  29,  1917.  Called  to  active  duty.  Camp  Sevier, 
May  1,  1918,  with  Base  Hospital  No.  41,  Surgical  Staff.  Sailed  for  over- 
seas with  this  Unit,  July  5,  1918.  On  duty  at  St.  Denis,  France,  with  Base 
Hospital  No.  41,  as  Captain,  Medical  Corps,  until  December  30,  1918,  when 


176         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

ordered  home.  Sailed  on  Leviathan,  February  3,  1919.  Arrived,  United 
States,  February  12.  Ordered  to  Camp  Lee,  Virginia,  Surgical  Section. 
Discharged,  March  12,  1919. 

Promoted  to  Major,  Medical  Reserve  Corps,  November  11,  1919. 

Resumed  his  profession  in  Lynchburg,  Virginia. 

Major  HERMANN  C.   SCHMIDT,   Class   1908.     From  Virginia. 
Engineering  Division,  Office  of  Chief  Ordnance  Officer,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Captain,  Ordnance  Department,  July  17,  1917.  Assigned 
to  active  duty,  December  1,  1917,  as  Executive  Secretary,  Gage  Branch,  En- 
gineering Division,  Ordnance  Department,  H.  Q.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Arrived, 
France,  June  2,  1918.  Assigned  to  Engineer  Division,  Office  of  Chief 
Ordnance  Officer,  A.  E.  F.  Promoted  to  rank  of  Major,  January  1,  1919. 
After  Armistice,  in  charge  of  captured  Gorman  Ordnance  material.  Re^ 
turned  to  United  States,  July  3,  1919.  Discharged  from  Service,  November 
1,  1919. 

Resumed  his  profession  of  Engineering.  Residence,  1724  Hanover  Ave- 
nue, Richmond,  Virginia. 

Major  STANFORD  CHAILLE  JAMISON,  Class  1907.     From  Louisiana. 
Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Enlisted,  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia.  Commissioned,  1st  Lieutenant, 
Promoted  to  Captain,  Medical  Corps,  November  2,  1917,  Fort  Oglethorpe. 
Sailed  for  overseas,  May  18,  1919.  In  command  of  Infirmary  No.  2,  Depot 
Medical  Reserve  Corps,  May  19,  1917.  Called  to  active  duty,  August  31,  1917. 
Division,  1st  Army  Corps.     Promoted  to  Major,  Medical  Corps. 

This  distinguished  physician  migh,t  have  found  exemption  from  mili- 
tary service,  because  of  his  many  public  duties  in  New  Orleans,  but  he 
threw  aside  all  personal  and  public  considerations  as  soon  aa  War  came, 
and  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  his  Country,  rising  to  high  command  in  the 
overseas  Army. 

Home,  145  S.  Rampart  Street,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Major  EVAN  C.  SEAMAN,  Class  1915.     From  Pennsylvania. 
Coast  Artillery   Corps,  U.   S.   A. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  March 
24,  1917.  Ordered  to  duty  at  Fort  Monroe,  April  15,  1917,  and  remained 
there  until  August  6,  1917.  Transferred  to  Fort  Rodman,  Mass.,  for  duty, 
August  17.  1917.  Was  promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant,  C.  A.  C,  May  30,  1917. 
Served  at  Fort  Rodman  until  May  3,  1918  (when  he  was  returned  to  Fort 
Monroe).  Promoted  to  Captain,  November  5,  1917.  Promoted  to  Major.  Octo- 
ber 16,  1918. 

At  last  report  (November  28,  1919),  he  was  Coast  Defense  Adjutant  at 
Fort  Monroe. 

The  rapid  promotion  of  tWs  officer  attests  to  his  merit  and  aistinguished 
efficiency. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        177 

Major  CHARLES   H.   CARSON,   Class   1915.     From  Virginia. 

Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee,  and  in  charge,  Advertising  and  Publicity  Work 

for  the  Army,  U.  S.  A. 

He  was  graduated  at  the  Second  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort  Myer, 
with  the  rank  of  Captain.  Assigned  as  Commanding  Officer,  16th  Company, 
4th  Training  Battalion,  155th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  He  or- 
ganized and  commanded  the  13th,  14th  and  15th  Recruit  Battalions  of  155th 
Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Lee.  He  took  the  course  in  Machine-Gunnery  at  Camp 
Hancock,  Georgia.  Returned  to  Camp  Lee  as  student  in  the  Infantry  Of- 
ficers' School.  Ordered  to  Richmond  and  placed  in  charge  of  Advertising 
and  Publicity  Work  for  the  Army  for  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  continued 
in  the  performance  of  this  duty  until  his  discharge  from  the  Service  on 
September  27,  1919.  His  service  throughout  the  War  was  with  great 
efficiency. 

Since  his  discharge  from  Service  he  has  been  President  of  The  Charson 
System  of  Advertising  at  Roanoke  and  Newport  News,  Virginia,  with,  home 
office  at  121/^   Campbell  Street,  Roanoke,  Virginia. 

The  grandfather  of  Captain  Carson  is  the  gallant  Colonel  Robert  P. 
Carson,  C.  S.  A.,  Graduate  of  Class  1854,  of  Abingdon,  Virginia,  now  the 
oldest  living  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  L  He  proved  his  loyalty  by  sending  a 
son  and  a  grandson  to  the  V.  M.  I.,  both  graduating. 

Major  TURNER  M.  CHAMBLISS,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 
30th  U.  S.  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

He  served  two  years  in  the  Virginia  National  Guard  after  graduating, 
becoming  Captain  of  Company  "M,"  4th  Infantry.  When  his  Company  was 
not  called  to  the  front  in  the  Mexican  trouble,  in  1916,  he  made  immediate 
application  for  appointment  as  Second  Lieutenant,  United  States  Army. 
Secretary  Baker  was  so  impressed  with  the  young  man's  record  he  at  once 
ordered  him  to  Washington  to  take  the  examination.  He  inherits  the  spirit 
of  War,  for  his  grandfather,  Major  General  John  R.  Chambliss,  was  a 
gallant  officer  of  the  Confederacy,  and  was  killed  in  battle.  On  November 
28,  1916,  he  was  commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  He  served 
at  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  on  the  Mexican  Border  in  1917.  He  was  pro- 
moted Captain,,  30th  U.  S.  Infantry,  July  25,  1917.  He  went  to  France  with 
his  Company  among  th,e  first  regulars  to  go;  and  served  with  great  gallantry 
throughout  the  War.  He  was  severely  wounded  in  the  Argonne.  He  was 
promoted  to  Major,  30th  Infantry. 

After   the   Armistice^   he   went   with   his   regiment   to   Germany. 

[From  Army  and  Navy  Register,  June  21,  1919:] 

"Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  James  Wilson,  of  Clifton  Forge,  Va.,  and  Wash- 
ington, announce  the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Bernice.  to  Major 
Turner  Mason  Chambliss,  U.  S.  A.  Major  Chambliss  is  at  present  in  the 
Army  of  Occupation.  Miss  Wilson  has  been  engaged  in  war  work  in  Wash- 
ington, for  the  past  year.  The  marriage  will  take  place  shortly  after  Major 
Chambliss  returns." 

Major  HENRY  B.  HOLMES,  JR.,  Class  1916,  "Second  Honour"  and 
"First  Captain."     From  Virginia. 
Instructor,  Coast  Artillery  Training  Corps,  Fort  Monroe,  Va. 
He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  U.  S.  A., 


178  ViRGixiA  Military  Institute — AVoeld  War  Eecord 

in  the  fall  of  1916,  receiving  one  of  the  V.  M.  I.  "Honour"  Appointments. 
He  was  soon  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  and  on 
August  5,  1917,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  Coast  Artillery  Corps.  In  1918, 
he  was  promoted  to  Major,  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

From  May,  1917  to  May,  1918,  he  served  at  Fort  Wadsworth.  N.  Y. 
From  May  to  November  11,  1918,  he  was  Instructor,  Coast  Artillery  Train- 
ing Camp,  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia.  Since  November  12,  1918,  he  has  served 
at  Camp  Eustis,  Fort  DuPont,  and  Fort  Kajnehameha,  H.  T. 

He  wrote:  "I  am  not  very  proud  of  the  above,  but  it  is  what  they  put 
me  to,  and  I  couldn't  do  any  better."  But  the  V.  M.  I.  is  proud  of  this 
remarkable  record  of  one  of  her  favourite  and  best-beloved  sons — Major  in 
the  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  two  years  after  graduation. 

Doubtless,  he  would  have  been  sent  overseas  had  he  not  been  so  valu- 
able as  an  Instructor  at  the  great  Coast  Artillery  Training  School,  at  Fort 
Monroe.  Like  so  many  others  of  the  regular  establishment,  he  could  not  be 
spared  from  his  important  work  of  training  officers  for  our  huge  Army 
overseas,  which  it  was  believed  would  be  doubled  very  soon. 

But  the  Armistice  occurred  on  that  blessed  Eleventh  of  November,  the 
V.  M.  I.'s  natal  day! 

Major  FREDERICK  J.  WILLIAMS,  Class  1915.     From  New  York. 

342nd  Field  Artillery,  89th  Division.     A.  E.  F. 

Died  in  the  Service. 

This  exceptionally  fine  officer  was  both  an  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I. 
and  a  Graduate  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy. 

Graduated,  United  States  Military  Academy,  June,  1916,  as  Second 
Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery.  July  1,  1916,  promoted  First  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery,  and  stationed  at  Fort  Totten,  N.  Y.  While  at  this  fort  he  was 
detached  to  instruct  the  Rifle  Squau  of  the  New  York  Police  Department 
on  the  ranges  at  Fort  Wadsworth.  Although  barely  twenty-two  years  of 
age,  he  so  commanded  the  admiration  and  respect  of  the  Squad  (some  400) 
that,  at  a  dinner  given  him  by  the  men,  he  was  presented  with  a  very 
valuable  gold  watch  and  an  elaborate  and  specially  designed  medal,  and 
received  from  Commissioner  Arthur  Woods  a  most  grateful  letter.  His 
next  station  was  Rockaway  Point  where  the  Government  was  beginning  to 
build  a  fort.  (This  was  in  January,  1917.)  In  July,  1917,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Field  Artillery  and  went  to  Syracuse,  New  York,  where  the 
Field  Artillery  was  being  organized  as  part  of  the  now  famous  2nd  Division. 
In  August,  1917,  he  received  his  commission  of  Captain,  and  was  given  com- 
mand of  Battery  "A,"  Field  Artillery. 

His  Colonel  said  he  was  "absolutely  dependable."  This  organization 
went  to  France  (he  with  it)  early  in  December,  1917.  In  June,  1918,  he 
was  detailed  to  the  Artillery  Information  Service,  much  against  his  wishes, 
as  he  liked  the  life  in  the  "line."  On  the  evening  of  his  departure  for  his 
new  work,  his  non-commissioned  officers,  for  themselves  and  the  men,  pre- 
sented him  with  a  beautiful  gold  watch  bearing  the  inscription,  "A  token  of 
affection  from  his  loyal  Battery."  Needless  to  say,  thds  was  his  most  prized 
possession.  On  July  3,  1918,  he  received  his  commission  as  Major  (not  yet 
twenty-three  years  old),  and  was  made  Chief  of  Artillery  Information,  1st 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        179 

Army  Corps,  and  served  in  this  capacity  through  the  Chateau  Thierry  battles. 
When   the   St.   Mihiel   and   Argonne   Campaign  was  being  planned,   he   was 
transferred  to  be  Chief  of  Artillery  Information  of  the  4th  Corps,  and  served 
in  that  drive  until  late  in  October,  1918,  when  his  urgent  and  oft-repeated 
request  for  transfer  to  the  line  was  granted,  and  he  joined  the  342nd  Field 
Artillery,  89th  Division,  and  went  with  that  organization  into  Germany.     In 
January,  1919,  he  was  stricken  with  pneumonia  and  sent  to  the  Hospital  at 
Trier.     Having  been  gassed  on  three  different  occasions,  his  lungs  were  in 
bad  shape  to  stand  off  the  disease,  and  he  was  given  up  for  lost  twice.     His 
clean  life  pulled  him  through,  however,  and  he  returned  to  America,  May 
30,  1919,  but  was  under  Hospital  supervision,  until  July,   1919.     Upon  his 
discharge  from  medical  supervision,  he  at  once  applied  for  service  In  the 
Philippine  Islands.     There  were  some  seventy  applications  ahead  of  his,  but 
his  record  in  France  gave  him  the  preference,  and  he  sailed  on  his  twenty- 
fifth  birthday,  August  15,  1919.     His  station  was  Stotsenberg.     He  was  in^ 
Jured  there  in  a  collision  in  a  Polo  game,  March  14,  1920,  and  died  of  con- 
cussion of  the  brain,  March  15,  1920.     His  body  was  brought  to  the  States 
and   was  buried   with   full  military  honours   from   the   Catholic   Chapel   at 
West  Point,  April   27,   1920,  members  of  his  West  Point  Class  being  pall- 
bearers. 

He  was  in  four  of  the  major  engagements  in  France  and  had  one  or 
two  marvelous  escapes — once,  when,  with  three  others,  a  shell  killed  all 
but  him,  his  helmet  receiving  only  a  slight  dent. 

Letters  were  received  by  his  family  from  all  grades  in  the  Service.    An 

enlisted  man  wrote:    "He  was  the  finest  young  officer  I  was  ever  under  in  all 

my  twenty-six  years  of  service.    All  the  men  would  go  through  Hell  for  him." 

A  Major  wrote:    "It  Is  my  belief  he  knew  more  of  the  operation  of  the 

Artillery  Information  Service  than  anyone  In  the  A.  E.  F." 

A  Lieutenant  Colonel  wrote:  "He  had  none  of  the  follies  of  most  young 
men   and   was  the   eleane»t-llvlng  man   I,  ever  knew." 

A  General  wrote:  "His  personal  charm  and  efficient  qualities  made  him 
sought  for  by  every  commanding  officer  in  the  A.  E.  F." 

These  quotations  from  a  few  of  the  hundreds  of  letters  received  by  his 
bereaved  family  give  an  idea  of  what  his  superior  officers,  and  the  enlisted 
men  who  served  under  him,  thought  of  him. 

He  was  by  far  the  youngest  Chief  of  any  branch  of  the  Service  in  any 
of  the  Armies,  and  it  is  thought  he  was  the  youngest  Major  in  the  Service 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  rank,  of  course,  was  a  temporary  one,  but  he 
had  not  been  demoted,  and  probably  would  not  have  been  as  long  as  he  was 
In  the  Philippine  Islands. 

Major  Williams  was  born  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  August  15,  1894. 
He  was  a  son  of  Edward  C.  Williams,  of  Connecticut,  and  his  wife,  Marie 
Louiser  Chazal,  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  His  paternal  ancestry  in  America  dated 
back  to  1657.  His  maternal  blood  was  French  and  Corsican.  His  maternal 
grandfather  was  a  Surgeon  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  his  great  grand- 
father (maternal)  was  an  officer  in  1812.  He  removed  to  New  York  City 
with  his  parents  in  1898.  He  attended  the  Elementary  and  Grammar  Public 
Schools  and  was  one  year  at  Stuyvesant  High  School.  His  uncle  was  a 
General  in  the  Field  Artillery,  and  a  cousin  was  a  Major  in  the  Field  Artil- 


180  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  Wae  Record 

lery — both  West  Pointers;  and  he  always  had  an  Army  career  in  view  for 
his  life  work.  He  went  to  the  V.  M.  I.,  in  September,  1911,  in  the  hope  that 
he  could  graduate  high  enough  to  gain  a  commission,  but  fully  intending, 
should  he  fail,  to  go  through  the  ranks.  A  few  months  later  he  learned 
there  was  to  be  a  competitive  examination  for  a  "West  Point  appointment  in 
the  Spring  of  1912.  With  the  permission  of  General  Nichols  he  went  home 
and  worked  under  a  tutor.  Although  the  youngest  of  the  nineteen  compe- 
titors, he  won  the  appointment  given  him  by  Henry  George,  and  entered 
the  National  Academy  in  June,  1912,  and  was  graduated  thirty-ninth  in  a 
class  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-six,  in  June,  1916. 

It  is  truly  pathetic  that  a  young  officer  of  his  noble  qualities  and  bril- 
liant achievements,  and  with  such  a  future  as  appeared  to  be  promised  him, 
should  have  met  such  a  death  as  befell  him. 

Major  MARSHALL  M.  MILTON,  Class  1903.    From  Virginia. 
Commander,  1st  Battalion,  60th  C.  A.,  1st  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Major  Milton  entered  the  Service  as  captain  of  the  Fifth  Virginia  Coast 
Artillery  Company,  from  Roanoke,  in  June,  1917,  and  was  in  training  at 
Fort  Monroe  until  December,  1917,  when  his  Company  was  assigned  to  the 
Sixtieth  Artillery  Regiment  for  duty  with  the  A.  E.  F.  Early  in  the  Spring 
of  1918,  the  regiment  sailed  for  France,  landing  at  Bordeaux.  Subsequently, 
Captain  Milton  was  made  major  of  the  First  Battalion  of  the  Sixtieth  Artil- 
lery and  attached  to  the  Fifth  Army  Corps  of  the  First  Army.  With  other 
officers  of  the  regiment,  he  served  with  the  British  in  the  Summer  of  1918 
and,  returning  to  the  regiment  in  August,  was  sent  to  the  Toul  front.  There 
the  Sixtieth  Artillery  was  in  continuous  action  during  the  St.  Mihiel  drive, 
then  it  was  attached  to  the  French  Army  on  the  Meuse  River  and  finally 
ordered  into  the  Argonne  Forest  to  support  the  culminating  American  at- 
tack. At  different  times  the  regiment  supported  eight  Infantry  Divisions — 
the  Twenty-ninth,  Thirtieth,  Thirty-second,  Seventy-seventh,  Eightieth, 
Eighty-second  and  Eighty-fifth,  and  the  Rainbow.  When  the  Armistice  was 
signed,  the  guns  of  the  regiment  were  within  four  miles  of  Sedan. 

Since  his  return  from  the  Army,  Major  Milton  has  settled  in  Richmond. 
He  is  a  brother  of  the  Rev.  William  H.  Milton,  D.  D.,  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent Episcopal  clergymen  of  North  Carolina,  a  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  of 
the  Class  of  1888,  and  of  Captain  Taliaferro  Milton,  a  distinguished  Elec- 
trical Engineer,  Graduate  of  the  Class  of  1897. 

Others  of  this  rank  who  must  be  specially,  though  very  briefly,  men- 
tioned here  are: 

Major  JAMES  W.  PEYTON,  Class  1906.  From  Virginia.  (Brother  of 
Colonel  Philip  B.  Peyton,  above.)  Seriously  wounded  in  action,  and  was 
conspicuous  for  bravery. 

Major  RICHARD  F.  BEIRNE,  Class  1902.  From  Virginia.  Distin- 
guished in  the  C  A.,  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

Major  ALEXANDER  W.  DILLARD,  Class  1913.  From  Maryland. 
Captain,  102nd  Infantry,  26th  Division,  and  won  his  wound  stripe  and  the 
'*D.  S.  C."  only  to  meet  death  in  an  accident,  afterwards. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        181 

Major  THOMAS  S.  ARMS,  Class  1915.  From  Ohio.  31st  Infantry, 
A.  E.  P.,  who  has  but  recently  returned  from  his  three  years'  bitter  experi- 
ence in  Siberia,  where  he  distinguished   himself,  and  won  promotion. 

Major  PHILIP  G.  BLACKMORE,  Class  1911.  From  Virginia.  During 
the  v.'hole  War,  he  was  kept  in  Hawaii,  because  his  Post  was  so  important, 
and  he  was  such  a  meritorious  officer. 

Major  WILLIAM  W.  BRANDER,  Class  1887.  From  Virginia.  The  be- 
loved Chaplain  for  over  a  score  of  years  of  the  8th  Cavalry,  who  has  but 
recently  retired  with  honour. 

Major  JAMES  P.  YANCEY,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia.  His  fine  service 
in  the  Cavalry  brought  merited  promotion. 

Major  WILLIAM  H.  COCKE,  Class  1894.  From  Virginia  (later,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.).  Adjutant,  70th  Infantry  Brigade,  35th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Another  Volunteer  from  that  remarkable  Class  of  "Old  Men,"  whose  record 
in  France  was  so  fine.     (Hero  of  two  Wars.) 

He  served  with  the  General  Staff  in  France — a  signal  honour  bestowed 
on  a  National  Guard  Officer. 

Major  PHILIP  COLDWELL,  Class  1910.  From  Texas.  (One  of  four 
brothers  in  the  Service,  two  being  V.  M.  I.  "boys.")  He  returned  from  a  long 
tour  of  service  in  the  Philippines,  in  June,  1918,  and  was  placed  in  high 
command  at  Camp  Grant,  and  there  met  with  an  accident  in  the  line  of  duty, 
which  disabled  him  for  eight  months. 

Major  BLANDY  B.  CLARKSON,  Class  1914.  From  Virginia.  Of  the 
328th  Infantry,  82nd  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  the  famous  athlete  who  performed 
such  fine  service,  and  won  merited  promotion.  Now  that  he  has  returned 
home,  the  Institute  is  to  have  the  benefit  of  his  valuable  services. 

Major  OCTAVIUS  C.  DREW,  Class  /S95.  From  Texas.  (Hero  of  two 
Wars.)     Assistant  Adjutant  of  the  96th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Major  JAMES  T.  GWATHMEY,  Class  1883,  the  brilliant  Surgeon  who 
has  twice  given  his  service  to  his  Country  in  time  of  War — one  of  three 
brothers  who  are  loyal  sons  of  Virginia  and  the  V.  M.  I. 

Major  GUY  C.  FENNER,  Class  1898.  l^Yom  Louisiana.  86th  Infantry, 
18th  Division,  whose  tragic  death,  so  soon  after  his  honourable  discharge 
from  the  Service,  was  deeply  mourned. 

Major  DANIEL  E.  MURPHY,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia.  A  fine  Cavalry 
Officer;  his  services  were  needed  at  home  and  in  Hawaii. 


182  Virginia  Military  Institute — EWorld  War  Eecord 

Major  MAX  G.  PATTEESON,  Class  1918.  From  Virginia.  His  fine 
record  for  efficiency  in  the  Infantry  caused  him  to  be  retained  in  the  Service 
for  a  long  time  after  the  Armistice. 

THE  PITTS  (twin)  brothers,  Class  1916.  From  Virginia:  Major  John 
L.  Pitts,  Jr.,  and  Major  Lindsay  Pitts — who  performed  splendid  service  at 
Camp  Lee  during  the  entire  War. 

Major  LLEWELLYN  POWELL,  Class  1S99.  From  Virginia.  01  the 
Medical  Corps  and  one  of  the  first  Virginians  to  volunteer  for  the  War. 
(Son  of  a  gallant  old  Confederate  "V.  M.  I.  boy.") 

Major  W.  WALLACE  SHEPPARD,  Class  1901.  From  South  Carolina. 
His  record  in  the  Judge  Advocate's  Department  was  exceptionally  dis- 
tinguished. 

Major  ROBERT  S.  SPILMAN,  Class  1893.  From  Virginia.  Member  of 
the  Medical  Corps — in  the  Spanish-American  War  and  in  the  World  War, 
whose  service  was  conspicuously  honourable. 

Major  WALTER  R.  WEAVER,  son  of  the  Chief  of  the  Coast  Artillery 
Corps  during  the  war,  of  Class  1904.  From  Virginia.  He  served  with 
great  distinction  in  the  Signal  Corps,  throughout  the  War. 

Major  CARY  R.  WILSON,  Class  1906.  From  Virginia.  He  served  with 
distinction  in  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

Major  T.  FOSTER  WITT,  Class  1912.  From  Virginia.  His  services  at 
the  Fort  Monroe  Artillery  School  throughout  the  War  were  so  valuable  he 
could  not  be  spared  for  overseas  service.  His  rapid  promotion  attests  his 
merit  and  efficiency. 

Major  HENRY  G.  POAGXJE,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia.  (3on  of  the 
Confederate  hero — Jackson's  famous  Artillerist — Colonel  William  T.  Poague, 
for  so  many  years  the  V.  M.  I.'s  beloved  Treasurer.)  816th  F.  A.,  81st 
Division,  A.  E.  F.     [An  elder  brother  was  a  Captain  in  the  Service  overseas.] 

Some  of  the  accomplished  Engineers  who  served  as  Majors  and  who 
received  high  commendation,  along  with  promotion,   are: 

Major  JOSEPH  SEAY,  Class  1892.     From  Virginia.     A.  E.  F. 

Major  HOWARD  McC.  YOST,  Class  1906.     From  Ohio. 
Major  C.  P.  NOLAND,  Class  1904.     From  Virginia.     A.  E.  F. 

Major  EUGENE  BRADBURY,  Class  1896.  From  Virginia.  Of  the  5th 
Engineering  Construction  Division,  U.  S.  A. 

Major  GEORGE  A.  BLOW,  Class  1906.  From  Virginia.  (Whose  father 
and  brother  are  also  Graduates,  and  both  likewise  distinguished  Engineers.) 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstixguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)        183 

Major  RICHARD  BROOKE,  Class  1908.  From  Virginia.  A.  iU.  F. 
Promoted  for  distinguished  efficiency  and  courage.  (Son  of  a  gallant  Con- 
federate Soldier  who  is  also  a  Graduate,  as  is  also  an  older  brother,  a  high 
official  in  the  B.  and  O.  R.  R.  Co.) 

Major  JAMES  D.  FAUNTLEROY,  Class  1888.  From  Virginia.  (Who 
won   such   a   high   reputation   in   the   Philippine  War.) 

Major  CHARLES  A.  LYERLY,  JR.,  Class  1907.     From  Tennessee. 

Major  WILLIAM  B.  HARRISON,  Class  1892.  From  Virginia.  153rd 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  Retained  in  Office  of  Chief  of  Engineer  Corps,  because 
of  his  valuable  servicfs.  [Son  of  a  distinguished  Confederate  Engineer — 
also  a  Graduate  of  V.  M.  I.l 

Major  HUGH  McLEOD,  Class  1S93.  From  ^'irginia.  Distinguished  Min- 
ing Engineer  in  Montana,  who  was  among  the  first  to  offer  his  services  to 
hia  Country. 

Major  JOSIAH  N.  PERRY,  Class  1906.    From  District  of  Columbia. 
(Since  deceased.) 

Major  WALTER  McI.  WOLFE,  Class  1900.     From  New  Jersey.     A.  E.  F. 

Major  WILLIAM  E.  SPRAGINS,  Class  1906.  From  Alabama.  A.  E.  F. 
One  year  overseas. 

Major  EDWARD  H.  TALIAFERRO,  JR.,  Class  1908.  From  I-ouisiana. 
A.  E.  F.     (Who  returned  with  a  lovely  French  wife.) 

The  list  of  Majors  distinguished  in  the  World  War,  given  above,  already 
long,  could  be  added  to,  if  space  permitted.  But,  certainly,  one  more  must 
be  specially  mentioned — one  whose  War  record  is  brilliant,  though  he  was 
not  permitted  to  reach  the  "firing  line."  This  is  the  distinguished  Super- 
intendent of  the  Virginia  Military   Institute: 

EDWARD   WEST   NICHOLS,   Class   1878.     From  Virginia. 
Major,  Engineers,   U.   S.  Army,  World  War. 
The   services   of   this   Graduate   in   the   War   were  so   valuable,   and   so 
distinguished,    it   is    eminently    proper    that    they   be   recorded    here    by   the 
Historiographer  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Long  before  this  Country  entered  into  the  War,  he  saw  with  prophetic 
vision  the  necessity  of  preparing  Virginia's  great  School  of  Arms  over  which 
he  had  so  long,  and  so  successfully,  presided  for  the  impending  struggle. 
Schooled,  as  he  is,  in  the  traditions  of  his  Alma  Mater  by  his  service  at  the 
V.  M.  I.  for  over  forty  years — as  Cadet,  Assistant  Professor,  Professor  and 
Superintendent,  and  knowing  her  record  in  all  the  Wars  this  Country  has 
waged  since  1839,  he  realized  that  the  time  had  again  come  when  she  would 
triumphantly  prove  her  raison  d'etre,  and  fulfill  her  duty  as  she  had  ever 
done  in  her  Country's  crises. 


184  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

To  this  end,  with  the  approval  of  th,e  Board  of  Visitors,  he  tendered  to 
the  War  Department  all  the  resources  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute, 
and  his  own  personal  services  in  the  field,  or  wherever  they  might  be  useful. 
The  War  Department  appreciated  the  value  of  this  offer,  and  quickly  signi- 
fied its  intention  to  use  the  Institute,  and  its  Superintendent,  in  every  way 
possible. 

His  own  services  were  at  once  availed  of  by  his  appointment  on  various 
Commissions  composed  of  the  heads  of  many  of  the  leading  Literary  Institu- 
tions of  the  United  States,  who  were  charged  with  important  duties,  in  con- 
nection with  preparing  these  institutions  for  greater  usefulness,  in  case  of 
War.  Of  two  of  the  most  important  of  these  Commissions  he  was  chosen 
Chairman.  This  was  a  compliment  that  all  Institute  men  appreciated;  but 
greater  honours  were  yet  to  come  to  him,  and  to  the  V.  M.  I.,  through  him. 
In  the  meantime,  Virginia  was  busy  preparing  for  the  conflict,  one 
of  the  first  acts  of  her  Executive  being  to  appoint  a  *Council  of  Defense 
composed  of  distinguished  citizens,  and  General  Nichols  was  one  of  the 
appointees.  At  the  first  meeting  of  this  body,  his  colleagues,  realizing  his 
pre-eminent  fitness,  elected  him  Chairman  of  the  Council.  The  State  was 
soon  placed  in  a  condition  of  better  preparedness  for  the  War  by  the  action 
of  the  Council  which  held  frequent  meetings,  at  every  one  of  which  the  in- 
defatigable Chairman  was  present,  and  took  a  leading  part.  But  this  work 
entailed  exceeding  labour  and  hardship  upon  him,  already  burdened  with  his 
exacting  duties  as  Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  weighed  down  with 
cares  and  responsibilities  that  few  men  would  be  willing  to  assume.  Yet, 
while  neglecting  none  of  these  legitimate  duties,  he  performed,  with  tire- 
less energy  and  the  most  conscientious  scruples,  all  the  new  duties  that 
devolved  upon  him. 

The  State  felt  safer  when  h,e  had  been  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Council 
of  Defense. 

He  brought  to  the  discharge  of  his  new  task  ripe  experience,  scholarly 
attainments,  remarkable  business  acumen,  a  restless  energy  and  a  "savolr 
faire^'  that  few  possess. 

For  over  a  year  he  continued  thus  to  serve  his  State  and  the  cause  of 
the  Country,  and  during  that  period  this  chronicler  can  testify  that  there 
never  was  a  completer  sacrifice  of  self  for  the  public  weal  than  that  he  made. 
In  April,  1917,  General  Nichols  established  at  the  Institute  a  local 
Training  Camp  and  School  which  had  the  hearty  indorsement  of  the  War 
Department.  Several  hundred  young  men  from  many  parts  of  the  United 
States  attended  the  three  months'  course  at  this  School  where  valuable  train- 
ing was  afforded  them.  The  first  Camp  terminated  July  3,  and  a  second 
Camp  was  conducted  during  the  Summer,  though  not  as  largely  attended. 
The  next  Summer  a  third  Camp  was  held  at  the  Institute. 

The  Institute  gave  every  possible  facility  in  making  these  Camps  fulfill 
the  object  for  which  they  were  established,  furnishing  all  the  Instructors 
who  cheerfully  and  untiringly  bore  the  brunt  of  the  extra  labour  entailed 


*Thip  was  repeating  history,  for,  in  the  beginning  of  the  Confederate 
War,  Governor  John  Letcher  appointed  a  similar  Council,  with  General 
Francis  H.  Smith,  Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  as  one  of  the  members. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        185 

on  the  Institute.  Many  young  men  who  went  from  these  Camps  to  the 
Government's  Officers"  Training  Scliools  testified  gladly  to  the  value  of  the 
preliminary  instruction  they  had  bepn  given  at  these  V.  M.  I.  Camps. 

In  the  early  fall  of  the  second  year  of  the  War  the  War  Department  in- 
stituted the  S.  A.  T.  C.  Unit  in  all  the  greater  Colleges  in  the  Country,  and 
appointed  experienced  officers  of  the  Army  as  Commanders  of  these  Units — 
In  every  institution  save  one,  and  that  one— the  \\  M.  I.  To  it  belongs  the 
unique  distinction  of  being  ihe  only  College  in  the  United  States  whose 
Civilian  Head  was  formally  commissioned  in  the  United  States  Army,  and 
then  placed  in  command  of  its  S.  A  T.  C  (Init.  To  General  E.  W.  Nichols 
came  this  great  honour. 

Here  is  his  record  of  Service  in  the  United  States  Army  in  the  World 
War: 

September  28,  1918,  appointed  Major,  U.  S.  A.  (S.  O.,  W.  D.  No.  228), 
and  stationed  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  for  duty,  in  command  of  the 
S.  A.  T.  C. 

October  17,  19]  S,  appointed  Major,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  (S.  O., 
W.  D.  No.  273.) 

Served  as  Commanding  Officer,  S.  A.  T.  C.  Unit,  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute, embracing  13  officers  and  367  enlisted  men,  September  28,  1918  to 
April  22,  1919. 

Honourably  discharged,  April  22,  1919  (S.  O.,  No.  96,  H.  Q.  Eng'rs  Dept.). 

For  exceptionally  meritorious  and  distinguished  services,  during  the 
War,  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia  promoted  Brigadier 
General  E.  W.  Nichols  to  be  a  Major  General  in  the  Armed  Forces  of  the 
State,  June,  1919. 

There  were  over  300  Captains  who  belonged  to  the  V.  M.  I.  All  could 
fittingly  be  mentioned  specially  for  their  deeds,  but  only  the  follow- 
ing (of  the  Army)  can  be  referred  to  here,  and  every  one  was  a  hero: 

Captain  CHARLES  ELLET  MOORE,  Class  1913,  "First  Captain,"  Corps  of 

Cadets.     From  Virginia. 

23d  Infantry   (Regular),  2d  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Returning  from  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  in  the  Summer  of  1916, 
and  believing  that  the  United  States  would  be  drawn  into  the  War,  he  offered 
his  services  to  the  War  Department,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  was  com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant  in  the  regular  Army,  and  ordered  to  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas.  Here  he  spent  several  months  in  training,  and  was 
then  assigned  to  the  23rd  Infantry  (Regular).  He  was  soon  promoted  to  a 
First  Lieutenancy. 

The  latter  part  of  July,  1917,  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  preparatory  to  embarlcing  for  France.  Here  he  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  Captain.  The  latter  part  of  August,  1917,  his  regiment  sailed  for 
France.  On  arrival  there,  one-half  of  the  officers,  including  himself,  were 
ordered  to  a  point  near  Nancy,  where  they  were  drilled  in  Trench  Warfare. 
He  remained  in  tliis  camp  about  two  months,  and  then  returned  to  his  regi- 
ment, and  was  engaged  in  drilling  his  Company  until  June,  1918,  when  the 


186  ViKGixiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

regiment  was  ordered  to  a  point  in  Northern  France.  When  it  reached 
Paris,  the  Enemy's  threatened  advance  on  that  City  from  Chateau  Thierry 
caused  it  to  be  diverted  to  meet  this  advance.  Captain  Moore's  regiment, 
the  9th  Regulars,  and  the  5th  and  Gth  Regiments  of  Marines  were  formed 
into  a  brigade,  and  took  part  in  the  fighting  that  preceded  the  attack  at 
Belleau  Wood.  His  Company  participated  in  this  attack,  one  of  the  results 
of  which  was  to  uncover  the  town  of  Bazoches,  and  Moore  was  ordered  to 
occupy  this  town  and  to  l:old  it.  This  he  did  for  two  weeks,  under  a  very 
heavy  and  continuous  cannonade  which  knocked  down  all  the  homes  in  the 
town.  Two  night  attacks  of  the  Enemy's  Infantry  were  also  made  on  the 
town,  with  the  purpose  of  capturing  it,  but  they  were  repulsed,  the  Enemy 
leaving  some  dead  and  wounded  on  the  ground. 

Moore  with  his  Company  left  Bazoches  to  take  part  in  the  fight  at 
Vaux,  which  began  the  attack  on  Chateau  Thierry.  In  this  fight  he  re- 
ceived a  bullet  from  a  machine-gun  that  passed  through  his  left  arm  above 
the  elbow  and  severed  the  nerve  that  extends  from  the  shoulder  to  the  hand, 
contracting  the  movements  of  the  wrist  and  fingers,  and  causing  paralysis 
of  the  arm.  He  remained  on  the  field  after  he  was  wounded,  directing  the 
movements  of  h,is  Company,  until  its  final  objective  was  reached. 

For  his  conduct  in  this  engagement  he  was  recommended  for  promo- 
tion, and  for  a  medal,  by  the  Colonel  of  his  regiment  and  Major  of  his 
battalion,  neither  of  which  has  been  received,  due  probably  to  his  continued 
absence  from  the  Army. 

He  received  this  wound  on  July  1,  1918,  was  sent  to  a  Hospital  about 
40  miles  from  Bazoches,  where  he  remained  for  months,  and  was  then 
ordered  to  the  Hospital  at  Cape  May,  N.  J.  Here,  his  arm  was  operated  on, 
and  it  was  found  that  the  severed  ends  of  the  nerve  were  imbedded  in  the 
cicatrice  of  his  healed  wound.  He  remained  at  Cape  May  Hospital  until  it 
was  closed  in  the  Summer  of  1919,  when  he  was  ordered  to  a  Hospital  on 
Staten  Island,  New  York.  From  there  he  was  transferred  to  Walter  Reed 
Hospital,  Washington,  where  he  now  is.      (Dec,  1920.) 

His  arm  above  the  elbow  is  greatly  improved,  but  the  improvement  be- 
low the  elbow  is  so  slow  as  to  be  scarcely  perceptible.  His  Surgeon  hopes 
for  his  ultimate  recovery. 

Soon  after  Captain  Moore  reached  the  Hospital  near  Bordeaux,  the 
Commander-in-Chief  sent  him  the  following  telegram: 

"July  5,  1918. 
"Captain  Charles  E.  Moore, 
Second  Division. 

"I  congratulate  you  on  your  fine  conduct  in  the  operations  of  July  1 
and  2,  when,  though  wounded,  you  refused  to  leave  your  command." 

(Signed)      "Pershing." 

Captain  SAMUEL  MARSHALL,   Class   1914.     From  Virginia. 
Mach,ine-Gun  Company,  30th    (Regular)    Infantry,  A.  E.   F. 
He  went  overseas  as  First  Lieutenant,   Machine-Gun   Company,   4th   In- 
fantry (Regular). 

Transferred  as  Captain  to  Machine-Gun  Company,  30th  Infantry,  August, 
1918.     Performed  valiant  service  with  his  command. 

After  the  Armistice  he  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation   in  the  7th 


Some  of  tite  Specially  Distinguished  Alu.mxi  (Cont'd)        187 

Machine-Gun  Battalion,  with  commission  of  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Regular 
Army.  He  was  still  serving  in  Germany  as  late  as  June,  1920,  with  this 
organization. 

A  younger  brother  was  also  a  Cadet  at  the  V.  M-  !•;  he  was  preparing 
to  enter  the  Service  when  the  Armistice  was  declared. 

Captain  SUMTER  DeL.  LOWRY,  Class  1914,  4th  Cadet  Captain.   From  Florida. 
124th  Infantry,   31st  Division,   A.   E.  F. 
Captain,  Florida  National  Guard,  on  Mexican  Border,  1916-1917. 
Returned  to  service  as  soon  as  he  was  relieved  from  duty  on  the  Border 
and    was    commissioned    Captain,    124th    Infantry,    31st    Division. 

Went  to  France  with  his  Division  and  participated  in  all  its  engage- 
ments with  great  credit.  Two  brothers  are  also  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  and  were 
training  for  the  War  when  the  end  came. 

Captain  HORACE  LILBURN  SMITH,  JR.,  Class  1915.     From   Virginia. 
First  U.   S.   Engineers,  A.   E.   F. 
[From  his  Commanding  Officer.  1 

"Headquarters,  First  U.  S.  Engineers, 

Camp  Meade,  Md., 
20  Sept.,  1919. 

"Captain  Horace  L.  Smith,  Jr.,  Joined  the  First  Engineers  as  a  First 
Lieutenant  at  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C,  in  June,  1917,  and  was  assigned 
to  Company  'F,'  remaining  with  this  Company  until  the  winter  of  1917-18 
when  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  and  assigned  to  the  command  of  Com- 
pany 'D.'  He  remained  with  this  Company  throughout  the  War,  command- 
ing it  in  all  engagements  in  which  the  First  Division  served. 

"A  great  deal  of  Engineer  work  was  necessary,  in  preparation  for  the 
attack  of  the  First  Division  upon  Cantigny,  in  May,  1918,  and  this  work 
was  carried  to  a  successful  conclusion,  under  the  supervision  of  Captain 
Smith.  This  work  was  executed  under  the  most  trying  conditions,  the 
routes  to  the  work,  as  well  as  its  site,  being  subjected  to  severe  artillery  and 
machine-gun  fire. 

"  'D'  Company,  First  Engineers,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Smith, 
participated  in  the  attack,  28  May,  1918,  and  had  the  honour  of  being  the 
first  American  Engineer  Company  to  go  'over  the  top,'  in  this  War.  Tho 
Company  accomplished  the  Engineer  work  assigned  to  it,  and  then  remained 
in  the  line  as  Infantry  for  three  days,  under  incessant  fire,  before  being 
relieved.  For  its  share  in  this  engagement  the  Company  was  cited  in  orders 
by  the  Division  Commander. 

"Captain  Smith's  work  was  beyond  praise,  showing  utter  disregard  for 
personal  danger,  and  proving  an  inspiration  to  his  men. 

"In  the  St.  Mihiei  attack,  Captain  Smith's  Company  was  assigned  to 
escort  the  Tanks.  This  was  a  very  dangerous  assignment,  as  it  took  the 
men  and  officers  beyond  the  Infantry,  and  brought  them  directly  into  the 
fire  to  which  Tanks  were  subjected.  Again,  the  Company  proved  its  worth 
and  Captain  Smith,  was  cited  in  Division  Orders  for  his  gallantry. 

"In  the  Argonne,  in  October,  Captain  Smith's  Company  was  engaged 
in  road  work,  when  an  Ammunition  dump,  alongside  the  road,  containing 
small  arms  ammunition,  hand  and  rifle  grenades,  etc.,  was  struck  by  a 
shell,  and  commenced  to  burn.  In  spite  of  the  extreme  danger.  Captain 
Smith  secured  a  detail  of  men  and  personally  supervised  the  removal  of 
the  burning  boxes,  so  that  traflfic  along  the  road  would  not  be  halted.  For 
this  act  he  was  awarded  the  'Distinguishi?d  Service  Cross.' 

"Again,  in  November,  in  the  town  of  Youck,  South  of  Sedan,  Captain 
Smith  and  his  Company  distinguished  themselves  by  reconstructing  a  demol- 


188         YiRGiisriA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

ished  bridge,  under  severe  artillery  fire,  thus  insuring  the  flow  of  supplies 
to  the  front.  In  every  major  operation  in  which  the  Division  has  been 
engaged.  Captain  Smith  has  proven  his  worth  and  his  disregard  of  danger. 
"Captain  Smith  has  shown  himself  the  possessor  of  perhaps  the  keenest 
Engineer  mind  of  any  officer  in  the  First  Engineers,  and  was  often  called 
upon  to  undertake  exceptionally  difficult  technical  work.  His  last  important 
work  was  on  the  erection  of  Monuments  on  the  battlefields  of  the  First 
Division.  He  was  sent  to  Paris  to  let  contracts  for  bronze  work,  on  certain 
approved  designs  of  Monuments;  but,  on  his  own  initiative,  he  secured  the 
services  of  a  famous  Sculptor,  and  new  designs,  which  have  proven  much 
more  satisfactory  to  every  one  concerned. 

"It  is  a  pleasure  to  me  to  be  able  to  furnish  this  outline  of  Captain 
Smith's  services. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  F.   Miller, 
Lieut.  Col.,  1st  Engrs." 

Captain  Smith's  Company  broke  the  record  in  putting  a  pontoon  bridge 
across  the  Rhine — 1,400  feet- — in  41  minutes  and  7  seconds. 

The  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.,  awarded  Captain  Smith  the  "Dis- 
tinguished Service  Cross,"  by  direction  of  the  President,  December  17,  1918, 
with  this  Citation: 

"Horace  L.  Smith,  Jr.,  Captain,  1st  Engineers.  For  extraordinary 
heroism  in  action  near  Charpentry,  France,  October  4,  1918. 

"While  repairing  roads,  a  large  ammunition  dump  was  set  on  fire  by 
an  enemy  shell.  Captain  Smith,  with  a  party  of  his  men,  extinguish.ed  the 
flames  and  rescued  a  large  quantity  of  ammunition  and  supplies,  despite 
the  threatened  explosion,  which  would  have  destroyed  the  entire  dump  and 
blocked  traffic  at  an  important  crossroads  for  hours.  . 

[From  the  Evening  Progress,  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  May  30,  1919.] 

"This  Distinguished  Service  Cross  Citation  is  the  culmination  of  many 

Citations  received  by  Captain  Smith  for  his  valorous  deeds  rendered  in  the 

line  of  duty. 

"Captain  Smith  is  a  Graduate  Civil  Engineer  of  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute,  Class  of  1915.  Prior  to  the  War,  he  held  the  office  of  Secretary 
and  General  Manager  of  Horace  L.  Smith  &  Co.,  and  was  making  a  name  for 
himself  and  firm  in  the  business  world.  When  Germany  started  her  ruthless 
submarine  warfare,  knowing  his  Country  would  join  the  Allies,  he  laid 
aside  thiese  business  interests,  and,  in  February,  1917,  volunteered  his  ser- 
vices to  his  Country.  He  was  accepted  find  commissioned  First  Lrieutenant 
in  the  OflScers'  Reserve  Corps,  April  18,  1917,  and  attended  the  first  Officers' 
Training  School  at  Fort  Myer,  as  Instructor.  He  was,  later,  transferred  to 
Washington  Barracks.  Needing  three  officers  to  complete  a  regiment  going 
to  France,  by  competitive  examination  from  a  class  of  150,  Lieutenant  Smith 
was  selected  as  one  of  these  officers,  and  sailed  for  France,  August  4,  1917, 
with  the  first  expeditionary  forces. 

"At  this  time  the  submarines  were  scouring  the  high  seas,  and  Lieu- 
tenant Smith's  transport  had  an  hour's  thrilling  fight  with  five  of  these 
monsters;  but,  as  always,  the  Americans  conquered,  and  the  port  was  safely 
reached. 

"Lieutenant  Smith,  with  the  First  Division,  was  sent  to  the  Gondre- 
court  Sector  for  training,  and  then  held  the  Toul  Sector  from  January  until 
Spring,  and  it  was  during  this  time  he  was  promoted  to  Captain  in  the 
Regular  Army.  When  the  big  German  push,  started.  Captain  Smith  and  his 
Company  were  transferred  to  the  Montdidier  Sector,  and,  from  the  time  they 
entered  the  lines,  thoro  was  almost  a  continual  barrage  from  both  sides, 
the  artillery  fire  being  fearful.  When  it  was  decided  to  capture  the  town 
of   Cantigny,    Company    "D,'    First    Engineers,   with    Captain    Smith    in    com- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        189 

mand,  was  ordered  to  go  over  the  top  with  the  2Sthi  Infantry,  and  take  the 
town.  While  v/aiting  for  the  zero  hour,  a  trench  mortar  shell  burst  in  their 
midst,  killing  and  wounding  three  officers  and  45  men.  Notwithstanding 
this  handicap,  as  each  officer  had  been  assigned,  a  certain  task,  Captain 
Smith  with,  his  men  went  forth  and  built  two  strong  points,  and  returned  as 
regimental  reserve  for  the  28th  Infantry.  However,  at  6  P.  M.,  Captain 
Smith  received  orders  to  take  his  men  out,  and  hold  a  part  of  the  front 
line,  which-  they  did  for  32  hours,  without  relief.  This  was  a  most  gruelling 
experience,  as  the  fire  of  a  whole  Army  Corps  was  concentrated  on  the  little 
town;  but,  with  true  American  spirit  and  valour.  Captain  Smith  and  Com- 
pany 'D'  never  lost  an  inch  of  ground.  The  whole  Company  received  a 
Citation  for  the  splendid  v/ork,  and  Captain  S.Tiith  is  proud  that  he  had  the 
honour  of  leading  the  first  Engineer  Company  'over  the  top.' 

"After  taking  Cantigny,  the  sector  was  quiet  until  the  Soissons  drive 
started  in  July,  when  Company  'D,'  with  th,e  whole  First  Division,  went  over 
the  top,  and  won  undying  fame. 

"In  the  big  push  that  shoved  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Salient,  in  September, 
Captain  Smith,  with  Company  'D,'  was  assigned  the  task  of  getting  the 
Tanks  over  bad  places,  streams,  trenches,  etc.,  and  so  satisfactorily  was  it 
done  that  Captain  Smith  received  a  personal  Citation  from  the  Commanding 
Officer,  as  follows: 

'The  Division  Commander  cites  the  following  officer  for  distinguished 
conduct,  during  the  operations  against  the  St.  Mihiel  Salient,  on  Sept. 
12-13,  1918:  Capt.  Horace  L.  Smith,  Jr.,  First  Engineers,  for  faithful  and 
intelligent  work  in  assisting  the  movement  of  the  Tanks. 

'By  command  of  Major  General  SummeralL' 

"On  October   11,   Captain   Smith   received   another  Citation,  as  follows: 

'The  Division  Commander  cites  the  following  officer  for  conspicious 
gallantry  and  heroism  in  the  recent  operations  between  the  Argonne  and 
the  Meuse,  Oct.  1-11,  1918.  Captain  Horace  L.  Smith,  with  splendid  judg- 
ment and  utter  disregard  of  personal  danger,  led  a  party  of  his  men  into 
a  blazing  dump,  extinguished  the  flames,  and  rescued  much  ammunition 
and  other  valuable  supplies,  just  in  time  to  avoid  an  explosion  v/hich  would 
have  destroyed  the  whole  dump,  and  resulted  in  considerable  loss  of  life.' 

'By  command  of  Major  General  McGlachlin.' 

"Then  came  the  Argonne,  with  its  heart-breaking,  body-breaking  endur- 
ance test.  Captain  Smith's  Company  was  attached  to  the  26th  rhfantry, 
and  orders  were  received  one  night  to  attack  the  next  morning.  Immediately, 
the  Company  started  out  from  the  position  where  they  had  dug  in.  The 
hike  lasted  about  half  the  night,  being  across  country — no  roads,  only  the 
compass  to  follow,  and  rain  coming  down  in  chunks.  The  line  had  hardly 
been  reached  by  zero  hour,  so  there  was  no  rest  to  be  had  there.  The 
Company  followed  the  Infantry  over  on  a  nine  kilometer  advance  that  day, 
and  reached  the  town  of  Youcq,  built  a  19-foot  artillery  bridge  under  heavy 
fire — two  men  killed  and  a  number  wounded.  Just  at  dusk,  orders  were 
received  to  go  on  a  forv»-ard  march,  to  the  vicinity  of  Sedan.  The  hike 
lasted  all  night,  and  the  Division  was  in  a  position  to  capture  Sedan,  if  they 
had  not  been  stopped  by  the  Armistice. 

"From  Sedan  to  Coblenz,  Germany,  Captain  Smith,  with  the  whole  First 
Division,  hiked  all  the  way,  and  is  now  with  the  Army  of  Occupation,  keep- 
ing 'The  Watch  on  the  Rhine.' 

"Th,e  valourous  deeds,  performed  with  such  undaunted  courage  by 
Captain  Smith,  should  make  the  City  of  Petersburg  proud  that  such  a  son 
went  forth  from  her  gates  to  champion  the  cause  of  right,  and  help  bring 
lasting  peace  to  the  world." 

Captain  B.  V.  M.  LaRUE,  Class  1S9G.     From  New  York  City. 
355th  Infantry,  89th  Division,  A.   E.   F. 
Commissioned  Captain,   355th   Infantry,  August  15,   1917. 


190         Virginia  Military  Tnstiiute — Worid  War  Record 

Sailed  for  France  with  his  Division  and  participated  with  It  in  all  its 
actions,  being  wounded  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive.  He  was,  later, 
stricken  with  influenza  followed  by  pneumonia,  and  died  in  the  Service  In 
France  (date  not  known). 

fit  is  regretted  that  the  full  details  of  his  service  have  not  been  fur- 
nished by  his  family.     They  have  been  several  times  asked  for.l 

Captain  ALFRED  DICKINSON  BARKSDALE,  Class  1911.  From  Virginia. 
Company  "M,"  116th  Infantry,  29th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
As  1st  Lieutenant  of  the  "Lynchburg  Musketeers"  (later  known  as  Com- 
pany "L,"  1st  Virginia  Infantry),  he  spent  about  six  months  on  the  Mexican 
Border.  Recalled  into  Federal  Service,  his  Company  (commanded  by  G.  M. 
Alexander,  Graduate,  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1909,  who,  later,  became  Major  of  the 
First  Battalion)  was  stationed  at  Camp  McClellan.  and  from  there  it  went 
overseas.  He  landed  at  Brest,  early  in  June,  1918,  and  reached  the  front, 
the  last  of  September,  and  received  his  baptism  of  fire,  near  the  village 
of  Samogneux,  October  8.  "Of  the  following  twenty-one  days,"  he  wrote, 
"it  would  be  a  waste  of  time  to  try  to  write  anything;  it  Is  beyond  me  to 
try  to  describe  It  in  writing,  but  it  taught  me  Just  what  a  man  can  do, 
if  he  wants  to.  I  would  never  have  believed  it  possible  for  men  to  go 
through  what  our  men  did.  But  they  did  it,  and  we  took  every  objective 
assigned  to  us,  and  held  all  we  took." 

At  the  beginning  of  the  engagement,  on  October  8,  he  was  fourth  in 
command  of  his  battalion:  but  in  a  few  minutes  Major  Opie  (son  of  an 
"Old  Cadet"  of  the  V.  M.  I.)  lost  two  fingers,  and  had  to  retire;  Captain 
Robert  Y.  Conrad  (V.  M.  I.  Graduate)  was  killed,  and  the  other  Captain  was 
shell-shocked;  thus  putting  Captain  Barksdale  in  command  of  the  battalion, 
which  position  he  retained  until  the  close  of  the  active  fighting. 
His  Company  was  devoted  to  him.     One  of  them  wrote: 

"As- one  of  these  Virginia  lads  would  fall,  you  would  see  that  Captain 
on  his  knees,  binding  up  his  wounds,  and  ever  his  words  would  be — 'Courage, 
boys!'  There  never  was  an  hour  but  that  he  had  a  kind  word  for  his  men. 
He  was  a  father  and  a  commander,  too,  and  he  trusted  in  his  Lord,  and  was 
carried  through  what  men  call  hell.  He  went  out,  in  danger  of  his  own 
life,  to  help  a  dying  or  wounded  man,  and  God  brought  him  safely  through 
it  all." 

Captain  Barksdale  was  next  in  action  near  MoUevllle,  October  12,  and 
again  October  15,  in  the  Bois  de  Grand  Montagne.  He  was  awarded  the 
"D.  S.  C,"  and  the  Citation  was  in  these  words: 

"Alfred  D.  Barksdale,  Captain,  116th  Infantry. 

"For  repeated  acts  of  extraordinary  heroism,  in  action  near  Samogneux, 
France,  October  8,  1918;  near  Molleville,  France.  October  12;  and  in  the 
Bois  de  Grand  Montagne,  France,  October  15,  1918.  Commanding  a  support 
Company,  during  the  attack  of  October  8,  Captain  Barksdale  discovered  that 
his  battalion  had  advanced  ahead  of  the  unit  on  the  right  flank,  and  was 
suffering  heavy  losses  from  machine-gun  fire.  Without  orders,  he'  attacked 
and  captured  the  guns,  taking  many  prisoners.  On  October  12.  he  worked 
for  over  an  hour,  exposed  to  a  terrific  bombardment,  binding  the  wounds 
of  his  men.  On  October  15.  he  advanced  alone  into  a  thick  wood.  and.  with 
the  aid  of  his  pistol,  put  out  of  action  a  destructive  machine-gun  which  was 
pouring  such  a  deadly  fire  that  his  men  could  not  raise  their  heads." 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        191 

The  French  Government,  later,  awarded  him  the  "Croix  de  Guerre," 
and,  still  later,  made  him  a  Chevalier  of  the  "Legion  of  Honour." 

All  will  unhesitatingly  say  that  such  valour  as  he  displayed  deserves 
the  awarding  of  the  "Medal  of  Honour" — the  highest  decoration  within  the 
gift  of  the  United  States,  and  it  is  hoped  he  will  receive  it  yet. 

Captain  GREENLEE  D.  LETCHER,  Class  1886,  "First  Honour." 

From  Virginia. 

Battery  "F,"  111th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F.     ("Rockbridge  Battery.") 

As  soon  as  War  was  declared,  Greenlee  Letcher  determined  to  volunteer 
for  service  in  the  field.  Knowing  his  wish  to  enter  the  Service,  the  citizens 
of  his  County  (Rockbridge,  Virginia)  requested  him  to  organize  a  battery 
of  artillery,  to  be  known  as  the  successor  of  the  famous  Confederate  "Rock- 
bridge Battery,"  and  to  take  command  of  it.  He  at  once  consented,  and.  In 
August,  1917,  the  battery  was  mobilized  in  Richmond.  After  some  months 
spent  at  Camp  McClellan,  Alabama,  the  battery  went  to  France,  being  known 
as  Battery  "F,"  111th  Field  Artillery.  It  was  thoroughly  drilled  in  France, 
and  was  said  to  be  the  best  trained  battery  in  the  brigade  of  which  it  formed 
a  part.  The  officers  and  men  were  eager  to  get  to  the  front  line.  In  the 
early  fall  of  1918,  it  was  moved  nearer  and  nearer  to  the  front;  but  It  never 
reached  its  objective,  the  Armistice  preventing.  It  was  a  sore  disappoint- 
ment to  the  splendid  battery,  but  all  the  members  bore  the  disappointment 
like  the  good  soldiers  they  were.  In  the  Summer  of  1919,  the  battery  was 
demobilized.  Its  Captain,  a  distinguished  lawyer,  at  the  age  of  fifty  (young- 
est son  of  Virginia's  War  Governor)  had  left  his  home  and  family,  willing 
and  ready  to  give  his  life  for  his  Country,  if  there  were  need  of  the  sacrifice. 
He  is  believed  to  have  been  the  oldest  Volunteer  Line  Officer  in  the  American 
Army,  and  he  was  idolized  by  his  men. 

Captain  Letcher  is  the  Commander  of  the  Rockbridge  Post,  American 
Legion. 

Captaiu  JAMES  NEVILLE  COCKE  RICHARDS,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 

2Gth  (Regular)  Infantry,  Company  "F,"  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Killed  in  action  near  Solssons,  France.     Buried,  July  21,  1918,  where  he  fell. 
His  remains  were  later  interred  in  Plaisy  Cemetery. 
[Letter  from  his  Chaplain  to  his  Wife.l 

"Headquarters,  26th   Infantry, 

Oct.  28,   1918. 
"My  dear  Mrs.  Richards: 

"At  the  request  of  *Major  Youell,  an  old  friend  of  your  husband,  and 
now  commanding  the  battalion  with  which  your  husband  served,  I  am  send- 
ing him  the  map  location  of  the  grave  of  Captain  Richards. 

"I  was  serving  with  the  same  (Second)  Battalion  before  and  during 
that  battle.  The  last  I  saw  of  your  husband  alive  was  when  we  talked 
together  in  the  woods  in  which  we  camped,  the  day  before  going  forward 
to  the  attack. 

"Captain  Richards  was  killed  by  a  machine-gun  bullet  which  struck  him 
in  the  abdomen.  His  wound  was  dressed,  but  apparently  he  disJ  before  he 
could  be  carried  to  our  Aid  Station,  a  few  hundred  yards  away. 


*Rice  M.  Youell,  his  V.  M.  I.  Classmate,  so  distinguished  in  the  War. 


192         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"His  battalion  had  gone  over  the  top  that  morning,  across  a  great 
National  Highway,  the  Paris-Soissons  Road.  The  German  machine-gun  fire 
was  extremely  severe,  and  we  suffered  heavily. 

"A  detail  of  four  soldiers  was  given  me  by  Major  Legge  to  bury  Captain 
Richards  and  Lieutenant  Boone.  We  buried  your  husband  where  he  fell 
and  marked  the  grave  with  a  cross  upon  which  his  identification  tag  was 
placed.  His  personal  effects,  as  I  found  them,  were  removed,  and  later 
placed  in  his  bedding-roll.  We  endeavored  to  remove  his  ring,  but  found  it 
impossible  to  do  so,  so  we  buried  it  with  him.  Records  of  the  location  of 
the  grave  were  sent  to  the  Adjutant  General,  American  Expeditionary  Forces, 
and  to  the  Graves  Registration  Service;  so  his  grave  can  be  readily  found 
after  the  War  is  over. 

"It  was  remarkable  what  a  peaceful  and  spiritual  expression  was  upon 
the  face  of  Captain  Richards.  It  did  not  seem  as  if  he  had  suffered  greatly, 
and  we  could  fancy  that  he  seemed  well  pleased  to  pay  the  supreme  sacrifice 
upon  the  field  of  battle. 

"I  have  heard  among  the  enlisted  men  and  officers  who  knew  your 
husband  many,  many  remarks  as  to  Captain  Richard's  ouiet  thoughtfulness. 
his  constant  care  for  those  under  his  command,  his  unfailing  cheer,  and  his 
courage,  and  efficiency  as  a  soldier  and  leader  of  men.  His  memory  lives 
with  us,  and  inspires  us  to  emulate  his  devoted  service  to  his  Country. 

"We  ask  that  you  will  accept  our  sincere  sympathy  for  the  burden  of 
grief  you  bear;  but  we  trust  that  your  pride  and  joy  in  your  husband's 
noble  life  and  glorious  death  will  enable  you  tc  bear  his  loss  with  courage. 

"May  God  strengthen  and  help  you,  and  may  the  promise  of  our 
Saviour  comfort  you  with  the  thought  of  meeting  your  husband  in  a  better 
world. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Robert  Williams, 
Chaplain  (Protestant),  26th  Infantry." 

The  copy  of  the  General  Order  which  contains  his  Citation  reads  as 
follows: 

"Second   Brigade   Headquarters, 

Prance,  2  August,  1918. 
"General  Order  No.  2. 

"1.  The  Brigade  Commander  cites  the  following  officers  and  menfor  con- 
spicuous gallantry,  during  the  operations,   18-23  July,  near  Soissons. 

(Extract.) 
"Captain  J.  N.  C.  Richards.  2Gth  Infantry,  during  the  attacks  of  July 
18  and  19,  displayed  marked  courage,  leadership  and  coolness  in  directing 
his  men  against  machine-gun  nests,  and  was  killed,  while  leading  his  men 
in  the  third  attack  across  the  Paris-Soissons  Road  against  machine-guns 
that  were  causing  heavy  losses." 

"War  Department, 
The  Adjutant  General's   Office, 

Washington,  Dec.  2,  1918. 
"Mrs.  J.  N.  C.  Richards, 
Sewanee,  Tenn. 

"Dear  Madam: 

"This  office  has  been  advised  by  cable  by  the  Commanding  General, 
American  Expeditionary  Forces,  that  he  has  awarded  the  'Distinguished 
Service  Cross,'  posthumously,  to  your  husband,  Captain  J.  N.  C.  Richards, 
2Cth  Infantry,  for  displaying  valorous  leadership,  throughout  the  attack  on 
July  18,  1919,  near  Soissons,  France,  when  he  was  killed,  while  charging 
Enemy  machine-guns,  at  the  head  of  his  command. 

"The  Quarter-Master  General  of  the  Army  has  been  directed  to  cause  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        193 

'Distinguished  Service  Cross'  to  be  forwarded  to  you,  and  it  is  believed  that 
you  will  receive  the  same  in  a  short  time. 

Very  respectfully, 

Ralph  Harrison, 
Adjutant  General." 
"R.  H.:  R.  S." 

Captain  Richards  was  of  an  English  family  of  this  name  that  came 
originally  from  France.  On  his  mother's  side  he  was  a  grandson  of  Captain 
H.  H.  Cocke,  U.  S.  Navy,  and  Captain  in  the  Confederate  Navy;  on  his 
father's  side  he  was  a  grandson  of  Major  James  Russell  Richards,  of  Vir- 
ginia. He  was  descended  (on  both  sides)  from  twenty-two  heroes  who  at 
different  times  bore  arms  in  the  defense  of  their  Country. 

Captain  Richards  married  Ada  Ni(^oll  Knight,  only  daughter  of  Right 
Rev.  Albion  W.  Knight,  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  University  of  the  South.  He 
left  one  daughter,  Elise  Knight  Richards. 

Captain  EDWARD  TAYLOR  DAVANT,  Class  1911.     From  Virginia. 

315th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Infantry  at  Fort  Myer,  August  15, 
1917,  and  was  assigned  to  the  318th  Infantry,  at  Camp  Lee,  August  27, 
He  was  transferred  to  the  314th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  September  15,  1917, 
and  on  February  20,  1918,  he  was  transferred  to  the  315th  Machine-Gun 
Battalion.  On  May  19,  1918,  he  sailed  for  France  with  his  Battalion.  He 
served  as  second  in  command  of  the  battalion,  until  April  28,  1919,  when 
he  was  transferred  to  the  ofRce  of  Post  Commandant,  American  Embarka- 
tion Centre,  Le  Mans,  France,  as  Port  Inspector.  On  June  18,  1919,  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Army  Service  Corps,  and  commanded  the  9th  Provisional 
Guard  Company,  until  returned  to  the  United  States,  September  19,  1919. 
He  served  in  action  with  the  British  Expeditionary'  Force  from  July  26  to 
August  19,  1918.  He  was  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  Sept.  12-15,  1918,  and  in 
the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  September  ;26-November  1,  1918.  On  November 
1,  1918,  he  was  seriously  wounded. 

The  following  Order  attests  to  the  manner  in  which  this  gallant  officer' 
served  his  Country: 

"Headquarters,  160th  Infantry  Brigade, 
American  Expeditionary  Forces, 

France,   15  May,   1919. 
"General  Orders 
No.  3. 

(Extract  Copy.) 
"3.  Because  of  their  special  devotion  to  duty,  and  their  heroic  conduct  in 
action,  it  is  the  desire  of  the  Brigade  Commander  to  cite  officially  the  315th 
Machine-Gun  Battalion: 

"Captain  Edward  T.  Davant,  North  of  Sommerance,  France,  the  1st 
November,  1918.  Captain  Davant's  Company  and  the  Infantry  it  was  sup- 
porting, were  held  up  by  an  Enemy  resistance  so  fierce  that  the  troops  were 
on  the  point  of  falling  back.  Captain  Davant.  at  this  point,  fearlessly  ex- 
posed himself  to  a  galling  machine-gun  fire,  and,  though  wounded  himself, 
re-organized  the  attack,  and  directed  it  successfully,  heedless  of  his  own 
wound,  until  the  Enemy  position  was  taken. 

By  order  of  Brigadier   General  Brett, 

Wm.  C.  Vandewater, 
"A  true  copy."  Captain,  Infantry,  Adjutant." 


194         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

While  suffering  from  his  wound,  Captain  Davant  learned  of  the  death  of 
his  wife  from  influenza  followed  by  pneumonia,  on  October  16,  191  s.  Their 
marriage  had  occurred  only  a  little  over  a  year  before  he  went  overseas. 

Captain  Davant  is  the  youngest  of  four  brothers — ^all  ex-Cadets  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  and  three  of  them  Graduates.  One  had  died  before  the  War;  the 
others,  Captain  Henry  W.  Davant  and  Lieutenant  Charles  R.  Davant,  were 
also  in  the  Service,  throughout  the  War. 

Captain  Davant  was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service,  October 
8,  1919. 

Captain  ATWELL  THERON  LINCOLN,  Class  1897.     From  Mississippi,  but 

later,   a  resident  of  St.   Louis,   Mo. 

o54th   Infantry,   89th  Division,  A.   E.  F. 

Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Captain  Lincoln  first  saw  military  service  in  the  Spanish-American  War, 
being  a  sergeant  in  the  "Columbus  (Miss.)  Riflemen"  which  his  father. 
Colonel  C.  L.  Lincoln,  commanded. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Officers'  Training  School  at  Fort  Riley,  in  May,  1917, 
and  was  commissioned  Captain  in  the  following  August,  and  was  at  once 
assigned  to  Camp  Funston  where  he  served  as  Regimental  Adjutant,  354th 
Infantry,  89th  Division,  until  in  June,  1918,  upon  his  request,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  line,  as  Captain  of  Company  "B."  He  left  for  France,  the 
latter  part  of  June,  1918.  Arrived  in  France,  he  was  placed  in  command 
of  a  Machine-Gun  Company.  He  was  one  month  at  the  Machine-Gun  School, 
and  thisn  entered  the  front  line  trenches  in  command  of  a  Maohine-Gun 
Company.  At  about  2  P.  M.,  September  18,  1918,  he  was  killed  in  the  fighting 
that  followed  the  wiping  out  of  the  St.  Mihiel  Salient.  He  was  buried  at 
Xames,  twelve  and  one-half  miles  Southwest  of  Metz.  He  left  a  widow  who 
was  Miss  Annie  Lou  Porter,  of  St.  Louis,  and  one  son,  Lee,  aged  three  years. 
A  brother.  Lieutenant  L.  W.  Lincoln,  served  in  the  U.  S.  Tank  Corps  in 
the  World  War. 

The  details  of  Captain  Atwell  T.  Lincoln's  death  in  action  were  furnished 
by  1st  Lieutenant  Fred.  W.  Fickett,  Jr.,  of  his  Company,  as  follows: 

"France,  September  30.  1918. 

"Whatever  information  is  given  in  this  brief  paper  is  not  the  evidence 
of  eye-witnesses,  but  is  the  result  of  information  obtained  from  several 
parties  who  were  in  position  to  know  of  the  Captain's  death  and  burial. 
On  Monday  afternoon,  September  16,  while  I  was  in  Bouillonville,  attending 
to  some  matters  relative  to  our  Company  Train  (this,  upon  orders  of  Captain 
Lincoln),  he  received  an  order  from  Colonel  Babcock,  the  Regimental  C.  0., 
requiring  that  our  Company  put  four  machine-guns  in  the  front  line  trenches, 
which  did  not  then  exist,  but  which  were  to  be  established  and  dug.  that 
night,  by  the  3rd  Battalion.  The  order  also  stated  that  the  position  for 
these  4  guns  should  be  chosen  by  the  C.  0.,  M.  G.  Co.  Captain  Lincoln 
designated  me  to  take  command  of  the  platoon;  and  so  we  went  out  across 
'No  Man's  Land'  for  1,500  yards,  that  night,  together.  He  chose  the  posi- 
tions, helped  me  to  get  the  men  started  digging,  issued  final  instructions, 
and  then  left,  about  midnight,  for  Beney. 

"The  next  day,  Lieutenant  Clancy,  our  second  in  command,  returned 
from  the  Corps  Machine-Gun  School  which  he  had  been  attending  for  a 
month;  and,  so,  on  the  following  night,  September  17,  Captain  Lincoln  and 
Lieutenant  Clancy  oame  out  to  visit  me,  and  to  acquaint  Lieutenant  Clancy 


Some  of  the  Specially  Disti^^guisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)        195 

with  the  tactical  situation.  In  the  course  of  my  conversation  with  the 
Captain.  I  jokingly  asked  about  relief  of  my  platoon,  for  1  thought  we  had 
been  'hitting  the  ball'  rather  hard;  and  I  was  told  by  him  that  our  only 
relief  would  be  going  foncard.  He  then  explained  further  by  saying  that 
another  platoon  of  4  guns  was  coming  up  the  following  night  to  take  up 
positions  in  the  front  line,  on  my  right.  I  did  not  talk  with  him  much 
further.  The  next  afternoon,  shortly  after  dinner,  Captain  Lincoln,  Lieu- 
tenant Clancy.  Lieutenant  Roderick  (who  was  to  command  the  platoon  com- 
ing up  that  night),  Sergeant  Reagan  (Platoon  Sergeant),  Sergeant  Sindelar, 
and  Private  1st  Class  Harbin  (who  was  the  Captain's  orderly)  left  Beney, 
to  reconnoiter  the  front  line,  looking  for  positions  for  the  additional  four 
guns.  The  Huns  wore  shelling  some,  but  not  heavily.  The  party  had  little 
difficulty,  and,  having  completed  its  reconnaissance,  was  making  its  way 
down  the  reverse  slope,  back  of  the  front  lines,  along  the  little  grove  of  pine 
trees  there  located,  towards  3rd  Battalion  Headquarters.  Captain  Lincoln 
was  leading  the  party.  As  he  approached  the  corner  of  the  woods  (indicated 
on  the  map),  he  was  accosted  by  some  Lieutenant,  inquiring  for  informa- 
tion concerning  the  location  of  certain  units.  The  other  members  of  tli/e 
party,  who  had  been  separated  by  a  considerable  distance,  closed  up  on  the 
two.  All  were  standing  in  this  group,  when  a  high  explosive  shell  burst 
near  them.  Captain  Lincoln  and  his  orderly,  Pvt.  1st  Class  Audley  W. 
Harbin,  were  killed  immediately.  Lieutenant  Roderick's  leg  was  shot  off. 
Lieutenant  Clancy's  knee  cap  was  blown  away,  and  Sgt.  Reagan  was  seriously 
injured  about  the  body.  It  appears  that  Captain  Lincoln  received  the  full 
force  of  the  explosion,  for  he  was  badly  cut  in  several  places  on  his  back,  and 
he  is  not  known  to  have  spoken  a  word  after  the  accident. 

(Signed)     Fkf.d.  W.  Fickett,  Jr., 

1st  Lieut,  354th  Inf." 

Captain  FREDERICK  WILLIAM  A.DAMS,  Class  1909.     From  Missouri. 

16th  Infantry  (Regular),  First  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
At  the  completion  of  three  months'  training  at  the  first  O.  T.  School,  at 
Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  he  was  commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  Infantry.  Sailed 
from  Hoboken  for  France,  Sept.  7,  1917.  Attended  Infantry  Army  School, 
B.  E.  F..  at  Hardelot,  France,  from  Sept.  1!S  to  Nov.  3,  1917.  Reported  to 
the  C.  O.,  16th  Infantry,  Nov.  11,  1917,  and  was  assigned  to  "B"  Company. 
Placed  on  S.  D.,  on  Operations  Section,  16th  Inf.,  Nov.  15.  Returned  to  duty 
with  Company,  Jan'y  15,  1918.  Assigned  to  1st  Platoon.  Brigade  took  over 
trench  section  on  Toul  Front.  Jan'y  15  (Post  at  Xivray).  Relieved  March 
3,  by  Second  Brigade.  On  April  14,  1918,  took  over  sector  in  front  of 
Montdidier,  from  French.  May  2S,  Cantigny  taken  by  28th  Inf.  1st  Division 
relieved  July  7.  by  French.  July  18,  started  attack  near  Soissons.  July  19. 
automatically  took  command  of  Co.  "B,"  after  all  other  officers  were  casual- 
ties. Continued  attack  on  July  19,  20,  21  and  22.  Relieved  on  night  of 
July  22-23,  by  a  Scotch  Division.  Slightly  wounded  by  shrapnel,  July  20, 
but  not  evacuated.  Casualties  in  Company  evacuated— 5  out  of  6  officers  and 
141  out  of  203  enlisted  men  (16  of  the  203  had  been  left  back  in  the  kitchen, 
and  were  not  engaged). 

Division  took  over  Toul  Sector.  August  5,  in  front  of  Regmeville. 
August  15.  ordered  to  return  to  the  United  States,  to  be  assigned  to  a  new 
Division,  as  Instructor.  Landed,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Sept.  9.  1918.  Accepted 
commission  as  Captain,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  Sept.  17,  1918  (commission  dated 
July  30,  1918.)  Assigned  to  18th  Division,  85th  Infantry,  at  Camp  Travis, 
Texas,  Sept.  17,  1918.  Assigned  to  Infantry  Officers'  School.  Camp  Lee,  Va., 
March  1,  1918. 


196         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

I        i         i        . 
Citation,  and  Award  of  D.  S.  C: 

"G.  O.  No.  125,  W.  D.,  Dec.  12,  1918. 

"1.  By  direction  of  the  President,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of 
Congress  approved  July  9,  1918  (Bui.  43,  W.  D.,  1918),  the  'Distinguished 
Service  Cross'  was  awarded  by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  P.,  for  extra- 
ordinary heroism  in  action  in  France,  to  the  following-named  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  and  of  the  Allied 
Armies:     *     *     * 

"Fred.  W.  Adams,  First  Lieutenant,  85th  Infantry,  18th  Division 
For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action,  near  Soissons,  France,  July  22,  1918. 
"During  the  violent  figh.ting  of  July  22,  1918,  he  distinguished  himself 
by  his  courage,  judgment  and  efficient  leadership.  After  the  strength  of  the 
regiment  had  been  seriously  reduced  by  losses,  he  took  command  of  a  large 
number  of  the  remaining  troops,  disposed  them,  in  effective  positions,- — walk- 
ing up  and  down  the  lines,  under  constant  fire  from  the  Enemy,  and,  by  his 
example  of  coolness  and  bravery,  inspired  his  men  to  hold  the  positions 
they  had  gained. 

"By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

Peyton  C.  March, 
Genera],  Chief  of  Staff." 
"Official:" 

"J.  T.  Kekk,  Adjutant  General." 

This  order  was  read,  and  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  presented,  in 
the  presence  of  a  large  number  of  officers  (Captain  Adams  being  escorted 
by  the  19th  and  35th  Infantry  Regiments),  by  Brig.  Gen.  George  H.  Estes, 
Commander  of  the  18th  Division,  in  front  of  Camp  Headquarters,  Camp 
Travis,  at  9:30  o'clock,  Saturday  morning,  Feb'y  8,  1919,  the  cross  having 
been  won  by  Captain  Adams,  while  he  was  a  Lieutenant  with  the  16th 
Infantry. 

Before  pinning  this  coveted  token  of  honour  on  Captain  Adams,  General 
Estes  said: 

"Captain  Adams,  I  esteem  it  a  distinct  honour  that  I  am  permitted  to 
transmit  to  you  this  distinctive  mark  of  appreciation  and  of  gratitude  of 
a  great  Nation  for  an  act  of  heroism  and  unselfish  devotion  in  her  behalf. 

"As  long  as  men  are  willing  to  forget  self  and  all  selfish  interests,  and 
are  gladly  v/illing  to  make  the  Supreme  Sacrifice  for  their  beloved  Country, 
so  long  may  we  feel  sure  that  their  Country  will  not  be  interrupted  on  her 
march  for  the  supreme  and  glorious  heights  of  development  to  which  her 
destiny  points  " 

Citation  from  Commander-in-Chief,  French  Armies,  with  the  Croix  de 
Guerre. 

"General  Headquarters  of  the 
Armies  of  the  North  and  North  East,  Staff, 

Personnel    Bureau    (Decorations). 

"Order  No.   11,220-D." 

(Extract.) 

"With  the  approbation  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  American  Ex- 
peditionary Forces  in  France,  the  General  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  French 
Armies  of  "the  North  and  North  East  cites  in  the -Order  of  the  Army:  *  *  *  * 

"Lieutenant  F.  W.  Adams,  of  the  IGth  Regiment,  American  Infantry. 
Has  shown  great  presence  of  mind  and  courage  in  command  of  his  com- 
pany, and  has  thus  aided  in  the  advance  of  his  regiment,  and  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  line. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       197 

"At  General  Headquarters,  November  6,  1918. 

The  General  Commander-in-Chief, 

(Signed)     Petain. 
"Original  Extract: 

"The  Lieutenant  Colonel, . 

Chief  of  Personnel  Bureau." 
Captain  Adams  had  two  brothers  also  in  the  Service,  and  in  the  A.  E.  F. : 
Sergeant  Calvert  B.  Adams  and  Private  Walcott  G.  Adams.    Captain  Adams 
continues  in  the  Service  he  has  so  greatly  honoured. 

Captain  ROBERT  YOUNG  CONRAD,  Class  1905.     From  Virginia. 

Company  "I,"  llGth  Infantry,  29th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Mortally  w^ounded  in  action  in  France. 

On  June  19,  1916,  the  National  Guard  was  called  out,  and  Captain  Conrad 

went  to  the  Border  with  the  Second  Virginia  Regiment,  and  was  stationed 

at  Brownsville,  Tex.,  for  eight  months.     The  Second  Virginia  was  mustered 

out  of  Service  in  February,  1917,  but  was  called  into  Federal  Service  again 

in  a  few  weeks.     Captain  Conrad,  as  commanding  officer  of  Company  "L," 

then  did  guard  duty  on  the  Southern  and  Norfolk  and  Western  Railroads 

for  five  months,  after  which  the  Second  Virginia  was  ordered  to  Camp  Mc- 

Clellan,   Anniston,  Ala.,   and   there  became  a  part   of  the  Twenty-ninth,   or 

"Blue  and  Gray"  Division.     After  nine  months'  training,  the  regiment  sailed 

for  France,  June  15,  1918. 

[Letters  from  two  of  his  Lieutenants:! 

"Captain  Greenlee  D.  Letcher, 

Battery  'F,'  111th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

"At  your  request,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  write  of  my  C.  O.,  Captain 
Robert  Y.  Conrad,  Co.  'I,'  116th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.  I  was  one  of  his  Second 
Lieutenants,  and  was  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  of  the  'Blue  and  Gray'  Division. 
I  either  served  immediately  under  him,  or  with  him.  in  the  116th  Infantry, 
from  May  1,  1918,  and  I  knew  him  well,  and  admired  him  greatly.  A  fine 
big  fellow,  and  every  inch  a  man  and  a  soldier.  Loved  by  all  his  men  who 
expressed  their  confidence  in  him  by  saying  they  would  follow  him  through 
Hell,  and  they  would,  and  they  did. 

"In  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  Captain  Conrad's  Company  was  in 
the  thick  of  it,  being  assaulting  Company,  the  first  day. 

"Captain  Conrad  was  shot  through  the  head,  leading  his  men,  on  the 
morning  of  October  8,  1918,  between  nine  and  ten  o'clock,  at  the  Enemy's 
third  line  trenches. 

"In  the  violence  of  their  assault,  they  (his  Company)  had  swept  beyond 
the  objective  set  for  them,  and,  at  the  third  line  trench,  met  a  murderous 
machine-gun  fire,  and  Captain  Conrad  fell  mortally  wounded. 

"His  men  gave  him  first  aid,  and  German  prisoners  (captured  by  his 
Company)   carried  him  to  the  rear. 

"Private  I.  AUemange  of  his  Company  told  me  that  tlie  Captain  urged 
his  men  to  go  forward,  saying:  'Don't  bother  with  me.  Go  ahead!'  He 
died  the  same  day  at  Gloneux,  in  sight  of  Verdun,  to  the  South-west. 

"He  was  shot  in  the  Bois  Brabant-Sur-Meuse.  I  write  these  details  as 
they  were  given  to  me.  I  was  at  the  time  on  Detached  Service  at  Grondue 
Courts.  With  this  letter  I  give  you  a  photograph  of  Captain  Conrad's  grave, 
made  by  me  on  the  24th  of  March.  And  I  also  give  you  the  negative,  as  you 
desire  to  have  an  enlargement  made,  to  present  to  the  V.  M.  I.  ivhere  Captain 
Conrad  received  his  military  education.  The  School  should  be  proud  of  him, 
and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  me  to  write  this  remembrance  of  my  Captain  Conrad. 

Yours,  &c., 

Harky  a.  Douglass, 
2nd  Lt.,  116th  Inf.,  29th  Div.'" 


198         ViRGixTA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"Our  Captain,  Robert  Young  Conrad,  commanding  Company  I,  116th 
Infantry,  a  man's  man,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him!  Time  after  time,  his 
men  spoke  of  him,  saying  they  would  follow  him  through  Hell.  With  his 
face  to  the  foe,  he  fell  upon  the  Field  of  Honour,  mortally  wounded,  while 
leading  his  men  forward  toward  the  Enenay's  third  line  trenches,  the  morning 
of  the  8th  of  October,  1918.  His  Company  was  the  assaulting  Company,  on 
the  right.  As  the  hour  approached,  he  was  among  his  men  speaking  words 
of  cheer. 

"At  the  first  gun,  the  shrill  blast  of  his  whistle  started  the  men  forward 
across  'No  Man's  Land'  toward  the  German  lines.  He  was  like  a  boy  at  a 
picnic,  going  hither  and  thither,  encouraging  here  and  driving  there.  On 
and  on  he  led  them,  until  the  objective  was  almost  reached — when  a  murder- 
ous stream  of  machine-gun  fire  from  the  Bois-Brabant-Sur-Meuse  temporarily 
haulted  his  men.  Undaunted,  fearless,  he  passed  among  them;  gathering 
them  together,  he  led  them  forward,  until  he  fell  mortally  wounded.  Hur- 
riedly, he  was  evacuated  to  the  rear  by  German  prisoners  captured  by  his 
men,  and  a  noble  effort  was  made  to  save  his  life. 

'.The  Supreme  Sacrifice  was  made,  and  an  American  Hero  sleeps  on 
the  sunny  fields  of  France. 

Haev)ld  C.  Dingtss, 
1st  Lt.,  Co.  'I,'  116th  Infantry." 

His  young  wife  wrote: 

''It  makes  me  so  happy  to  hear  of  his  beautiful  deeds;  he  was  always 
helping  some  one  and  mostly  by  the  example  of  his  happy,  trustful  nature. 
His  mother  sent  me  the  last  three  letters  he  wrote  her,  and  in  one  of  them 
he  says:  'All  old  people  will  have  me  for  a  friend  forever.  I  never  saw 
one  that  I  remember  who  couldn't  teach  me  something,  and  very,  very  few 
',vb.o  were  not  very  kind  and  very  generous.'  Isn't  it  strange  that  he  should 
write  that,  just  as  you  tell  me  about  his  stand  for  General  Shipp? 

"He  only  taught  me  'the  glory  of  the  trenches,'  and,  so,  that  is  all  I  have 
ever  been  able  to  see,  and  I  know  he  is  content." 

The  "Distinguished  Service  Cross"  was  awarded  to  him,  posthumously, 
by  direction  of  the  President,  tb  rough  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F., 
with  the  Citation  as  follows: 

"Robert  Y.  Conrad,  Captain.  116th  Infantry. 

"For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Samogneux,  France,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1918. 

"Captain  Conrad  led  his  Company  in  assault,  capturing  many  prisoners 
and  machine-guns.  He  continually  inspired  h's  men  by  utter  disregard  of 
danger,  and  was  mortally  wounded,  while  leading  a  charge  on  a  machine- 
gun  nest." 

A  daughter  was  born  to  Captain  and  Mrs.  Conrad,  after  his  death,  and 
has  been  named  for  her  fath,er,  and  will  be  called  "Robbie." 

"In  Memoriam." 

"Robert  Young  Conrad,  Captain,  Co.  'I,'  116th  Infantry,  killed  in  action 
October  8,  1918. 

"They  tell  me  with  solemn  pride  that  you  have  fallen  on  the  field  of 
battle,  that  you  are  counted  among  those  countless  thousands  who  have 
died  to  make  men  free.  When  you  took  your  place  in  that  Valhalla  where 
the  heroes  are,  the  bells  were  tolled,  and  a  gold  star  shines  to  you  In  per- 
petual remembrance.  I  know  that  you  are  dead;  and,  yet,  across  that 
twilight  land,  between  the  land  of  the  real  and  the  shadowy  realm  of  souls, 
your  Spirit  comes,  and  seems  to  hover  near  me.  and  I  who  loved  you  as  a 
brother  can  hear  your  voice  across  the  chasm  of  Eternity.  You  were 
fashioned  by  your  Creator  to  bo  a  Soldier.  He  gave  to  you  a  strong  and 
virile  body;  He  made  you  quick  of  mind  and  eye;  He  set  the  seal  of  valour 


Some  of  tiik  Sikcially  Distixguishkd  Aluiixi  (Cont'd)        199 

in  your  heart,  and  dowered  your  soul  with  th,e  nobility  of  high  courage;  He 
breathed  into  your  being  a  spirit  that  the  fiery  test  of  War  was  powerless 
to  break;  and  He  held  before  your  eyes  the  shining  vision  that  Crusaders  see. 

"Your  liour  of  glory  came  upon  a  battlefield  in  France;  and  when  you 
fell,  you  stood  face  to  face  with  the  Enemy  of  Mankind,  with  your  devoted 
men  behind  you. 

"You  made  the  Supreme  Sacrifice  within  a  few  short  weeks  of  that 
wonderful  day  when  Peace  burst  upon  the  World  like  a  dazzling  light  from 
Heaven;  when  the  thunder  of  the  guns  was  heard  no  more;  when  men  no 
longer  killed  on  land  and  sea  and  in  the  air;  when  the  world  was  purged  at 
last  of  that  unspeakable  monster  that  sought  to  destroy  mankind.  Your  ears 
could  not  hear  the  mighty  acclaim  that  rose  from  earth  to  Heaven;  your 
heart  could  not  feel  the  ■wild  joy  that  filled  men's  souls.  But  your  blood 
was  shed,  so  that  thej  blessed  boon  of  peace  might  come  to  restore  and 
purify  a  distracted  world,  and  you  did  not  die  in  vain.  With  your  life— all 
you  had  to  give — you  helped  put  out  the  fires  of  Hell,  and  mothers  of  men 
and  little  children,  will  bless  your  name  foreverl 

"Wearing  the  uniform  upon  which  you  brought  such  signal  honour,  you 
sleep  somewhere  in  the  soil  of  France;  and  the  spot  where  you  lie  is  en- 
shrined in  imperishable  glory.  High  up  in  Heaven,  your  heroic  soul  takes 
its  place  among  those  who  fought  and  died  for  faith  and  Country;  the  flag 
you  defended  with  your  life  gains  added  lustre  because  of  your  deed;  and 
your  name  is  written  in  luminous  letters  upon  the  scrolls  of  the  Natlon'e 
Immortal  Dead. 

D.  B.  C." 

"Life  brought  him  joy  his  brief  years  through, 

And  love  and  hope  beside  him  kept; 
Then,  like  a  cry  the  bugles  blew. 

And  straight  his  answer  leapt. 

"At  the  first  throbbing  drum  he  turned, 

His  face  set  for  the  long,  long  quest; 
The  spirit  of  his  fathers  burned, 

A  white  star,  in  his  breast. 

"Sweet  are  the  dreams  of  Peace  and  Youth, 

But  when  the  skies  grew  black  with  strife 
He  counted  comfort  less  than  truth, 

And  honour  more  than  life. 

"Death  waited  in  the  smoking  ways. 

But  he — he  would  not  be  denied. 
What  can  we  speak  but  perfect  praise? 

What  can  we  know  but  pride? 

"So  young,  so  strong,  so  gladly  giving! 

Life  loved  him  from  his  earliest  breath; 
Yet,  there  are  gladder  things  than  living, 

And  sadder  things  than   death. 

"The  Golden  Years  will  write  his  story, 

And  men  shall  mark  the  way  he  trod — 
Who  gave  his  manhood  in  its  glory, 

For  Freedom,  and  for  God.  N.  B.  T." 

Captain  WILLL\M   LOHMEYER,   JR.,   Class   1916,    'First   Honour." 
From  West  Virginia. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  pathetic  cases,  among  all  V.  M.  I.  men  wounded 


200  ViROIXIA  MiLITAEY  INSTITUTE WoRLD  WaR   ReCORU 

in  the  War.     Full  details  are  still  lacking,  but  enough  is  known  to  give  the 
salient  facts. 

Early  in  the  War  he  volunteered  at  one  of  the  OflBcers'  Training  Schools 
where,  in  due  time,  he  was  graduated  with  honour,  and  commissioned  a 
First  Lieutenant  of  Engineers.  Soon,  he  was  promoted  to  a  Captaincy,  and, 
later,  transferred  to  the  Regular  Army,  Corps  of  Engineers,  and  went  to 
France.  On  July  19,  1918,  near  Chateau  Thierry,  h.e  received  a  wound  which 
proved  very  serious.  For  months,  the  reports  from  the  Hospital  gave  little, 
if  any,  encouragement.  In  France,  those  V.  M.  I.  Comrades,  who  could  do 
so,  visited  him.  One  wrote  that  he  was  in  a  "desperate  condition,"  and  he 
feared  would  never  recover.  Operation  after  operation  was  performed,  and, 
month  after  month,  he  remained  in  the  Hospital — till,  finally,  he  was  brought 
back  to  thrls  Country.  At  last,  came  reports  that  he  had  undergone  four 
operations,  and  there  was  some  hope  that  he  would  get  well.  His  father 
wrote,  as  late  as  September  16,  1919: 

"My  son.  Captain  William  Lohmeyer,  Jr.,  Corps  of  Engineers,  was 
wounded,  July  19,  1918,  near  Chateau  Thierry,  in  the  drive  which  was 
started  on  July  18.  He  was  struck  in  the  leg  by  a  fragment  of  shell  which 
passed  through  both,  bones  and  lodged  in  the  calf  of  the  leg.  He  was  brought 
back  to  this  Country,  arriving  in  December,  1919  (five  months  after  re- 
ceiving his  wound),  after  having  been  operated  on  three  times  in  France. 
He  was  taken  to  Base  Plospital,  at  Camp  Sherman,  Ohio,  where  a  fourth 
operation  was  performed  in  May,  1919,  and,  later,  was  brought  to  his  home 
City  Hospital.  In  August,  he  was  returned  to  Camp  Sherman.  He  is  still 
in  the  Service,  being  in  th,e  Engineer  Corps,  Regular  Army;  and,  unless 
he  is  discharged,  or  retired  for  permanent  disability,  he  expects  to  remain 
in  the  Service.  We  have  great  hopes  now  that  his  leg  will  eventually  be 
as  well  as  ever,  but,  at  tho  present  time,  he  is  quite  lame,  although  he 
manages  to  get  along  with  a  cane.  The  Surgeon  who  performed  the  last 
operation  is  a  local  man  v/ho  has  a  personal,  as  well  as  professional,  in- 
terest in  him,  and  he  assures  me  that  miy  boy  will  get  well.  I  sincerely  trust 
so,  as  he  is  all  we  have." 

Like  the  gallant  Engineers  generally,  Lohmeyer  distinguished  himself 
in  action — where  the  danger  was  greatest,  always  in  the  front  line  where  his 
duties  required  him  to  be,  or,  more  strictly  speaking,  in  advance  of  the 
front  line.     No  obstacle,  or  difficulty,  or  danger  held  him  back. 

There  is  no  record  of  his  having  been  decorated,  but  he  should  have  been. 

Captain  WILLIAM  HENRY  HUIMPHREYS,  Class  1915.     From  Virginia. 

Company  "L,"  58th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Killed  in  action  in  France. 

On  November  30,  191G,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A. 

He  was  stationed  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  until  the  following  April,  graduating 

thiere  at  the  Training  School.     He  was  transferred  to  Brownsville,   Texas, 

and  was  on  Border  Service  until  some  time  in  June,  1917,  when  his  regiment 

was  ordered  to  the  Camp  at  Gettysburg.  Pa.,  where  it  remained  until  early 

in  the  following  winter,  and  then  moved  to  winter  quarters  at  Camp  Greene, 

near  Charlotte,  N.  C.     In  the  early  Spring  of  1918,  his  regiment  was  ordere<l 

to  Camp  Mills,  N.  Y.,  preparatory  to  embarkation  for  France. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       201 

On  May  10,  the  transport  carrying  his  regiment,  and  other  troops  for 
overseas  service,  sailed  and  had  an  uneventtul  voyage. 

Captain  Humphreys  went  into  action  first  in  the  Chateau  Thierry  Sector 
and  was  wounded  in  the  leg  on  July  18,  1918.  But  in  two  weeks  he  was 
back  with  his  regiment  as  Regimental  Adjutant  in  which  position  he  served 
until  September  30  when  he  was  assigned  as  Second  in  Command  of  the 
3rd  Battalion  of  the  58th  Infantry,  forming  the  front  and  assaulting  line. 
On  October  3  he  was  placed  in  Command  of  the  Assaulting  Company  (Co. 
"L").  In  the  early  morning  of  October  4,  he  led  a  detachment  from  Com- 
pany "L,"  in  search  of  hidden  machine-guns  in  the  Argonne  Forest.  One  of 
these  machine  nests  fired  upon  his  detachment,  while  it  was  passing  a  small 
clearing  (which  could  not  be  avoided),  and  he  and  every  one  of  his  sixteen 
men  were  killed.  (This  was  October  4,  and  not  the  5,  as  stated  in  the  official 
Army  report  from  the  A.  E.  F.) 

Lieutenant  Morrow,  of  Captain  Humphreys's  Company,  wrote  of  his 
conduct  at  Chezy,  France,  in  the  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry,  as  follows: 
"He  continued  to  lead  his  company,  though  wounded,  meriting  the  pra,ise  of 
his  Regimental  Commander,  Colonel  Armistead."  He  further  wrote:  "Cap- 
tain Humphreys  represented  a  type  of  officer  all-American.  His  leadership, 
backed  by  his  valour,  was  an  inspiration  to  his  men,  and  an  example  to  his 
brother  officers." 

Lieutenant  Robert  A.  Bringham,  of  the  Machine-Gun  Company  of  the 
58th  Infantry,  wrote:  "The  fearlessness  and  aggressiveness  of  Captain  Hum- 
phreys in  leading  his  men  had  much  to  do  with  the  success  of  the  first  day's 
fighting  at  Chateau  Thierry.  He,  with  Captain  Johns  (in  command  of  Co. 
'F')  fought  their  way  forward  with  pistols,  advancing  in  front  of  their  Com- 
panies, and  pulling  th.eir  men  with  them  by  word  and  example.  It  was 
magnificent  leadership." 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Max  B.  Garber,  after  detailing  the  manner  of  his 
death,  said  of  him:  "Captain  Humphreys  was  an  able  and  efficient  officer, 
and  had  endeared  himself  to  all  the  regiment.  Every  one  Joins  me  in  ex- 
pressions of  sympathy." 

General  John  J.  Pershing,  Commander-in-Chdef,  A.  E.  F.,  made  the  fol- 
lowing announcement: 

"In  memory  of  William  H.  Humphreys,  Captain,  58th  Infantry,  who 
was  killed  in  battle,  October  4,  1918. 

"He  bravely  laid  down  his  life  for  the  cause  of  his  Country.  His  name 
will  ever  remain  fresh  in  the  hearts  of  his  friends  and  comrades.  The 
record  of  his  honourable  service  will  be  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the 
American  Expeditionary  Forces. 

John  J.  Pershing, 
Commander-in-Chief." 

And   President  Wilson   graciously   noticed   in  the   Certificate   below   the 
death  of  our  hero: 
"Army  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

"To  all  who  see  these  presents.  Greeting: 

"This  is  to  certify  that  William  H.  Humphreys,  Captain  of  Infantry,  died 
with  honour  in  the  service  of  his  Country,  on  the  fifth  (fourth)  day  of 
October,  1918. 


202  ViKGINIA   MlLlTAIJY   INSTITUTE WuKJJ)  \Vai;    lii:(  OKD 

"Given   at  Washington,    D.   C,   Office   of   the   Adjutant   General   of   the 
Army,  this  18th  day  of  July,  1919. 

The  Adjutant  General." 

There  is  apparently  an  error  in  the  date  of  Captain  Humphreys's  death 
given  by  the  Commander-in-Chief.  It  seems  quite  well  established  that  it  was 
the  4th,  and  not  the  5th,  of  October.  The  sister  of  one  of  the  detachment 
killed  (George  F.  Jones,  Company  "L"  's  Clerk)  wrote  the  mother  of 
Captain  Humphreys  that  her  brother  was  the  last  one  seen  with  him;  that 
Captain  Kingwell  was  ordered  to  Company  "L,"  on  Oct.  7,  and  found  only 
a  handful  of  men  fighting  hand  to  hand  with  bayonets  and  pistols;  there 
■ivere  no  officers  left  in  the  Company.  So,  he  united  ihe  remnants  of  Co.  "L" 
with  Co.  "M,"  and  fought  on.  He  reported  that  Humphreys  and  Jones  were 
missing  on  the  7th;  they  were  thought  then  to  have  been  captured;  but  he 
learned,  later,  that  they  were  killed  on  the  4th.  Mrs.  Humphreys's  corre- 
spondent wrote  that  her  sister  had  written  her  as  follows: 

"Captain  Kingwell  is  now  at  home.  I  have  not  as  yet  seen  him,  but 
F.  and  E.  have.  He  thinks  he  remembers  our  brother.  He  said  Captain 
Humphreys  was  a  fine  young  fellow,  always  finely  groomed;  never  dirty, 
although  no  one  could  see  how  he  kept  so  clean ;  when  the  other  men  were 
covered  with  mud,  he  was  as  clean  as  could  be.  He  had  plenty  of  nerve,  grit. 
He  was  a  fine  soldier,  and  never  sent  a  corporal  or  sergeant  out  with  orders 
that  he  should  have  given  himself.  He  said  that  the  expedition  he  went  on 
was  most  dangerous.  He  took  sixteen  men.  All  were  killed.  George  (their 
brother)  was  one  of  them.  They  were  all  very  young  and  brave,  and  saved 
a  good  many  others  by  doing  as  they  did,  for  they  killed  many  Huns.  Captain 
Kingwell   says   they   certainly   were  heroes." 

Captain  JAMES  EDWARD  COLE,  JR.,  Class  1917.     From  Virginia. 

61st  (Regular)  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Graduated,   Fort   Myer   first   0.   T.    School,   August   15,    1917.     Commis- 
sioned 2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.    (Provisional)    as  "Honour  Graduate  Appointee." 
V.  M.  I.,  October  25,  1917.     1st  Lieut.   (Provisional),  Oct.  25.  1917.     Captain 
(Temporary),  Oct.  12,  1918. 

He  participated  in  the  defense  of  the  following  sectors:   Arnould  Sector, 
June  27  to  July  4,  1918;   St.  Die  Sector,  July  10  to  Aug.  14,  1918. 

He  participated  in  the  following  Offensives:     St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  Sept. 
12  to  17,  1918;   Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  Oct.  12  to  25,  1918. 

He  received  two  Citations  for  exceptional  gallantry  from  General  Officers: 
one  during  the  St.  Mihiel  and  th-c  other  during  the  Meuse  Argonne  Offensive. 

He  continues  in  the  Service 

A  brother.  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  gallantly  served  with  the  Marines 
in  France. 

Captain  HAROLD  B.  TYREE,  Class  1915.  From  West  Virginia. 
Commanding  Company  "H,"  59th  (Regular)  Infantry,  4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  entered  the  Service,  May  15,  1917,  at  Fort  Sheridan  first  Officers' 
Training  Camp.  Commissioned  Captain,  August  15,  1917,  and  assigned  to 
the  338th  Infantry,  85th  Division,  Commanding  Company  "F,"  September, 
1917.  Sailed  for  France  with  his  Division.  Advance  detachment  to  Tactical 
School   at  Chatillon,   Cote   d'Or,   July,   1918,   five   weeks.     Returned    to   his 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       203 

Division  in  September.  Transferred  to  Ccmpany  "H,"  59th  Infantry,  4th 
(Regular)  Division,  October,  1918.  In  the  severe  fighting  in  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  Offensive  throughout  October.  Transferred  after  Armistice  to  3rd 
Army  Headquarters,  Coblenz,  Germany,  December.  1918.  Assistant  to  Pro- 
vost Marshal.  Left  Germany,  February,  1919.  Arrived  in  United  States, 
April  15,  1919,  and  discharged  two  days  later. 

Now  in  Research  Department,  The  Detroit  Edison  Company,  Detroit, 
Michigan. 

Home,  1417  Gth  Avenue,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Captain  EUGENE  HENDERSON,  JR.,  Class  1912.     From  Arkansas. 
Commanding  Company  "C,"  312th  Ammunition  Train,  87th  Division.  A.  E.  F. 

He  entered  the  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Fort  Logan  H.  Roots,  May  11, 
1917.  Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917,  and  assigned  to 
Company  "C,"  312th  Ammunition  Train,  87th  Division,  which  he  commanded 
until  February  12,  1919. 

He  sailed  for  overseas  service,  August  23.  1918.  and  was  in  all  f.  e 
actions  of  his  Division. 

From  February  12  to  July  19,  1919,  he  served  as  Camp  Provost  Marshal 
at  Bordeaux  Embarkation  Camp.  Sailed  for  United  States,  July  19,  1919, 
and    was    discharged,    August    26,    1919. 

Captain  WITHERS  ALEXANDER  BURRESS,  Class  1914.  From  Virginia. 
23rd    Infantry,   2nd   Division,   A.   E.   F. 

After  taking  a  competitive  examination  in  August,  1916,  he  was  com- 
missioned 2nd  Lieutenant,   Infantry,   to  date  from  November   28.   1916. 

January  1,  1917,  he  reported  for  duty  at  Fort  Leavenworth,,  Kansas, 
for  the  three  months'  course  for  Provisional  Officers  at  that  Army  School. 
April  1,  1917,  he  completed  the  course  at  Leavenworth,  and  was  assigned 
to  duty  with  the  23rd  U.  S.  Infantry,  at  El  Paso,  Texas.  April  1-June  1,  1917, 
on  duty  with  23rd  Infantry  as  2nd  Lieutenant,  "L"  Co. 

June  1,  1917,  the  Regiment  moved  to  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  he  was  as- 
signed to  the  49th  Infantry,  having  received  his  promotion  to  1st  Lieutenant 
(49th  was  3)  new  Regiment,  formed  from  the  23rd  Infantry). 

June  1-Aug.  25,  1917,  commanding  Co.  "L,"  49th  Infantry,  and  Battalion 
Adjutant,  1st  Battalion,  49th  Infantry. 

August  25,  1917,  transferred  back  to  23rd  Infantry,  as  Captain  (Tempo- 
rary), in  command  of  Hdqrs.  Company. 

September  7,  1917,  sailed  for  France  with  23rd  Infantry,  Sept.  21, 
1917,  arrived  at  St.  Nazaire,  France.  After  a  week  there,  his  regiment  was 
moved  to  the  Training  Area  in  th^e  Department  of  the  Vosges,  and  it  re- 
mained there  in  billets  and  training  until  the  end  of  February  at  which  time 
his  regiment  went  into  line  with  the  French,  between  Verdun  and  St.  Mihiel, 
in  a  sector  known  as  the  Troyon  Sector.  Here  he  was  made  Operations 
Officer  of  his  regiment,  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  C.  O.,  Hdqrs.  Co.,  23rd  Inf., 
2nd  Division. 

He  remained  in  this  sector  until  the  middle  of  May.  May  15-30,  1918, 
in  training  with  regiment  at  Robert  Espargne  and  Claumont-en-Vexin  (near 
Paris). 


204  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

June  1  to  July  10,  in  line,  N.  W.  of  Chateau  Thierry — Regimental 
Sector  from  Bomasche  (inclusive)  to  Le  Thiolet.  Took  part  in  engage- 
ment here  of  the  23rd  Infantry,  2n(l  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  as  Operations  Oflficer, 
and  C.  O.  Hdqrs.  Co.,  as  well  as  taking  part  in  the  "Vaux  attack"  which 
was  in  a  sector  of  the  9th  Infantry.  July  10-July  16,  in  reserve  with  2nd 
Division,  near  La  Frierte-Sous-Janavre.  July  18-20,  Operations  Officer,  C.  0., 
Hdqrs.  Co.,  and  C.  O.,  Company  "'I,"  23rd  Infantry,  2nd  Division,  in  what  was 
known  as  Counter-Offensives  of  July  18,  South  of  Soissons.  His  regiment 
went  over  the  top  at  Chauvigny,  Vierzy  and  Tigny,  July  20  to  Aug.  1,  1918, 
with  2nd  Division  in  Reserve.  Two  weeks  in  August  in  the  "Marpache 
Sector,"  near  Pont-a-Mousson,  North  of  Nancy.  Sept.  12-15,  St.  Mihiel  Of- 
fensive, as  Operations  Officer  and  C.  O.,  Hdqra  Co.,  23rd  Inf.,  2nd  Division. 
Oct.  7  to  Jan'y  1,  1919,  Army  School  of  the  line,  Longres,  France.  Jan'y  1- 
Nov.  2,  1919,  on  duty  with  Visitors  Bureau,  G.  Z.  E.,  G.  H.  Q.,  A.  E.  F.  at  Paris, 
conducting  distinguished  visitors  over  Battlefields.  Returned  to  U.  S.  Nov.  9, 
1919,  and  assigned  to  IGth  U.   S.   Infantry,  Camp  Taylor,  Ky. 

Decorations:  La  Solidaridad  (Panama  Gov't);  Chevaliera  di  Coronna 
D'  Italia;  Mexican  Border  Campaign;  "Victory"  Medal  with  4  bronze  stars. 
Recommended  in  August,  1918,  for  promotion  by  Col.  Paul  B.  Malone,  C.  O., 
23rd  Infantry.  (This  promotion  was  prevented  by  the  Armistice  coming 
so  soon.) 

Captain  Burress  is  the  eldest  of  four  brothers  in  the  World  War,  one 
of  them.  Lieutenant  Jack  W.  Burress  (V.  M.  I.),  having  been  very  seriously 
wounded. 

Captain  RICHARD  J.  MARSHALL,  Class  1915.  From  Virginia. 
5th  and  6th  F.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  2nd  Lt.,  Field  Artillery,  Nov.  28,  1916.  Commissioned 
1st  Lt.,  Field  Artillery,  as  of  same  date.  Assigned  to  Sth  Field  Artillery, 
and  placed  on  detached  service  at  Provisional  Officers'  School,  Ft.  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  Jan'y  1,  1917.  Joined  Sth  Field  Artillery  at  El  Paso,  Texas, 
on  April  2,  1917.  Transferred  to  14th  Field  Artillery,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla.,  May 
5,  1917.  Transferred  to  Sth,  Field  Artillery,  Douglas,  Ariz.,  June  14,  1917. 
Left  Douglas,  Ariz.,  en  route,  duty  overseas,  with  6th  Field  Artillery, 
July  20,  1917.  Sailed  from  Port  of  Embarkation,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  July  28, 
1917.  Landed  in  France,  Aug.  13,  1917,  and  went  into  training  with  6th 
Field  Artillery  at  Valdahon,  France.  Commissioned  Temporary  Captain, 
Field  Artillery,  Aug.  5,  1917.  Assigned  to  duty  as  Instructor  of  Field  Artil- 
lery at  Coetquidan,  France,  Oct.  8,  1917.  Commissioned  Provisional  Captain, 
Field  Artillery,  Oct.  12,  1917.  Relieved,  and  assigned  to  duty,  6th  Field 
Artillery,  Feb.  8,  1918.  First  tour  at  the  front  was  spent  in  the  Defensive 
Sector,  Northwest  of  Toul.  Relieved  from  6th  Field  Artillery,  and  assigned 
to  instruction  duty,  about  March  1,  1918.  Re-assigned  to  6th  Field  Artillery, 
Aug.  14,  1918.  Re-joined  the  6th  Field  Artillery,  about  Aug.  14,  1918,  in 
the  Saizerais  Sector.  (6th  Field  A.rtillery  was  a  part  of  the  1st  Field  Artil- 
lery Brigade  whJch  was  a  part  of  the  1st  Division.)  Commanded  Battery 
"B,"  6th  Field  Artillery,  in  the  Saizerais  Sector,  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  and 
in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive.  Wounded,  Nov.  1,  1918,  by  fragments  of  a 
high  explosive  shell.     In  Hospital  until  about  March   1,  1919,  when  he  re- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       205 

Joined  the  Gth  Field  Artillery,  at  Ransbach,  Germany.  Sick  in  Hospital  at 
Coblenz,  from  about  April  1  to  May  G.  Ordered  home  as  Casual  Officer, 
about  May  10,  1919.  Sailed  from  Brest,  May  31,  1919,  arriving  in  New  York 
on  June  15,  ]919.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  assigned  to  duty  in  the 
Construction  Division,  Washington,  D.  C.  Commission  as  I'rovisional  Officer 
made  permanent,  about  July  1,  1919. 

Previous  to  his  service  in  the  Regular  Army,  he  was  1st  Lieutenant  and 
Battalion  Adjutant  in  the  National  Guard,  serving  on  the  Border,  during 
the  Summer  of  1916. 

Captain  Marshall  is  a  nephew  of  Brigadier  General  Richard  C.  Marshall, 
Jr.,  U.  S.  A.,  of  the  Class  of  1898.     He  continues  in  the  Service. 

Captain  JAMES  ANDERSOxN  NICHOLS,  JR.,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia. 
]79th  Infantry  Brigade,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  Captain,  F.  A.,  Camp  Benjamin  Harrison,  November  27, 
1917.  Captain  and  Adjutant,  344th  F.  A.,  165th  Brigade,  90th  Division, 
Dec.  15,  1917-March  1,  1918.  Captain  and  Adjutant,  345th  F.  A.  (6",  or 
M.  M.,  Howitzer  Regiment),  165th  Brigade,  90th  Division,  March  1-April 
15,  1918.  Student  Liaison  Officer.  Sailed  from  New  York  to  Liverpool, 
May  6,  1918.  AttacV.ed  to  20th  Division  in  Mame  Offensive,  S.  W.  Rheims, 
in  July,  193  8.  Captain  and  Adjutant,  on  special  duty  with  179th  Infantry 
Brigade,  St.  Mihiel,  Sept.  10-October  2.  Captain,  on  special  duty  with  179th 
Infantry  Brigade,  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  Oct.  10-Nov.  11,  1918.  Captain 
and  Adjutant,  345rh  F.  A.,  165Lh  Brigade,  90th  Division,  Third  American 
Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany,  Nov.  12,  1918-Feb'y  1,  1919.  Acting  Bat- 
talion Commander,  2nd  Battalion,  345th  F.  A.,  90th  Division,  Third  Army 
in  Germany,  Feb'y  1-May  27,  1919.  Sailed  from  St.  Nazaire,  May  27,  1919. 
Arrived,  New  York,  June  8,  U.  S.  S.  Kentuckian.  Discharged,  July  2,  1919. 
at  Camp  Zaohary  Taylor,  Louisville,  Ky.  Wounded  slightly,  near  Rheims, 
July,  1918;  wounded  slightly,  St.  Mihiel,  Sept.,  1918;  wounded  slightly,  near 
Stenay,  Oct.,  1918.     Recommended  for  "D.  S.  C." 

Captain  GEORGE  FISHER  DASHIELL,  Class  1919.     From  Virginia. 

Commanding  M.  G.  Company,  11th  (Regulars)  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Killed    in   action   in   France. 

Captain  Harry  G.  Dashiell,  elder  brother  of  the  subject  of  this  notice, 
wrote  the  Historiographer  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  thus  briefly  giving  the  sad  story 
of   his   death: 

"Smithfield,   Va.,   July    28,    1919. 

"My  father  has  handed  me  your  letter  requesting  the  details  of  my 
brother  George's  death  in  France. 

"He  enlisted  in  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Myer,  Va.,  in 
the  spring  of  1917.  At  the  end  of  three  months  he  was  commissioned  a 
Provisional  Second  Lieutenant  of  Infantry  and  assigned  to  the  11th  Regi- 
ment, stationed  at  Chickamauga  Park,  Ga.  Ho  had  elected  the  Regular 
Army,  rather  than  a  First  Lieutenancy  in  the  Reserve  Corps. 

"For  a  few  months,  he  was  attached  to  'B'  Company,  and  was  then  re- 
assigned to  the  Regimental  Machine-Gun  Company.  He  was  promoted  to 
First  Lieutenant  about  April,  1918,  continuing  in  the  Machine-Gun  Com- 
pany. 

The  11th  Infantry  was  assigned  to  the  5th  Division,  and  sailed  in 
Aprrl  or  May.     It  entered   a  quiet  sector   in   the  Vosges,  upon   its  arrival 


2C6         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

overseas.     Later,  it  was  in  the  St.  Mihiel  drive  and  saw  strenuous  service 
around  Thiacourt. 

"George  was  promoted  to  a  Captaincy  on  October  4,  1918,  and  given 
command  of  tlie  Machine-Gun  Company.  I  was  with  him  for  about  three 
days,  at  that  time,  just  before  his  Division  went  into  the  Argonne.  He 
w-ent  in  about  October  5th  and  stayed  in  during  ten  days  of  severe  fight- 
ing. He  then  came  out  and  rested  two  days,  when  I  saw  him  again.  His 
Regiment  then  went  back  into  the  line  and  stayed  until  November  11th. 
My  Artillery  Brigade  was  supporting  his  Infantry,  at  that  time.  (My 
Division  (3d)  had  gone  out  to  recuperate  and  replace  losses,  while  the 
Artillery  stayed  on  the  front.) 

"George  was  killed  about  2  P.  M.,  November  10th.  His  Regiment  had 
reached  its  daily  objective,  and  he  had  stationed  his  machine-guns,  and  was 
inspecting  them,  (some  of  them  were  in  the  attic  of  the  church  in  the 
town  of  Remaiville,  near  Souppy),  and  just  as  he  had  reached  the  ground 
an  enemy  shell  of  large  calibre  fell  just  in  front  of  him.  Two  or  thiee 
others  were  also  killed  by  the  same  shell. 

"I  visited  the  Regimental  Headquarters  the  next  day  and  obtained  the 
details  from  one  of  his  junior  officers,  and  the  Chaplain  who  buried  him." 

This  superb  young  Officer  was  most  highly  esteemed.  He  had  shown  such 
efficiency  and  gallantry,  while  commanding  his  Company  in  the  terrific 
fighting  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector,  that  he  was  advanced  to  its  Captaincy, 
receiving  his  merited  promotion  just  as  his  regiment  entered  the  Argonne. 

Throughout  all  those  strenuous  days  he  had  been  conspicuous  for 
valour  and  utter  disregard  of  danger  and  his  escape  from  death  seemed  all 
but  miraculous.  But,  alas!  within  a  few  hours  of  the  time  set  fcr  the 
cessation  of  hostilities  a  stray  shell  did  its  fell  work,  and  his  heroic  spirit 
took  its  flight  to  its  celestial  home  and  was  re-united  to  the  many  other 
like  spirits,  who  on  earth  had  been  his  beloved  comrades  in  the  bonds  of 
V.  M.  I. 

Captain  HARRY  GARLAND  DASHIELL,  Class  1911.     From  Virginia. 
3d  Ammunition  Train,  3d  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

This  Graduate  was  an  Electrical  Engineer,  in  the  employment  of  the 
Western  Electric  Company,  in  Chicago,  when  war  came. 

He  immediately  volunteered  for  the  duration  of  the  War  and  was  com- 
missioned a  Captain.  He  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  3d  Ammuni- 
tion Train  of  the  3d  Division.  He  sailed  for  France  with  his  Division  and 
served  with  great  gallantry  and  distinction  in  all  its  actions,  returning 
home  unscathed  after  the  Armistice. 

He  was  an  elder  brother  of  Captain  George  F.  Dashiell  above. 

Captain  F.  TRAVERS  WOOD,  Class  1904.     From  Virginia. 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 
Who   can    estimate   the   debt   the   World    owes    the    United    States    En- 
gineers? 

The  V.  M.  I.  furnished  a  goodly  number  of  Officers  to  this  important 
branch  of  the  Service,  all  of  whom  covered  themselves  with  glory  and 
honour.  They  served  abroad  and  at  home,  and  those  who  missed  the  glory 
of  the  battlefield  deserve  equal  praiso  with  their  more  fortunate  brothers 
who  were  ordered  to  the  front. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstixgulsiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)       207 

One  of  these  accomplished  officers  is  the  subject  of  this  special  notice. 

Captain  Wood  volunteered,  and  was  commissioned  in  the  Engineers, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  June,  1917,  and  was  assigned  to  temporary  duty  in  the  con- 
struction of  Camp  Lee,  Virginia,  as  Engineer  Officer  in  charge  of  Construction 
Work.  He  was  engaged  in  this  duty  until  February,  1918,  when  he  was 
ordered  to  Washington,  and  given  charge  of  construction  work  on  four  pro- 
jects, near  that  City,  for  about  four  months  After  this  he  was  ordered  to 
Denver,  Colorado,  and  put  in  charge  of  the  Construction  of  U.  S.  Hospital 
No.  21.  This  Hospital  cost  approximately  $5,000,000;  the  buildings  are  of 
permanent  construction,  being  of  concrete  and  tile,  and  the  plant  comprises 
one  hundred  and  twenty  buildings  in  all.  It  was  intended  for  the  housing 
and  treatment  of  soldiers  having  tuberculosis.  On  the  completion  of  this 
work,  Captain  Wood  was  ordered  to  return  to  Washington,  and  was  then 
transferred  to  San  Antonio,  Texas,  in  March.  1919,  with  the  rank  of  Major, 
Quartermaster  Corps.  He  did  not  accept  this  commission,  and  applied  for 
immediate  discharge,  to  take  up  his  present  work  as  Southern  Manager  of 
The  West  Construction  Company,  with  headquarters  in  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Captain  DOUGLASS   N.   McMILLIN,   Class  1910.     From   Tennessee. 
Commanding  Company  "B,"  114th  M.  G.  Battalion,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

This  is  the  elder  of  two  gallant  V.  M.  I.  brothers  who  served  in  the 
same  Machine-Gun  Battalion  in  France,  each  as  Captain. 

This  superb  officer  commanded  Troop  "B,"  of  the  1st  Tennessee  Cavalry, 
on  the  Mexican  Border,  in  1916-1917,  and  his  brother  (below)  was  Second 
Lieutenant  in  the  same  Troop.  This  command  was,  later,  changed  to  a 
Machine-Gun  Battalion,  and  as  such  served  through  the  War,  taking  part 
in  all  the  actions  and  operations  in  which  the  30th  Division  was  engaged — 
at  Ypres  and  Kemmel  Hill,  Belgium  (the  Ypres-Lys  Offensive  and  Defensive), 
July  to  September,  1918;  and  on  the  Somme  in  France  (the  Hindenburg 
Line,  Bellicourt,  Montrebain,  Brancourt,  Busigny,  Molain,  etc.,  in  the  Somme 
Offensive),  September  24-October  24,  1918. 

In  all  these  battles  Captain  McMillin  led  his  Company  with  conspicuous 
bravery. 

On  April  22,  1919,  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  Service.  He  is  now 
following  his  prewar  profession  of  General  Engineering.  Home.  St.  Elmo, 
Tennessee. 

Captain   EDWYN   W.    McMILLIN,   Class   1913.     From   Tennessee. 

Company  "D,"  114th  M.  G.  Battalion,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Entered   U.   S.   Service,   June   18,   1916,   as   2nd   Lt.,   Tennessee   Cavalry. 

Mexican   Border  Service,   June   18.   1916   to   April   20.   1917.     1st  Lieut,  and 

Adjutant,  1st  Separate  Squadron,  Tennessee  Cavalry,  June  26  to  Sept.  4.  1917. 

1st  Lt.  and  Adjt.,  114th  M.  G.  Battalion,  30th  Div.,  Sept.  4,  1917.     American 

Expeditionary   Forces,    May    10,   1918    to    March    20,    1919.      Capt,   Company 

"D,"  114th.  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  Oct.  4,  1918.     Discharged,  April  15,  1919. 

Battles   and    Engagements:     Ypres    Sector,    July    12-Sept.    5,    1919;    Ypres 

Sector,    Mt.   Kemmel    Offensive,   Aug.    30   to    31,    1918;    Ypres-Lys   Offensive. 

Aug.  30  to  Sept.  3,  1918;  Somme  Offensive,  Sept.  24  to  Oct.  20.  1918;  Somme 

Offensive,  Bellicourt,  Hindenbure  Line.  Sept.  24  to  30.  1918;  Somme  Offensive. 


208         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Prement,  Brancourt,  Vaux  Andigny,  St.  Souplet,  Busigny,  Mazinghiem,  Oct. 
5  to  20,  1918. 

This  brief  and  modest  personal  report  does  not  tell  half  the  story.  The 
writer  was  a  splendid  soldier  and  officer.  On  his  discharge  from  the  Service, 
he  became  Superintendent  of  the  Chattanooga  Knitting  Mills  whose  Presi- 
dent is  himself  an  "Old  V.  M.  I.  boy,"  and  he  knows  well  the  sterling 
worth  of  his  subordinate. 

Captain   STANTON  L.  BERTSCHEY,   Class   1918,   and   6th  Captain, 
Corps  of  Cadets.     From  Virginia. 
6th  Infantry,   5th  Division,   A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned    2nd    Lieutenant,    Infantry    at    first    Fort    Myer    Officers' 
Training    Camp,    August    15,    1917.     Assigned    to    6th    Infantry    (Regular). 
Sailed  for  France  with  his  organization.     Promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant,  Octo- 
ber, 1918.     Slightly  wounded  in  action.     Promoted  to  Captain. 

He  continues  in  the  Service  with  reduced  rank  of  First  Lieutenant, 
U.  S.  A. 

Captain  JOSEPH  N.  DALTON,  Class  1912,  "First  Captain," 

Corps  of  Cadets.     From  North  Carolina. 

Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  commissioned   1st  Lieutenant  in   the   Army  in   1916.      (Honour 

Appointment  from  V.    M.    I.)     Promoted   Captain,    Infantry,    commission   to 

date  from  August  5,  1917.     He  was  Instructor  at  Officers'  Training  Camps 

until  ordered  overseas.     He  served  with  great  distinction  in  France,  though 

it  is  regretted  that  his  splendid  service  can  not  be  given  in  full,  for  want 

of  data,  never  received,  although  repeatedly  asked  for. 

After  the  Armistice,  he  went  with  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  was 
serving  as  late  as  June,  1920.  as  Assistant  to  A.  C.  of  S.  G.-4,  at  Coblenz. 
On  June  19,  1920,  he  wrote  to  the  Superintendent,  V.  M.  I.,  telling  of  the 
organization  of  a  Chapter  of  the  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  Association  in  Germany, 
composed  of  the  V.  M.  I.  Men  who  are  still  serving  as  officers  in  the  Anny 
of  Occupation,  and  of  the  enthusiastic  meeting,  wl^en  all  generously  sub- 
scribed to  the  V.  M.  I.  Endowment  Fund. 

[This  Chapter  is  unique,  in  that  it  is  the  only  one  that  has  ever  existed 
on  foreign  soil  and  whose  members  are  all  serving  in  an  Army  occupying 
Enemy  territory.] 

Captain  RUFUS  A.  MORISON,  Class  1905.  From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A..  May,  1917. 
Ordered  to  England  on  Cardiac  Commission.  On  duty  there  from  August, 
1917  to  April,  1918.  On  duty  in  France  from  April,  1918  to  July,  1919. 
Promoted  Captain.  Commanding  Officer,  Convalescent  Camp,  Hospital  Centre, 
Sanmay,  of  two  thousand  beds  capacity. 

Captain  ALANSON  D.  BROWN,  Class  1912.     From  Missouri. 
167th  Infantry,  42nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Later,  Senior  Instructor  of  Tactics  of  3rd   Corps  School. 
Enlisted,  June,  1917,   Second  Training  Camp,  Fort  Sheridan.     Commis- 
sioned, August  27,  1917,  Captain  of  Infantry,  and  ordered  overseas.    Landed 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         209 

in  Liverpool  early  in  January,  1918.  Two  days  later,  reached  France. 
Was  sent  to  Langres  and  attended  The  Army  School  of  the  Line.  He  was 
graduated  with  such  a  high  rating  that  he  was  selected  as  Instructor  of 
Military  Science  and  Tactics,  and  was  assigned  to  G.  5,  G.  H.  Q.,  A.  E.  F. 
In  May,  1918,  received  orders  to  join  the  42nd  Division.  Was  attached  to 
lG7th  Infantry.  In  middle  of  June,  was  recalled  and  made  Instructor  of 
Tactics  at  1st  Corps  School.  In  August,  1918,  was  sent  to  Clamecy  as  Senior 
Instructor  of  Tactics,  at  the  3rd  Corps  School,  and  remained  there  till  the 
School  closed.  Then  assigned  to  I^e  Mans  on  the  Rifle  Competition.  Ro- 
turned  to  U.  S.,  landing  August  17,  1919.  A  brother,  Major  Charles  C.  Brown, 
Graduate  of  Class  1910,  also  served  gallantly  in  the  A.  E.  F„  but,  un- 
fortunately, the  Historiographer  has  secured  no  details  of  his  service. 
Captain  Brown   was  honourably   discharged,   Sept.   9,   1919. 

Captain  JAMES   D.   LANGSTAFF,   Class   1907.     From   Kentucky.  . 

Commander  of  Company  "C"  of  "Lost  Battalion,"  308th  Infantry, 

77th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  R.  C,  August  15,  1917. 
Assigned  to  159th  Depot  Brigade,  Camp  Zachary  Taylor,  Kentucky.  Pro- 
moted to  First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  January  15,  1918.  Volunteered  for 
foreign  service  with  801st  Pioneer  Infantry  (Colored),  July  26,  1918.  Sailed, 
September  8,  1918.  Promoted  Captain,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  October  18,  1918. 
Sent  to  forwarding  camp  at  St.  Aignan,  and  re-assigned  to  77th  Division, 
commanding  Company  "C"  of  the  "Lost  Battalion,"  308th  Infantry. 

Captain    CLARENCE    A.    MARTIN,    Class    1917.     From   Virginia. 
Company  "G,"  56th.  Regular  Infantry,  7th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Designated  as  "Honour"  Graduate  Appointment  to  the  Regular  Army 
from    the  V.   M.   I.,   in  May,   1917. 

Went  to  Fort  Myer  Training  Camp,  May  14.  Camp  ended  August  14, 
1917,  but  being  too  young  then  to  hold  a  commission  in  the  Regular  Army, 
he  was  commissioned  Captain  in  the  National  Army  and  ordered  to  Camp 
Lee,  Virginia,  reporting  August  27,  1917.  Here  he  was  assigned  to  Com- 
pany "K,"  320th  Infantry,  which  he  organized,  and  commanded  until 
November  22,  1917.  He  then  resigned  his  commission  as  Captain,  National 
Army,  to  accept  a  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  Regular  Army. 
He  was  assigned  to  the  56th  Infantry,  and  reported  to  that  regiment  on 
November  27,  1917,  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia. 

The  Seventh  Division  was  concentrated  at  Camp  MacArthur,  Waco, 
Texas,  and  as  the  56th  was  a  regiment  of  that  Division,  it  moved  to  Waco, 
on  February  2,  1918.  He  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  and  assigned 
to  Company  "G,"  56th  Infantry,  which  he  commanded,  organizing  the  re- 
cruits which  he  received  at  Waco.  He  was  transferred  from  Camp  Mac- 
Arthur  to  Camp  Merritt,  New  Jersey,  from  which  place  he  sailed  for  France, 
August  3,  1918,  landing  at  Brest,  on  the  11.  He  moved  to  a  training  area  in 
France,  and  went  through  another  training  period.  Arrived  at  the  front 
the  first  part  of  October,  in  the  Puvenelle  Sector,  just  West  of  the  Moselle 
River.  Was  at  the  front  continuously  from  that  time  until  the  Armistice 
on  November   11.     On   November   1,  his  Company  made   its   first  organized 


210         Virginia  Military'  Institute — World  War  IJecokd 

attack,  and  I;st  very  heavily.     It  went  over  with  a  strength  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  men,  and  ninety-two  were  killed  and  wounded. 
There  were  never  more  gallant  and  loyal  men. 

On  the  mornings  of  November  2  and  3,  the  Germans  turned  all  the 
guns  they  had  defending  Metz  loose  on  the  remnants  of  Captain  Martin's 
Company,  and  made  very  strong  counter-attacks.  He  had  less  than  sixty 
men  on  a  kilometer  of  front,  while  the  Germans  counter-attacked  with  be- 
tween six  hundred  and  eight-  hundred  men.     The  gallant  Captain  said: 

"The  men  fought  like  demons,  many  dying,  until  only  a  handful  were  left, 
but  they  broke  the  attack,  and  the  day  was  saved.  That  night  we  received 
reinforcements." 

In  recognition  of  Captain  Martin's  magnificent  conduct  in  this  action, 
he  was  recommended  to  be  promoted,  and  on  Armistice  Day  he  took  the  oath 
of  office.  He  remained  in  France  until  June  16,  1919,  when  he  was  ordered 
home,  arriving  at  Newport  News  on  June  27.  Here  most  of  his  men  were 
discJharged,  they  having  been  replacements. 

On  July  4,  1919,  Captain  Martin  arrived  at  Camp  Funston,  which  Is  his 
present  station. 

In  less  than  sixteen  months  from  his  graduation  this  youthful  Captain 
bad  written  his  name  high  on  the  scroll  of  fame. 

Captain  LEWIS  H.  ELLISON,  Class  1909.  From  Virginia. 
Regimental  Supply  Otficer,  37th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 
May,  1917  to  November,  1918,  First  Training  Camp,  commissioned 
Captain,  Engineers.  Assigned  to  duty  in  ofTice,  Chief  of  Engineers  for  pur- 
chasing of  all  supplies  and  special  equipment  of  37th  Engineers,  Electrical 
and  Mechanical  Regiment,  supplies  and  equipment  amounting  to  about  four 
million  dollars.  Recruited  regiment,  and  assigned  as  Regimental  Supply 
Officer.  Served  with  the  outfit  both  in  U.  S.  and  in  France.  November,  1918 
to  July,  1919,  assigned  to  Army  Transport  Service  in  France,  in  charge 
of  repair  shops  and  electrical  installations  at  Base  Sections  6  and  1,  Mar- 
seilles and  Saint  Nazaire  Shops;  at  both  of  these  places  employing  about  200 
men.  Shop  Superintendent  in  both  of  these  assignments;  was  responsible 
for  the  procurement  of  all  such  supplies  as  needed  for  operation  in  machine, 
blacksmith,  wood-working,  foundry,  sheet  metal  and  electrical  repair  shops. 
July,  1919  to  November,  1919,  Personnel  Department,  Office  of  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, Washington,  D.  C'.,  dealing  with  the  discharge  of  commissioned 
personnel. 

Service  in  France  with  First  Army.  Th.ree  major  Engagements: 
Chateau  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne. 

His  brother,  Captain  Alexander  H.  Ellison,  Graduate  of  Class  1910,  was 
also  with  the  Engineers  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

Honourably  discharged  upon  return  to  U.  S.  Now  with  U.  S.  Shipping 
Board,  Passenger  Ship  Section,  Construction  and  Repair  Department,  45 
Broadway,  New  York  City.. 

Captain  ALEXANDER  H.  ELLISON,  Class  1910      From  Virginia. 

34th  Engineers,   A.   E.   F. 
Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  early  in  War,  and  assigned  to  20th  En- 
gineers with  which  unit  h.e  went  overseas.     He  was  detailed  for  duty  with 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstingulsiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)         211 

the  Chief  of  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.,  and  was  assigned  to  the  34th  Engineers. 
Promoted  Captain. 

It  is  regretted  that  the  full  details  of  his  Service  abroad  have  not  been 
furnished,  as  promised,  but  it  is  well  known  that  his  record  was  very  fine. 

He  is  a  brother  of  Captain  Lewis  H.  Ellison,  Graduate  of  Class  1909 
f above). 

Captain  CHARLES  H.  DRAYTON,  Class  1909.     From  South  Carolina. 
Commanding  Company  "H,"  32:5rd  Infantry,  81st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  R.  C,  April  5,  1917, 
and  ordered  into  active  service  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia,  as  Assistant 
Instructor  at  the  first  Officers'  Training  Ca.mp,  May  8,  1917.  At  the  end  of 
the  training  period,  August  15,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Captain, 
and  ordered  to  Camp  Jackson,  South  Carolina,  for  duty.  On  September  5, 
he  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  Company  "H,"  323rd  Infantry,  81st 
("Wild  Cat")  Division,  which  command  he  held  until  discharged.  For  a 
period  of  about  four  months,  he  commanded  his  battalion,  because  of  the 
death  of  the  Major  commanding;  and  h<e  commanded  it  again  the  last  three 
weeks  of  Its  existence.  His  first  service  at  the  front  was  in  the  St.  Die 
Sector,  Vosges,  where  he  remained  about  six  weeks,  until  withdrawn  and 
given  a  sihort  rest  before  going  into  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive.  Here  he 
remained  until  November  11,  1918. 

He  returned  to  the  United  States,  June  14,  1919,  and  was  discharged 
six  days  later. 

On  October  10,  1917,  Captain  Drayton  married  Miss  Emily  Appleton 
Beatty,  daughter  of  Rear  Admiral  Frank  G.  Beatty,  U.  S.  Navy,  and  Mrs. 
Beatty,  and  soon  left  his  bride  for  overseas  service  in  his  Country's  defense. 

Captain  BENJAMIN  BOWERING,  Class  1915,  "First  Honour."  From  Virginia. 
Commanding  Battery  "D,"  74th  C  A.  C,  A.  E.  F. 
While  Assistant  Professor  at  th,e  V.  M.  I.,  early  in  the  year  1917,  he  re- 
ceived a  V.  M.  I.  "Honour"  Appointment  as  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  Regular 
Army,  Coast  Artillery  Corps.  He  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  C.  A., 
and  Captain,  C.  A.,  October,  1917,  to  rank  from  August  5,  1917.  His  regi- 
ment, 74th  C.  A.  C,  left  Hoboken,  September  13,  1918,  for  overseas,  and 
arrived  at  St.  Nazaire,  October  7.  He  was  in  command  of  Battery  "D,"  an 
exceptionally  fine  body  of  men,  of  varied  talents  and  experiences.  It  was 
learned  afterwards  that  it  had  a  sad  experience  in  crossing — the  influenza 
was  at  Its  worst  and  the  submarines  were  seeking  their  prey  in  tbe  various 
zones.  Captain  Bowering  was  fortunate  to  escape  the  former,  and  the  ship, 
President  Grant,  escaped  with  her  cargo  of  human  freight;  but,  alas,  one 
hundred  or  more  of  th.e  gallant  boys  who  had  left  the  shores  of  their  beloved 
Country  to  fight  in  her  defense  in  a  foreign  land  were  laid  to  rest  in  the 
deep  sea — victims  of  the  terrible  scourge  which  swept  over  this  and  all  other 
lands.  From  St.  Nazaire  the  regiment  moved  forward  to  the  front,  experi- 
menting, as  all  did,  with  French  Railroad  or  Mortar  guns.  Captain  Bower- 
ing's  battery  was  equipped  with  railroad,  long  range  guns;  so  It  moved 
forward  and  was  not  far  from  the  line  of  action  when  the  Armistice  was 
called,  and  the  awful  strife  ceased.  The  regiment  was  then  ordered  to  Brest, 


212  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Camp  Pantangan,  well  known  for  its  unsatisfactory  condition  at  first,  but 
afterwards  pronounced  the  best  prepared  of  all  camps  for  the  embarking 
of  tlie  many  tliousands  of  troops  ordered  home.  The  74th  Regiment  was  soon 
ordered  to  return  to  the  United  States,  but  Captain  Bowering  was  placed  on 
detached  service  and  destined  to  be  separated  from  his  battery.  He  was 
assigned  to  duty  at  the  Inspector  General's  Office  to  inspect  the  men  and 
ammunition  ordered  home.  In  this  connection  an  amusing  incident  is  told. 
Among  the  troops  ordered  to  be  inspected  by  Captain  Bowering  was  the 
60th  Artillery  Regiment  which  had  been  on  the  firing  line  with  its  big  guns. 
When  its  turn  to  be  in.sipected  came,  its  gallant  Colonel,  Abe  Lincoln,  said: 

"Why,  this  Is  a  remarkable  thing — that  my  own  nephew  should  inspect 
my  regiment."  [Captain  Bowering  had,  a  short  time  before,  married  Colonel 
Lincoln's  niece.] 

Captain  Bowering  gave  the  greatest  satisfaction  to  his  superior  in 
discharging  this  trying  duty. 

After  six  months'  service  at  this  port,  he  was  ordered  home,  assigned  to 
Fort  Dupont,  Delaware,  and  placed  in  charge  of  Ordnance,  Engineers  and 
Signal  Service  and  all  Recreations. 

Unsolicited  testimonials  to  Captain  Bowering's  splendid  qualities  as  an 
officer  and  a  gentleman  have  repeatedly  come.  Two,  in  particular,  from 
a  lieutenant  and  a  private,  in  his  battery,  speak  in  the  strongest  terms  of  his 
extraordinary  success  as  a  Battery  Commander  and  of  the  devotion  of  his 
men.  He  possessed  that  rare  "Savoir  faire''  which  enabled  him  to  hold 
the  love  and  admiration  of  every  man  under  his  command,  while  getting 
from  them  always  the  best  possible  service. 

Captain  Bowering  wrote  the  beautiful  V.  M.  1.  Hymn  (both  words  and 
music) — "The  Spirit  of  V.  M.  I.."  which  is  sung  whenever'  V.  M.  I.  men 
come  together. 

Captain  LAWRENCE  H.  EARLE,  Class  1908.     From  New  .lersey. 
Ordnance  Department,  Traveling  Supervisor,  A.  E'.  F 

He  was  commissioned  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Ordnance  Department 
on  July  27,  1917,  and  was  called  into  active  Service  on  August  16,  1917,  and 
sent  tO'  the  Holt  Manufacturing  Company,  Peoria,  Illinois,  to  assist  in  the 
design  and  manufacture  of  artillery  tractors.  He  was,  later,  officially  ap- 
pointed as  Army  Inspector  of  Ordnance  at  the  above-named  plant,  under 
which  appointment  h,e  was  responsible  for  the  development  and  organiza 
tion  of  Government  inspection  of  all  material  produced  by  the  Holt  Manu- 
facturing Company  for  war  use. 

On  July  8,  1918,  he  was  commissioned  Captain  in  the  National  Army. 
and  in  July  of  the  same  year  he  was  transferred  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
appointed  Traveling  Supervisor  for  the  Ordnance  Department,  under  which 
appointment  he  was  required  to  install  and  supervise  Government  inspection 
in  all  plants  producing  artillery  tractors  and  tanks.  On  (approximately) 
September  1,  1918,  he  received  orders  to  proceed  overseas  with  a  group  of 
Liaison  Officers  with  instructions  to  investigate  and  report  on  the  manu- 
facturing and  inspection  methods  of  the  British  and  French  Ministries  of 
Munitions  in  the  production  of  Tanks  and  Tractors.  He  sailed  on  September 
16.  arrived  in  Liverpool  on  September  29,  and  spent  the  month  of  October  in 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguisiied  x^lumni  (Cont'd)         213 

England,  during  which  he  visited  all  the  plants  producing  tanks  and  tractors, 
or  parts  for  the  same.  He  arrived  in  France  on  November  1,  and  there  re- 
ceived orders  to  visit  all  plants  in  France  producing  material  of  this  type, 
and  to  observe  tanks  and  tractors  in  action  at  the  front.  The  Armistice  was 
signed,  while  he  was  on  his  way  to  the  British  front  to  observe  the  action 
of  the  British  tanks.  Following  the  Armistice,  and  up  to  the  latter  part  of 
December,  he  completed  his  work  among  the  manufacturers  of  tanks  and 
tractors,  and  covered  the  entire  front,  from  Switzerland  to  the  North  Sea,  in 
search  of  material  which  had  been  in  action,  prior  to  the  Armistice. 

On  returning  to  the  United  States  in  January,  1919,  he  was  appointed 
to  the  Technical  Staff  of  the  Ordnance  Department  in  Washington,  where 
he  remained  until  he  received  his  discharge,  on  March  15,  1919. 

He  is  now  (May,  1920)  associated  v/ith  Tlie  Buda  Company,  of  Harvey, 
Illinois,  manufacturers  of  internal  combustion  motor  truck  and  tractor 
engines,  as  their  Eastern  Sales  Manager,  with  offices  at  33  West  42nd  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Captain   DAVID  L.  RUFFNER.   Class   1917.     From  Virginia. 

Battery  Commander  and   Instructor  at  Artillery  Schools.   A.   E.   F. 

At  the  request  of  the  War  Department,  his  Class  was  graduated  one 
month  al^ead  of  the  regular  time,  in  May.  1917.  He  at  once  entered  the 
first  Officers'  Training  School,  at  Fort  Myer,  and  was  graduated  therefrom, 
August  15.  1917.  and  commissioned  a  Captain  in  the  F.  A.  R.  C,  and  as- 
signed as  Instructor  at  the  Second  Officers'  Training  School,  at  Fort  Myer. 
On  October  25.  1917.  he  was  commissioned  a  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant 
of  Field  Artillery,  in  the  regular  Anny.  and  his  First  Lieutenant's  com- 
mission was  dated  the  same  day.  [He  resigned  his  Captaincy  in  the  Na- 
tional Army  and  accepted  a  Second  Lieutenancy  in  the  regular  Establish- 
ment, hoping,  thereby,  to  get  to  the  front  sooner.! 

He  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Field  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.,  but  remained  on 
duty  at  the  Training  Camp  as  Instructor.  On  December  1,  1917,  he  was  as- 
signed to  the  Sixth  Field  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.,  and  reported  for  duty  with 
the  Sixth  Field  Artillery  Training  Battalion 

On  December  12,  1917,  he  sailed  with  b.is  command  from  Hoboken,  land- 
ing in  Liverpool,  on  the  25.  He  was  a  student  at  the  First  Corps  School  at 
Gondrecourt,  France,  February  and  March,  1918.  He  served  with  the  103rd 
Field  Artillery  as  Battalion  Adjutant  and  Battery  Commander  in  the  Toul 
Defensive  Sector,  April  to  June,  1918. 

He  was  promoted  Captain,  ,  1918,  and  commanded  his  battery 

in  the  fighting  at  Chateau  Thierry,  in  July,  1918.  He  was  detailed  as  In- 
structor at  the  Artillery  School  at  I^a  Constine,  France,  August  to  October, 
1918.  He  wias  Instructor  at  the  Artillery  School  at  Valdahon,  France, 
November,  1918    to  May,  1919. 

He  sailed  for  the  United  States,  June  10,  1919,  landing  on  the  19.  He 
was  then  assigned  to  duty  as  Instructor  at  the  Army  Artillery  School  at  Camp 
Knox,  Kentucky,  Colonel  Clarence  Deems,  Jr.,  commanding. 

Captain  Ruffner's  two  brotbers  also  served  in  the  War,  the  elder  in  the 
Ambulance  Corps  in  France,  and  the  younger  in  the  Navy,  making  a  number 
of  voyages  in  the  transport  of  troops  to  France. 


214         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Someone  observed  their  mother's  service  pin,  and  pityingly  said:  "You 
poor  woman!"  when  she  instantly  retorted:  "No — not  poor,  but  the  richest, 
proudest  woman  in  the  United  States — with  my  three  sons  and  only  brother 
serving  their  Country  in  this  righteous  War." 

It  is  no  wonder  that  the  son  of  such  a  mother  should  have  won  the  dis- 
tinction that  fell  to  the  gallant  Captain  Ruffner. 

Captain  WILLIAM  V.  SMILEY,  Class  1902.  From  Virginia. 
Commanding  46th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 
From  June,  1912  to  January,  1917,  he  was  Captain  of  Company  "K,"  1st 
Virginia  Infantry,  National  Guard,  and  saw  service  on  the  Texas  Border 
until  mustered  out  of  the  Federal  Service,  in  January,  1917.  On  July  7,  that 
year,  he  was  again  called  to  Service  and  served  as  Captain  of  Infantry  until 
the  middle  of  October.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the  104th  Trench  Mortar 
Battery,  54th  Brigade,  29th  Division.  In  March,  1918,  he  was  again  trans^ 
ferred  to  the  National  Army  as  Captain  of  Company  "A,"  46th  Engineers. 
He  sailed  for  France  and  was  at  once  put  in  charge  of  construction  of  the 
Gievres  Yards,  the  largest  project  of  its  kind  ever  attempted.  He  was,  later, 
made  Engineer  of  Maintenance,  Paris-Orleans  R.  R.  In  addition  to  this  posi- 
tion, he  was  in  command  of  the  46th  Engineers  from  November  1,  1918 
to  the  middle  of  October,  1920.     His  record  speaks  for  itself. 

Captain  HOWARD  F.  GILL,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
Died   in   the   Service. 
"Agricultural  College,  Mississippi,  April  1,   1920. 
"Colonel  Joseph  R.  Anderson,  Historiographer,  V.  M.  I., 

Lee,  Goochland  County,  Virginia. 
"My  dear  Colonel  Anderson: 

"Your  mention  in  your  last  letter,  of  recent  date,  of  the  difficulty  of 
obtaining  data  concerning  Institute  Men  who  were  in  the  Service  during  the 
War  has  prompted  me  to  send  a  few  lines  of  personal  knowledge  of  the  record 
of  Howard  F.  Gill,  Class  of  1914,  who  died  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  October 
14,  1918.  You,  of  course,  have  data  on  his  record  as  a  Cadet,  and  I  don't 
believe  I  can  add  anything  to  that,  except  the  general  recollection  that  his 
academic  record  was  brilliant,  for  he  undoubtedly  possessed  an  exceptional 
mind,  and  also,  that  he  filled  ably  and  well  the  confidential  position  of  Mili- 
tary Secretary  to  the  Commandant  of  Cadets.  During  the  year  after  gradua- 
tion he  was  connected  with  the  Allis-Chalmers  Company  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
but  returned  to  the  Institute,  in  the  Fall  of  1915,  as  an  Instructor  in  the 
Department  of  Physics.  There,  he  demonstrated  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  subject.  But,  led  bv  a  desire  to  devote  his  military  and  technical  train- 
ing to  a  wider  connection,  he  passed  with  high  honours  the  examinations 
for  a  commission  in  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  of  the  United  States  Army,  In 
August,  1916,  and  was  commissioned  a  Second  Lieutenant  in  that  branch,  in 
November  of  that  year.  I  served  with  him  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  from 
January  to  June,  1917,  and  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  excellent  record 
that  he  made  in  all  subjects  of  instruction  in  the  Officers'  School,  during 
that  time. 

"In  June,  1917,  we  were  ordered  together  to  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  and 
served  there  until  September,  1918,  when  we  returned  to  the  States  for  duty 
in  the  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Monroe.  He  had  hardly  reported  for 
duty  when  he  was  attacked  by  the  influenza  which  was  at  that  time  sweep- 
ing the  Country  in  the  first  epidemic.  His  fighting  spirit  kept  him  going 
against  the  first  attack  of  the  disease,  and  he  refused  to  go  to  the  Hospital 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        215 

until  too  late.  There,  he  made  a  brave  fight  which  aroused  the  admiration 
of  the  attending  Surgeons,  but  finally  succumbed,  in  spite  of  their  efforts, 
aided  by  those  of  his  brother  who  was  Flight  Surgeon  at  Langley  Field. 
Six  V.  M.  I.  oflScers  on  duty  at  Fort  Monroe,  and  the  training  Company  of 
which  he  had  been  commander,  sorrowfully  escorted  the  remains  to  the 
train  for  h,is  home  in  Petersburg,  Virginia. 

"It  was  in  Panama  that  I  learned  to  know  Howard  Gill  really  well. 
We  served  at  the  same  Post,  and  shared  quarters  together,  and  I  soon  saw 
the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  as  a  most  competent  and  conscientious 
officer.  He  served  as  Assistant  Adjutant  of  the  Post,  and  was  second  in  com- 
mand of  the  14-inch  Gun  Company  which  won  the  Knox  Trophy  for  excellence 
in  big  gun  target  practice,  over  all  other  Coast  Artillery  organizations  in  the 
Service,  for  the  year  1917.  Later,  he  became  commanding  oflfioer  of  the  same 
Company  and  established  a  record  for  that  command  by  demolishing  a  moving 
target  at  15,000  yards,  at  the  first  shot  in  a  record  practice. 

"Howard  Gill's  service  was  marked  by  an  intense  devotion  to  duty;  and, 
although  he  never  permitted  the  quality  of  his  relatively  inactive  service  in 
Panama  to  suffer  from  an  overwhelming  desire  to  serve  in  France,  this 
prospect  was  always  uppermost  in  his  mind.  He  brooded  over  it  constantly, 
and  on  one  occasion  tendered  h.is  resignation  as  a  Captain  in  the  Regular 
Service,  in  order  that  he  might  return  to  the  States  and  enlist  in  an 
organization  bound  for  overseas.  No  resignations  were  accepted  at  this 
time,  so  that  he  was  unable  to  succeed  in  his  desire;  but  I  have  never  seen 
anyone  as  eager  as  he,  when  orders  came  to  sail  for  the  States. 

"Had  not  the  influenza  cut  short  a  most  promising  career,  the  Institute 
would  have  had  even  greater  cause  to  be  proud  of  this  loyal  Alumnus  and 
untiring  worker  who  constantly  maintained  the  highest  idealsi  in  his  service 
to  the  Nation. 

Very  truly, 

K.     S.     PURDIE. 

Captain,  C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A. 
(Late  Major,  C.  A.  C.)." 

Nothing  need  be  added  to  this  eloquent  and  fitting  tribute  to  a  brother 
Oflficer  and  brother  Graduate  by  one  so  well  qualified  to  appraise  his  char- 
acter and  accomplishments. 

A  younger  brother  was  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1919. 

Captain  .lAMES  TAYLOR,  Class  1918.     From  New  Jersey. 
Tank   Corps,    .4.  E.   F. 

Second  Lieutenant,  3rd  Field  Artillery,  from  August  to  December,  1917. 
Second  Lieutenant,  6th  Field  Artillery,  December,  1917  to  June,  1918. 
Transferred  to  the  301st  Battalion,  Tank  Corps,  June,  1918. 

Wounded   in   action,   October   23.    1918,   at   Montbrebain    (Somme). 

Duty  away  from  Regiment  during  War: 

Adjutant,  2nd  Brigade,  Tank  Corps,  August  to  September,  1918. 

Corps  Tank   Officer,   9th  Army   Corps.   March   to   May,   1919. 

Welfare  Inspector,  A.  E.  C,  LeMans,  May  to  June,  1919. 

United  States  Courier,  P.  E.  S.,  June  to  September,  1919. 

Attached   to  Motor   Transport  Corps,   September  to   December,    1919. 

Assigned  to  3rd   Field  Artillery,  January   6.   1920. 

Courses   of   Instruction   attended: 

1st  Oflficers'  Training  Camp,  Fort  Myer,  Virginia. 

Machine-Gun   School,  Bovington,  England. 

Field  Artillery   School    (one-half),  Gondrecourt,  France. 


216         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Kecord 

Tank   School,  Boviugton,   England. 

6-Pouuder  School,  Bovington,  England. 

Senior  Officers'  School,  B.  E.  F.,  Sautre-Court,  France. 

Promotions: 

2nd  Lieutenant,  O.  R.   C,  August  15,  1917,  Field  Artillery. 

2nd  Lieutenant,  Regular  Army,  October  26,   1917,  Field  Artillery. 

1st  Lieutenant    (Temporary),  July  10,  1918,  Field  Artillery. 

1st  Lieutenant,  Regular  Army,  July  26,  1919,  Field  Artillery. 

Captain    (Temporary),   May   12,   1919,   Tank   Corps. 

From  the  above  formal  report,  sent  by  Captain  Taylor  himself,  one 
would  never  judge  that  lie  is  tue  young  hero  has  valorous  aeous  hava 
made  him. 

Captain  JOHN  BRYAN  TOMLINSON,  Class  191S.     From  Alaoaraa. 
Commanding  Company  "M,"  18th  (Regular),  Infantry,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Died  in  the  Service. 
John  Bryan  Tomlinson  was  born  on  the  19th  day  of  November,  189G, 
at  Birmingham,  Alabama,  and  died,  in  the  service  of  his  Country,  at  I^ngres, 
France,  October  14,  1918.  In  the  Spring  of  1917,  at  the  small  manufacturing 
town  of  Ragland,  Alaban  a,  where  he  was  working,  true  to  the  manhood  of 
the  South,  and  the  glorious  traditions  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute. 
Bryan  Tomlinson  sprang  to  the  call  to  arms  of  his  Country  and  was  among 
the  first  to  volunteer  for  the  impending  struggle.  On  the  12th  of  May,  1917, 
he  went  to  Fort  McPherson,  Georgia,  and  attended  the  first  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp,  winning  a  first  lieutenancy,  and  the  confidence  of  his  superior 
officers  to  the  extent  that  he  was  chosen  to  be  among  the  vanguard  of 
young  American  officers  sent  to  France.  Early  in  September,  1917,  he  sailed 
from  Hoboken,  landing  in  Liverpool  about  the  23rd  of  the  month,  going  from 
there  to  France  and  shortly  after  to  a  military  school  at  La  Valbonne,  near 
Lyons.  After  five  weeks'  training  he  was  assigned  to  "K"  Company,  18th 
Infantry,  First  Division,  which  was  training  at  Houdelancourt.  Here  he  re- 
mained until  January  15,  1918,  entering  the  trenches  on  January  19,  at 
Seicheprey,  about  fifteen  miles  East  of  St.  Mihiel.  His  military  ability,  his 
manly  bearing,  and  the  confidence  he  had  instilled  in  his  men  and  his 
senior  officers,  won  for  hini  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  five  officers 
to  lead  150  men  in  the  first  raid  put  over  by  the  American  Expeditionary 
Forces.  These  officers  and  men  were  chosen  from  virtually  all  the  soldiers 
in  the  16th  and  18th  Infantry  Regiments.  Bryan  led  the  first  platoon  over 
the  top.  On  March  11  following,  for  leading  a  further  raid  into  the  German 
trenches,  General  Frank  Parker,  then  Colonel  of  the  18th,  cited  him  for 
bravery  and  ordered  that  his  name  be  placed  upon  the  Regimental  Roll  of 
Honour. 

During  all  this  period  of  intr-nsive  training  and  severe  hand-to-hand  en- 
counters with  the  Germans,  this  lovable,  high-minded  and  manly  American 
boy  was  sending  liome  letters,  with  never  a  word  of  his  achievements, 
minimizing  his  dangers  to  tbose  he  loved,  and  breathing  a  spirit  of  deter- 
mination ever  increasing  in  intensity  and  steadfast  purpose.  The  more  active 
the  1st  Division,  the  more  pronounced  the  sentiment  in  his  letters  became  to 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        217 

see  the  struggle  through  to  the  bitter  end.  and  to  impress  upon  those  left  in 
this  country  to  bend  every  energy  towards  War  activities. 

Shortly  after  March  11,  1917,  the  1st  Brigade  of  the  1st  Division  was 
relieved,  and  Lieutenant  Tomlinson  was  recommended  for  promotion.  On 
the  22nd  of  April,  th,e  iSth  Infantry  went  into  action  between  Montdidier 
and  Amiens  at  Villers  Tournelle.  Late  in  April,  Bryan  was  given  command 
of  "K"  Company,  following  the  death  of  Captain  Quisenberry,  killed  in 
action.  On  the  3rd  of  May,  he  was  severely  gassed  and  was  in  the  Hospital 
about  six  weeks.  On  leaving  the  Hospital  he  was  sent  to  the  77th  Division, 
being  attached  to  Battalion  Headquarters  of  the  3rd  Battalion,  30Gth  In- 
fantry. At  the  request  of  General  Parker,  he  was  returned  to  the  ISth  In- 
fantry, on  August  3,  and  given  command  of  "M"  Company,  receiving  h.is 
Captaincy,  August  30,  191S.  He  led  his  Company  through  the  St.  Mlhlel 
drive,  writing  home  after  it:     "You  should  have  seen  the  Boche  run." 

Immediately  after  the  St.  Mihiel  Drive  the  1st  Division  moved  behind 
Verdun,  and  was  in  support  of  the  1st  Army,  for  the  first  four  days  of  the 
Argonne-Meuse  Oflensive,  going  into  action  on  September  30.  Captain  Tom- 
linson was  gassed  the  next  day,  and  was  sent  back  to  Base  Hospital  No.  53. 
Here  he  showed  the  keenest  interest  in  the  further  progress  of  the  Argonne 
Offensive,  talking  all  the  time  of  getting  back  into  it  again.  On  the  12th 
of  October,  191S,  he  lost  consciousness,  issuing  orders  in  his  delirium  to  his 
men,  until  his  death  on  the  14th.  He  died  a  boy  in  years,  but  a  full  man 
in  action,  ideals  and  achievement. 

Captain  ALPHONSE  J.  STUDE,  Class  1907.     From  Texas. 
14th  Engineers,  Railway,  A.  E.  F. 

Enlisted  at  Boston,  Mass.,  June  9,  1917,  as  private  in  4th  Reserve 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  (In  October,  1917,  this  regiment  was  re-named  14th 
Engineers,  Railway.) 

Called  to  Training  Camp  at  Salem,  N.  H.,  June  25,  1917.  Promoted  to 
Sergeant,  June  28,  1917.  Appointed  First  Sergeant,  July  12,  1917.  Sailed 
from  New  York,  July  27,  1917.  Arrived  in  England,  August  12,  1917. 
Paraded  in  London,  August  15,  1917.  Arrived  at  the  front  near  Arras, 
France,  August  21,  1917.  Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  from  First  Sergeant, 
February  23,  1918.  Promoted  to  Captain  from  First  Lieutenant,  September 
26,  1918. 

Sailed,  from  France,  April  17,  1919.  Arrived  in  United  States,  April  27, 
1919.     Discharged  at  Camp  Devens,  Mass.,  May  8,  1919. 

Entire  time  in  the  Service  was  with   the  14th   Engineers,   Railway. 

His  discharge  paper  has  the  following  notation: 

"At  the  front  with  the  British,  Light  Railways  under  artillery  fire. 
Arras-Bapaume  Sector,  Aug.  21,  1917-May  20,  1918,  including  Somm©  De- 
fensive, Mar.  21-April  26,  1918;  Aisne-Marne  Front,  Aug.  2,  1918-Sept.  10, 
1918,  including  Aisne-Marne  Offensive,  Aug!  2  to  Aug.  6,  1918;  Meuse- 
Argonne  Front,  Sept.  19-Nov.  11,  1918,  including  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive, 
Sept.  26  to  Nov.  11,^1918." 

Appointed  Personnel  Adjutant,  May  22,  1918,  and  discharged  as  such. 
May  8,  1919. 

An  older  brother  is  also  a   Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I. 


218         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Captain   JOHN   D.   EWING,   Class   1913.     From   Louisiana. 
128th  Infantry,  32nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned    Captain,    12Sth   Infantry,   32nd   Division,   in   1917.     "Went 
to  France  witli  iiis  Division.     Commanded   Scouts  and   Snipers  and   served 
on  the  Staff  as  Operations'  Officer. 
His  gallantry  is  described  below: 
[From  the  Shreveport  Times,  of  May  21,   1919:] 

"Captain  John  D.  Ewing  received  a  delightful  surprise  yesterday  when 
his  father,  Col.  Robert  Ewing,  owner  of  The  Times,  brought  with  him  from 
New  Orleans  on  his  visit  to  Shrevepoit,  a  Croix  de  Guerre,  with  gilt  star, 
and  the  Citation  certificate  recently  awarded  to  Captain  Ewing  by  the 
French  Government  for  distinguished  service  in  the  American  Army  during 
the  War.  The  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Citation,  which  is  in  French  and  is 
signed  by  Marshal  Petain,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  French  Armies  of  the 
East,  were  forwarded  to  Captain  Ewing  by  the  War  Department.  Captain 
Ewing  is  the  first  Shreveport  oflScer  to  be  awarded  this  honour. 

"Captain  Ewing  commanded  a  Company  and  served  on  the  Staff  as 
Operations  Officer,  in  the  128th  Regiment  of  the  famous  32nd  Division  in 
France.  The  128th  was  one  of  the  regiments  that  recently  was  awarded  the 
'Fourragere,'  the  highest  decoration  given  to  any  American  Division  by  a 
foreign  government. 

"The  letter  of  Adjutant  General  Cole,  forwarding  these  honours  to 
Captain  Ewing,  follows: 

'Washington,  May  10,  1919. 

'From:    The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 

To  Captain  John  D.  Ewing,  604-606  Canal  Street,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Subject:     French  Decoration. 

'There  is  forwarded  herewith  by  registered  mail  a  Croix  de  Guerre  with 
gilt  star,  Citation  Certificate  and  translation  of  same,  awarded  to  you  by 
the  French  Government.  It  is  requested  that  you  furnish  this  office  with 
receipt  for  the  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Citation. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 

W.  E.  Cole,  Adjutant  General.'  " 
Tbanslation. 

'General   Headquarters   of  the   French   Armies   of   the   East. 

Staff. 
'Personnel  Bureau,    Order  No.  14,382. 
(Decorations)  "D"    (Extract) 

'With  the  approbation  of  the  Conimander-in-Chief  of  the  American  Ex- 
peditionary Forces  in  France,  the  Marshal  of  France,  Commander  in  Chief 
of  the  French  Armies  of  the  East,  cites  in  the  order  of  the  Army  Corps 
'Captain  John  D.  Ewing,  128  Reg.  U.  S.  Inf. 
'A  remarkable  and  brave  young  officer,  possessing  true  judgment  and 
great  energy.  Detailed  to  assist  the  Colonel  of  his  Regiment,  throughout 
the  campaign,  he  assisted  his  chief  in  the  preparation  and  execution  of 
operations  often  very  difficult.  Rendered  important  services  in  the  engage- 
ment which  led  to  the  taking  of  Juvigny,  August  31,  1918,  and  in  the 
advance  on  Terny  Sorny,  September  1,  1918,  when  the  Division  was  a  part 
of  the  Tenth  French  Army. 

At  General  Headquarters, 

March  14,  1919, 
The   Marshal, 
Commander-in-Chief  of  the  French  Armies  of  the  East, 

Retain.'  " 
Captain  Ewing  is  one  of  four  brothers  who  were  Cadets  at  the  V.  M.  I., 
two  graduating. 

Three  of  these  brothers  were  in  the  Military  Service  during  the  War. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         219 

Captain  Ewing,  upon  being  discharged,  returned  to  his  pre-war  position 
of  Assistant  General  Manager  of  The  Shrevcport   (La.)    Times. 

Captain  LARKIN  W.  GLAZEBROOK,  JR.,  Class  1918. 

From  District  of  Columbia. 

12th    (Regular)    Field  Artillery,   2nd  Division,   A.   E.   F. 

He  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  School  at  Fort  Myer  and  was 
graduated,  August  15,  1917,  with  "First  Honour"  in  the  Class  of  over  four 
hundred,  and  was  first  out  of  the  one  hundred  and  forty  who  passed  the  final 
test  and  were  recommended  for  commissions. 

He  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  in  the  12th  (Regular)  Field 
Artillery  and  served  at  St.  Asaph's  Camp,  U.  S.  A.,  for  three  months. 

He  sailed  for  France,  January  11,  1918,  with  his  organization,  and 
fought  at  Chateau  Thierry  with  the  Second  Division.  His  regiment  (12th 
U.  S.  A.)  supported  the  Marines  at  Belleau  Wood  and  at  Soissons  where 
he  was  gassed,  July  22,  and  also  wounded  by  a  shrapnel  shot.  His  wound 
was  in  the  upper  left  thigh.  It  was  dressed,  and  he  kept  on.  Later,  the 
same  day,  he  was  holding  one  end  of  a  map  with  young  McClellan  of  the 
Marines  (a  V.  M.  I.  Man)  when  a  shell  exploded  killing  McClellan.  He 
carried  him  to  the  rear,  but  found  he  was  dead.  Later,  while  going  ahead 
with  his  guns  another  shell  fell  in  his  group  and  his  horse  was  killed  under 
him.  The  next  day,  while  passing  a  Tank,  his  horse  bolted  and  both  went 
down  a  forty-foot  ravine.  He  was  badly  stunned,  and,  before  he  could  get 
out,  was  gassed.  He  was  removed  to  Paris,  and,  later,  developed  a  pretty 
bad  attack  of  shell  shock  for  which  he  was  sent  to  a  special  Hospital  (117) 
where  he  remained  until  October.  He  was  then  (October  24)  detailed  to  the 
S.  O.  S.  at  Tours,  on  the  General  Staff.  G.  4.  He  had,  in  the  meantime,  been 
promoted  to  Captain. 

•He  wrote  October  24,  1918,  most  interestingly  to  General  Nichols,  telling 
about  the  V.  M.  I.  "boys"  he  had  met  in  France,  and  some  of  their  achieve- 
ments, but  said  never  a  word  about  himself,  except  this:  "The  'Medocs'  have 
me  in  the  S.  O.  S.  for  a  while,  as  I  have  been  wounded  three  times,  and 
they  won't  let  me  go  back  for  a  little  while,  but  I  hope  that  will  be  soon." 

A  New  York  dispatch  telling  of  the  arrival  in  that  Port  of  seven  thou- 
sand, seven  h.undred  and  forty  heroes  (of  whom  Captain  Glazebrook  was 
one)  on  December  11,  1918,  said: 

"Stories  without  number  were  told  by  troops  who  themselves  had 
survived  the  War's  dangers  and  spoke  moderately  of  that  fact.  Illustrative 
of  Yankee  heroism  was  the  account  given  of  Captain  L.  W.  Glazebrook,  Jr., 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  a  member  of  the  Field  Artillery.  Shot  in  the  lung, 
gassed,  wounded  in  the  leg,  removed  to  a  Hospital,  Captain  Glazebrook 
(arrivals  said),  stole  away  from  his  cot,  assembled  a  uniform,  attached  a 
captain's  bars,  climbed  through  a  window,  rode  thirty-six  hours  on  an  army 
truck,  without  letting  his  companions  know  of  bis  condition,  and  entered 
action  in  the  American  advance  on  the  St.  Mihiel  Salient.  Four  days  later, 
once  more  gassed,  he  was  back  in  the  same  Hospital. 
"Asked  about  this  incident,  Captain  Glazebrook   said: 

'The  Chief  Surgeon  gave  me  h .     'If  you  don't  die,'  he  said,  'and  you 

probably  will,  you  will  be  court-martialed.'     But  outside  the  door,  I  heard 
him  laugh,  and  I  knew  it  was  all  right.'  " 

Instead  of  being  court-martialed,  he  was  promoted. 


220         Virginia  Milit.iry  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Captain  Glazebrook  is  the  only  son  of  Dr.  Larkin  W.  Glazebrook.  Surgeon 
of  the  Washington  Railway  and  Electric  Company,  and  the  grandson  of 
the  Reverend  Doctor  Otis  A.  Glazebrook,  the  heroic  United  States  Consul  at 
Jerusalem  from  1914,  throughout  the  World  War,  and  who,  in  1864,  was  a 
First  Corporal  in  the  famous  "New  Market"  Corps  of  Cadets  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

He  continues  in  the  Service,  with  the  reduced  rank  of  First  Lieutenant, 
U.  S.  Army. 

Captain  STUART  CUTLER,  Class  1918.    From  New  York. 
23rd  U.  S.  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Left  V.  M.  L  in  middle  of  Third  Class  year  to  enter  West  Point.  Re- 
jected on  account  of  physical  disability.  He  stood  well  in  his  Class  at  the 
V.  M.  I.  and  was  a  Corporal. 

After  his  rejection  at  West  Point,  he  worked  for  three  months  in  the 
Credit  Department  of  The  Fairbanks  Company,  New  York.  Left  there  to 
go  to  Texas  with  the  7th  Regiment,  New'  York  National  Guard.  Was  in 
Federal  Service  at  McAllen,  Texas,  as  a  Corporal,  for  six  months,  until 
December,  1916.  He  continued  a  member  of  the  7tli  Regiment  after  its 
return  home,  until  May,  1917.  He  was  then  commissioned  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, and  assigned  to  the  23rd  U.  S.  Regulars.  But  let  his  proud  father 
give  his  further  record.  . 

Mr.  T.  R.  Cutler,  of  the  E.  E.  Paul  Company,  101  Park  Avenue,  New  York, 
wrote.  December  12,  1918,  as  follows: 

"In  June,  1916,  Stuart  went  to  Texas  with  the  7th  Regiment  of  New 
York,  as  Corporal,  and  staid  there  during  the  duration  of  the  trouble. 

"As  soon  as  War  was  declared,  he  made  application  for  a  commis- 
sion, went  to  the  Plattsburg  Camp,  received  his  commission,  and  sailed  for 
France.  Septemher  7,  1917,  with  Ihe  23rd  U.  S.  Regulars.  During  the  winter 
of  1917-18,  he  was  in  Southern  France  and  attended  the  School  at  Gondre- 
court.  He  was  then  in  the  Toul  Sector;  was  over  the  top  and  gassed  in 
April,  1918,  and  made  First  Lieutenant. 

"In  May,  1918,  he  was  sent  back  to  the  U.  S.,  as  Instructor,  and  ordered 
to  report  at  Camp  Gordon,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  about  July.  He  staid  there  three 
months.  His  lungs  were  troubling  him;  so,  in  November,  191S,  he  was  sent 
to  Otisville,  N.  Y.  He  has  now  a  commission  as  Captain,  and  is  in  Base 
Hospital  No.  8,  Otisville,  N.  Y. 

"You  may  be  glad  to  know  that  Sf.uarfs  older  brother,  Lloyd,  volun- 
teered in  June;  went  to  Pelham,  N.  Y.,  and  received  a  commission  as  Ensign, 
and  is  now  on  Sub  Chaser  Bagley. 

"Merritt  Cutler,  my  youngest  son,  enlisted  with  the  7th  Regiment  (18 
years  of  age),  and  is  now  in  France  with  the  107th  U.  S.  Infantry,  as  Cor- 
poral. He  wrote  us  a  wonderful  description  of  the  battle  of  September  29, 
in  which  h.e  was  the  only  one,  out  of  a  group  of  forty,  who  was  not  seriously 
wounded  or  killed.  He  is  now  in  the  OiTicci'^'  School  in  France,  and  hopes- 
to  come  home  a  Lieutenant. 

"So,  my  three  only  sons  went  to  the  front,  and  I  am  very  proud  of 
them." 

[Tliis  was  the  spirit  of  all  true  Americans.  And  how  the  Germans* 
eyes  were  opened  when  they  learned  the  truth!] 

After  many  months,  in  Hospital,  Captain  Cutler  recovered  and  returned 
to  duty,  it  is  believed,  although  no  report  has  been  received  from  him 
since  July,  1920.     [Later.     He  is  a  1st  Lieutenant  in  the  Service.] 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        221 

Captain    CAMILLUS    CHRISTIAN,    JR.,    Class    1914,    Third    Cadet    Captain. 

From  Virginia. 
Company  "E,"  3G3rd  Infantry,  91st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  at  Presidio,  California, 
August  15,  1917,  and  assigned  to  the  363rd  Infantry. 

He  went  to  France  with  this  organization  and  distinguished  himself  in 
the  fighting  that  ensued  later. 

In  the  famous  battle  of  the  Argonne  his  Company  fought  desperately, 
often  in  hand-to-hand  encountres  with  the  Enemy,  as  it  crawled  along,  cut- 
ting the  wire  entanglements.  He  nearly  lost  his  life  here  while  fighting 
with   a   desperate   antagonist  whom   he   finally   disarmed. 

He  was  promoted  to  the  Captaincy  of  his  Company,  and  was  cited  for 
bravery.  ' ' ;: 

In  a  letter  written  to  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Camillus  Christian,  of 
Lynchburg,  Virginia,  dated  October  5,  1918,  he  did  not  mention  either  his 
Citation  or  his  promotion.  He  wrote:  "I  will  try  to  relate  some  of  the 
things  in  the  big  push  *  *  *.  "We  slept  out  in  the  open  without  blankets  *  *  *. 
(I  am  speaking  of  the  night  of  September  26  and  day  of  the  27.)  We  at- 
tacked early'  in  the  morning;  it  was  a  beautiful  movement;  thirty  men  and  I 
were  the  first  to  reach  the  road  *  *  *.  We  captured  sixty-two  men.  and  two 
officers  *  *  *.     I  was  in  the  front  six  days  and  nights." 

Describing  an  attack,  he  said:  "About  sixty  of  the  Boches  broke  into 
a  run  across  an  open  field.  We  had  some  good  big  game  shooting  *  *  ♦. 
I  am  a  lucky  boy  to  come  out  safely.  The  love  and  prayers  of  friends  at 
home,  I  believe,  had  much  to  do  with  my  escape.  I  saw  men  pray  on  the 
battlefields  who  had  never  been  in  a  church." 

On  November  20,  he  wrote  :  "Our  Company,  at  the  time  of  the  announce- 
ment of  the  Armistice,  was  the  farthest  advanced  Company  of  American 
troops  in  Flanders.  We  had  been  driving  the  Germans  for  two  weeks, 
they  retreating  30  kilometers  in  that  time.  The  fighting  here  was  a  picnic 
in  comparison  with  the  fighting  our  Company  did  in  the  Argonne.  I  had 
not  the  close  escapes  I  had  in  the  Argonne  Forest." 

During  the  advance  in  Flanders,  however.  Captain  Christian  said:  "One 
night  the  corner  of  the  house  in  which  I  was  sleeping  was  blown  off,  and  I 
suddenly  found  myself  in  the  middle  of  the  floor." 

After  the  Armistice,  Captain  Christian  went  with  his  Division  to  a  small 
town  in  Belgium,  expecting  to  receive  orders  soon  to  march  into  Germany. 
He  was,  however,  permanently  detached  from  his  Division  and  placed  in  the 
diplomatic  courier  service,  being  attached  to  the  Arnerican  Peace  Commis- 
sion. His  duties  carried  him  on  short  trips  to  the  neutral  Capitals  of 
Europe,  and  he  had  an  interesting  experience  while  performing  this  honour- 
able duty. 

He  had  many  thrilling  encountres  with  the  Huns  during  the  period  of 
the  War,  and  several  very  narrow  escapes  from  death,  or  serious  injury; 
at  one  time  his  helmet  was  split  by  a  shell  fragment. 

The  report  officially  of  his  being  wounded  grew  out  of  the  fact  of  his 
having  been  gassed  in  the  Argonne  Forest. 


222         ViRGiis^iA  Military  Institute—World  War  Eecord 

He  remained  in  Paris  until  the  work  of  the  Peace  Commission  was 
finished  and  then  returned  home,  and  was  honourably  discharged  from 
the  Service.  i::       ■     i 

Captain   ROGERS   M.   WILSON,   Class   1911.     From   Georgia. 

Commanding  Company  "L,"  18th   (Regular)   Infantry,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Severely  wounded  In  action. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  put  in  enduring  form  the  record  of  this  superb  officer 
and  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

He  was  married,  and  was  occupying  an  enviable  position  in  the  busi- 
ness world,  when,  in  October,  1916,  he  stood  the  examination  for  provisional 
Second  Lieutenant  in  the  United  States  Army.  He  received  hisi  commis- 
sion, March  27,  1917.  He  reported  to  Fort  Leavenworth  in  April,  and  was 
from  there  ordered  to  France,  embarking  on  the  S.  S.  Mallory,  June  9,  1917. 
He  arrived  in  France,  June  28,  1917,  with  the  first  troops  of  the  American 
Expeditionary  Forces.  He  went  immediately  into  training  for  service  on 
the  front  line.  He  was  assigned  to  Company  "L,"  18th  (Regular)  Infantry, 
First  Division,  and  his  entire  service  in  France  was  with  that  command. 
On  May  15,  1917,  he  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  and  on  August  5, 
1917,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain  of  his  Company.  He  was  in  all  the  actions 
of  the  First  Division,  including  the  battle  of  Soissons,  until  July  21,  1918, 
when  he  was  severely  wounded  while  in  command  of  his  (the  3rd)  Battalion. 
He  received  two  maohine-gun  bullets  in  the  upper  right  arm  near  the 
shoulder.  He  was  three  months  in  Hospital  in  France  and  was  then  sent 
home,  and  for  many  months  he  was  in  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Mc- 
pherson, Georgia,  before  he  was  able  to  return  to  duty.  For  his  gallantry 
in  command  of  his  Company,  in  every  action  in  which  it  participated, 
until  he  was  wounded,  he  was  awarded  the  D.  S.  C.  and,  later,  the  French 
Croix  de  Guerre.  The  Citation  of  his  Regimental  Commander,  which  caused 
the  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.,  acting  for  the  President,  to  award  to  him 
the  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  is  given  in  the  following 

"General  Order  No.  16." 

"Headquarters  18th  Infantry,  France,  August  12,  1918. 

Extract. 
"*     *     * 

"2.  The  Regimental  Commander  cites  the  following-named  officer  for 
the  reason  hereinafter  given: 

"Captain  Rogers  M.  Wilson,  ISth  Infantry,  in  command  of  Company  'L' 
of  this  regiment,  since  October,  1917,  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  most 
excellent  Company  Commander,  notably  on  the  Cantigny  front  where  his 
Company  took  an  active  part  in  the  capture  of  Cantigny,  and,  later,  during 
the  battle  of  Soissons  where,  until  the  evening  of  the  21st,  he  commanded 
his  Company  with  the  greatest  energy  and  efficiency  until  wounded,  while 
near  the  town  of  Berzy-le-Sec. 

By  order  of  Colonel  Parker, 

F.  W.  Cheney. 
Capt.,   18th   Inf.,   Asst.  Adjt." 

The  Citation  following  came  from  the  President,  through  the  Commander- 
in-Chief: 

"Rogers  M.  Wilson,  Captain,  ISth  Infantry. 

"For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Soissons,  France,  July  18-21, 
1918. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        223 

"Throughout  this  period  Captain  Wilson  led  his  Company  against  the 
Enemy  in  a  masterly  manner,  displaying  exceptional  judgment  and  energy 
and  conspicuous  gallantry,  until  he  received  a  severe  wound  which,  per- 
manently disabled  his  right  arm.* 

"Home  address:    Mrs.  R.  M.  Wilson,  wife,  357  College  Street,  Macon,  Ga." 

Later,  the  French  Government  awarded  him  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 

The  following  personal  letter  from  his  Regimental  Commander,  the 
gallant  Colonel  (afterwards  Brigadier  General)  Frank  Parker,  written  three 
weeks  after  Captain  Wilson  was  wounded,  is  of  interest  as  showing  the  high 
esteem  and  affection  with  which  he  regarded  the  valourous  young  Captain, 
as  well  as  the  tender  feeling  of  this  noble  gentleman  himself: 

"France,  August  11,  1918. 
"My  dear  Wilson: 

"I  have  just  received  your  letter  of  July  28  and  am  certainly  very  glad 
to  hear  from  you  and  to  have  good  news  concerning  your  wound. 

"It  is  very  difficult  for  us  in  the  regiment  to  follow  our  wounded,  as 
there  are  many  Hospitals  and  no  clue  as  to  which  one  of  them  receives  any 
particular  casualty. 

"I  am  sending  you  a  Regimental  Citation  for  your  own  self,  and  I  assure 
you  that  your  services  have  been,  at  all  times,  most  efficient  and  satis- 
factory, and  that  you  will  be  immediately  returned  to  your  Company  as 
soon  as  you  return,  which  I  hope  will  be  very  soon  indeed. 

"I   have   received   your   note   concerning   Lt.   ,   and    shall    act 

upon  it  at  once,  as  he  has  made  a  most  excellent  impression  on  me. 

"We  are  back  on  the  old  sector  and  everything  is  very  quiet.  We  have 
commenced  to  build  up  again,  and  I  wish  very  much  that  you  might  be  hero 
to  assist  in  the  work.  A  number  of  the  wounded  are  coming  back  already. 
The  following  officers  were  killed,  or  died  of  their  wounds: 

"Lieut.  Colonel  R.  C.  Hand,  1st  Lt.  J.  R.  Graham,  1st  Lt.  H  C.  Ringer, 
1st  Lt.  W.  J.  Deery,  1st  Lt.  W.  F.  Bloocher,  1st  Lt.  F.  R.  Common,  1st  Lt 
J.  A.  Doherty,  1st  Lt.  R.  J.  Groogan^  1st  Lt.  G.  G.  McCoy,  1st  Lt.  R.  J. 
Hutchinson,  2nd  Lt.  F.  D.  Pollard,  2nd  Lt.  T.  Young. 

"I  shall  be  very  glad  to  hear  from  you,  from  time  to  time,  as  to  the 
progress  of  your  convalescence,  and  to  let  you  know  the  principal  points  of 
interest  concerning  the  regiment.  You  may  rest  assured  tliat  your  Company 
will  always  be  waiting  for  you  when  you  come,  and  I  shall  hope  to  arrange 
speedy  promotion  for  you,  once  you  return  to  the  regiment. 

Always  faithfully  yours, 

Frank   Parker." 

Who  wouldn't  be  proud  of  such  a  letter  from  his  Commanding  Officer? 

In  the  fall  of  1919,  Captain  Wilson  had  sufficiently  recovered  to  return 
to  the  Service,  and  he  was  at  once  placed  in  command  of  Company  "G,"  45th 
U.  S.  Infantry,  as  Captain,  and  stationed  at  Camp  Dix.  N.  J. 

Captain  CHARLES  JOHNSTON,  Class  1902.     From  Virginia. 
Co.    "G."   nith   U.    S.   Infantry,   A.   E.   F. 

"1321   Kensington  Ave.,  Youngstown,  Ohio, 

January  31,  1920. 
"Your  postal  card  of  the  5th  inst.  has  at  last  reached  me,  after  many 
devious  side  trips  in  search  of  me. 


*He  was  believed  to  have  been   permanently  disabled,  but  after  many 
mouths  in  Hospital  he  was  able  to  return  to  the  Service. 


224         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"It  is  a  pleasure  to  know  that  you  are  preparing  the  data  on  the 
V.  M.  I.  in  the  late  'pleasantness,'  and  I  wish  that  I  were  able  to  give  you 
more  'dope'  of  myself,  but  such  is  beyond  my  power. 

"I  was  a  Captain  in  the  18th  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  National  Guard, 
from  1913  to  time  of  muster  into  Federal  Service,  in  1917,  serving  on  the 
Mexican  Border  in  1916.  Commanded  Co.  'G,'  111th  U.  S.  Infantry,  28th 
Division,  until  January,  1918,  when  I  was  placed  in  command  of  Head- 
quarters Co.,  111th  Infantry.  Sailed  from  U.  S.,  May  5.  1918;  arrived  in 
France,  May  14. 

"The  111th  Infantry  trained  with  the  British  in  the  vicinity  of  Calais 
until  the  middle  of  June,  when  we  were  transferred  to  the  outskirts  of 
Paris.  Moved  to  the  Marne,  July  1.  Participated  in  the  Defensive  of  July 
15-17.  and  the  allied  counter-attack  of  July  18,  following  the  Enemy  to  the 
Vesle,  and  suffering  very  heavy  casualties.  I  was  wounded  on  the  Vesle, 
near  Fismes,  on  August  12,  1918,  suffering  a  complete  severance  of  the  right 
femoral  artery,  due  to  shell  fire.  At  time  of  accident  was  engaged  in  remov- 
ing wounded  from  the  field.  Invalided  home  on  November  16,  and  discharged 
from  Hospital  and  Service,  June  21,  1919.  That  is  about  all  there  is  to  tell. 
I  was  the  only  V.  M.  I.  Man,  and  only  Southerner,  iholding  a  commission  in 
the  regiment. 

"My  permanent  address  will  be  707  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Richmond, 
Virginia.  Have  for  five  years  been  with  the  General  Fireproofing  Company, 
of  Youngstown,  Ohio,  as  District  Sales  Manager. 

"It  is  my  hope  that  1  can  attend  the  coming  Finals,  as  I  would  have 
done  last  year,  had  I  known  anything  about  what  was  coming  off.  It  is 
with  pleasure  that   I   look  forward  to  seeing  you  at  that  time. 

"With  my  most  sincere  regards,  I  am. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Charles  Johnstox, 
(Class  of  1902)." 

[It  is  not  hard  to  read  between  the  lines  and  guess  what  manner  of  man 
the  writer  is.  It  is  too  sad  that  such  a  noble  fellow  should  have  been  bo 
cruelly  wounded.! 

Captain  WILLIS  A.  GARVEY,  Class  1916.  From  Kansas. 
Commanding  Battery  "F,"  15th  Field  Artillery,  2nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  April,  1917.  Promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant, 
Battery  "F,"  15th  Field  Artillery,  August  9,  1917.  He  had  training  at  Camp 
Funston.  and  arrived  overseas  with  his  battery  on  Christmas  Day,  1917. 
His  battery  was  assigned  to  the  Second  Division  with  which  he  served  all 
through  th.e  War.  In  April,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  the  Captaincy  of  his 
battery.  He  was  in  all  the  engagements  participated  in  by  his  incomparable 
Division.  In  the  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry  he  served  as  Liaison  Officer  with 
the  5th  and  6th  Marines  and  the  23rd  Infantry.  He  went  over  the  top  five 
times  in  seven  days,  during  the  engagement.  He  was  wounded  October  7, 
1918,  before  Rheims.  Having  returned  to  his  duties,  he  was  at  the  front  at 
the  time  of  the  signing  of  the  Armistice.  Following  the  battle  in  which  he 
received  his  wound,  be  was  recommended  for  promotion  and  for  the  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Cross. 

He  served  as  Battery  Commander,  Liaison  Officer,  Captain  of  Head- 
quarters Company,  and,  for  a  time,  as  Adjutant  of  his  Regiment.  He  was 
one  of  two  of  his  Regiment  chosen  to  take  the  special  coui-se  at  the  Artillery 
Officers'  School  at  Gondremont,  France. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguisiied  Alumni  (Cuiifd)         225 

He  went  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  to  Germany.  He  was  detailed 
as  an  Executive  Officer  of  the  Peace  Commission,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Military  Board  appointed  by  order  of  the  War  Department  to  handle  the 
military  side  of  the  Peace  Commission,  (Several  other  V.  M.  I.  men  had 
the  same  honour  conferred  on  them.) 

The  Topcka  Daily  State  Journal  of  September  9,  1918,  thus  spoke  of  him: 

"A  touching  tribute  to  the  courage  and  patriotism  of  the  French  who 
so  bravely  strove  to  withstand  the  Teuton  hordes  during  the  early  part  of 
this  War,  and  who,  despite  fearful  sacrifice  and  suffering,  are  still  cour- 
ageously doing  their  part  toward  the  winning  of  the  War,  is  contained  in  a 
recent  letter  from  Captain  Willis  A.  Garvey,  one  of  the  Topeka  boys  on 
the  front.  ^ 

"This  representative  American  youth  has  an  instinctive  gallantry,  which, 
coupled  with  his  inborn  appreciation  of  all  that  is  truly  great  and  noble, 
causes  him  to  pay  unfailing  deference  to  these  qualities,  whether  they  be 
found  amid  distinction  and  rank,  or  in  the  very  humblest  circles. 

"The  following  extract  is  taken  from  a  letter  written  by  Captain  Garvey 
July  2,  1918: 

'France,  July   2,   1918. 

'We  Americans  haven't  had  the  chance,  until  the  past  month,  to  really 
do  much  of  anything.    And,  as  it  is,  we  don't  really  know  what  war  is  yet. 

"True,  we  have  done  some  work,  and  lost  some  men  and  some  sleep, 
But  we  haven't  had  our  homes  destroyed,  all  our  property  destroyed,  the 
greater  part  of  our  male  relatives  killed,  and  our  sisters,  wives  and  sweet- 
hearts carried  off,  for  four  long  years,   as  have  these  poor  'Frogs.' 

'If  you  want  to  know  what  War  reallj  is,  talk,  as  I  did,  to  the  old 
French  peasant  with  whom  I  was  billeted  at  one  place.  Let  him  tell  you 
how  the  Boche  invaded  his  peaceful,  prosperous  little  farm;  how  they 
razed  his  house,  took  his  crops,  and  carried  off  his  two  daughters;  how 
they  made  penniless  refugees  of  him  and  his  wife  (both  over  70,  I  should 
judge.)  Let  him  tell  you,  with  a  look  of  indescribable  pride  in  his  face — • 
how,  of  his  seven  sons,  six  have  died  for  France  and  the  seventh  is  a 
German  prisoner.  Then,  you'll  understand  what  I  mean  when  I  say  that 
we  Americans  have  no  idea  yet  what  War  really  is.  And  these  old  peasants 
are  so  stoical  and  brave! 

'You  know  in  the  French  Army  a  captain  is  'some  pumpkins,'  more  like 
a  captain  used  to  be  in  our  old  Army — and  these  French  peasants  make 
regular   idols   of   their   Army,   and   especially   the   officers. 

'Well,  the  second  night  I  was  billeted  with  this  old  couple,  the  old  man 
came  in  about  7:30,  after  a  long,  hard  day's  work  in  his  vineyard,  and  I  was 
standing  in  the  doorway  of  my  room  talking  to  the  old  lady,  who  was  feeding 
their  two  cows  (the  cows,  by  the  way,  occupied  the  chamber  right  next  to 
mine).  The  old  man  and  I  talked  for  a  minute  and  then  he  started  to  bend 
over  and  undo  the  button  leggings  he  had  around  h.is  legs  for  working  in 
the  field.  I  beat  him  to  it  and  got  down  on  both  knees  and  unbuttoned 
them  for  him  and  took  them  off,  also  took  off  his  wooden  shoes  and  shook 
the  dirt  out  of  them  and  replaced  the  straw  mats  in  them  and  held  there 
v/hile  he  replaced  his  bare  feet  in  them.  At  first  he  wouldn't  hear  to  my 
even  unbuttoning  his  leggings  for  him,  but  I  went  right  ahead,  despite  his 
protests.  Well,  he  just  couldn't  get  over  it — a  captain  getting  down  on  his 
knees  to  help  him  off  with  his  leggings  and  shoes.  His  little,  wizened, 
wrinkled  face  beamed  with  a  smiJe  I'll  never  forget!  Then,  to  make  the 
whole  thing  natural  and  complete,  I  heard  the  old  lady,  later  that  night, 
just  giving  him  fits  for  letting  the  "captain"  do  such  a  thing.  I  sure  have 
to  laugh  every  time  I  think  of  it,  but  when  I  go  to  laughing  about  it  I  get 
a  funny  little  stick  in  my  throat.' 

"Captain  Garvey  has  been  overseas  since  Christmas,  and  at  the  front 
since  March.     He  says  in  another  of  his  letters: 


226  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Uecord 

'We  are  right  now  engaged  in  the  biggest  'show'  that  the  Americans 
liave  yet  tried  to  pull  off.  Long  before  you  receive  this  letter  you  will  have 
read  the  results  in  the  newspapers.  Everyone  in  our  Division  has  been  due 
a  regular  leave  for  over  two  months,  but  regular  leaves  have  all  been  dis- 
continued in  the  American  Army  until  further  orders.  *  *  *  To-day  the 
weather  is  beautiful  and  very  clear,  and  we  have  witnessed  some  very  in- 
teresting air  battles.  At  one  time  there  were  thirty  Planes  in  view.  Saw 
a  balloon  brought  down,  and  two  observers  came  down  in  parachutes.  Yes- 
terday morning  I  went  up  to  the  foremost  point  of  the  Infantry  lines  to 
an  observation  post,  in  order  to  adjust  the  battery  and  fire  on  some  trenches, 
Boche  kitchens,  observation  posts,  etc.,  that  the  'doughboys'  wanted  us  to 
fire  on.  To-day  is  my  day  to  spend  all  day  at  the  battalion  observation  post, 
which  is  up  in  the  'doughboys'  front  lines,  but  not  so  far  from  the  battery 
by  three  kilometers  as  the  one  I  fired  from  yesterday.  Am  so  happy  to 
know  you  had  a  nice  trip  and  that  you  are  back  safely.  How  I'd  like  to  be 
there  also!  I  mean  if  the  War  were  won  and  over.  It  would  certainly  break 
my  heart  and  spirit  completely,  if  I  should  have  to  return  before  that  time.'  " 

The  following  letter  from  Colonel  Edward  R.  Stone,  of  the  Twenty- 
third  Infantry  to  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Fifteenth  Artillery  with 
wnich  Captain  Garvey  was  officially  connected  will  be  read  with  interest: 

•'I  wish  to  submit  tor  your  couBideration  th.e  following  report  on  the 
conduct  of  Captain  Garvey,  of  your  regiment,  who  acted  as  Liaison  Officer 
with  the  Twenty-third  Infantry  during  the  recent  operations,  October  3  to 
9,  1918. 

"Captain  Garvey  was  Avith  me  during  the  period  named  and  rendered 
most  valuable  service  to  me.  He  not  only  performed  all  duties  as  Liaison 
Officer  in  a  most  efficient  manner,  but  voluntarily  acted  for  me  as  message 
carrier,  at  times  when  my  staff  officers  were  busily  engaged,  and  other 
means  of  liaison  were  lacking. 

"I  cannot  commend  him  too  highly  as  a  man  and  as  an  officer,  and  his 
conduct  during  the  trying  days,  through  which  the  regiment  passed  is  de- 
serving of  highest  praise. 

"I  strongly  urge  that  he  be  recommended  for  promotion,  if  compatible 
with  the  interests  of  the  Service. 

"I  have  recommended  that  he  be  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service 
Cross  for  his  actions  while  with  me. 

"Edward   R.   Stone, 
"Colonel,  Twenty-third  Infantry." 

But  the  end  came  before  these  additional  honours  could  come  to  him. 

In  spite  of  the  horrors  of  the  War,  the  little  god  Cupid  put  in  his 
work,  with  never  a  rest,  as  witness  this  announcement: 

"Captain  Willis  A.  Garvey  married   l^ebruary   18,   1919,  m   Paris." 

"The  marriage  is  announced  of  Miss  Dorothy  Grace  Marling,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Marling,  of  Montclair,  N.  J.,  and  Captain  Willis  A. 
Garvey,  15lh  Field  Artillery,  2nd  Division.  American  Regular  Army,  which 
took  place  on  Feb.  18.  at  the  home  of  Professor  Herbert  Adams  Gibbons  in 
Paris.  Captain  Garvey  is  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  O.  Garvey,  of  Topeka, 
Kan." 

Captain  EDWIN  P.  CONQUEST,  Class  1914,  "Second  Honour"  and 
5th  Cadet  Captain.     From  Virginia. 
.Mh  F.   A.,   First  Division,   A.   E.   F. 

On  June  2,  1916,  he  was  commissioned  f^aptain.  Company  "A,"  Virginia 
Signal  Corps.     On  March  26,  1917,  he  was  mustered  ov^  ^f  i^ederal  Service. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguistied  Alumni  (Cont'd)         227 

He  was  then  appointed  an  Assistant  Professor  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  ana  assigned 
as  the  first  Commandant  of  the  John  Marshall  High  School,  of  Richmond, 
Virginia,  his  home  City.  He  proceeded  at  once  to  organize  the  large  number 
of  students  into  a  Battalion  of  Infantry,  and  was  meeting  with  encourage- 
ment, when,  War  with  Germany  having  been  declared  by  the  United  States, 
he  felt  the  call  to  return  to  the  Military  Service.  On  July  25,  1917,  he  was 
called  back  to  service  in  the  Virginia  Signal  Corps,  with  the  rank  of  Captain. 
He  lett  Richmond  for  Anniston,  Alabama,  Camp  McClellan,  September  16, 
1917.  On  October  8.  he  was  transferred  to  H.  Q.,  54th  F.  A.  Brigade.  On 
May  13,  1918,  he  was  transferred  to  the  112th  Field  Artillery.  With  this 
Unit  he  sailed  for  overseas  service,  June  28,  1918,  and  arrived  at  Havre, 
France.  July  12.  He  served  with  this  command  until  November  1st,  1918, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  the  5th  F.  A..  1st  Division,  with  which  he  saw 
service  until  he  received  the  honour  of  being  detailed  to  attend  Oxford 
University,  England,  as  a  Special  Student,  on  March  6,  1919. 

He  was  ordered  back  to  th,e  United  States,  arriving  at  New  York,  .Tuly 
13.  1919,  and  was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service  at  Camp  Lee,  in 
September  following. 

His  active  service  in  the  field  embraced  a  period  of  about  three  years, 
and  reflected  the  highest  honour  on  him  and  on  the  V.  M.  I. 

Captain  EDWARD  LAWRENCE  WELLS,  Class  1907.     From  South  Carolina. 

Second  Machine  Gun  Battalion,  First  Brigade,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Killed  in  action  in  France. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  August.  1917.  at  first  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp,  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia. 

Sailed  for  France  in  September,  1917.  Served  there  in  Company  "C," 
Second  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  1st  Division,  from  January.  1918  until  his 
death  in  action,  near  Exermont  (Meuse-Argonne).  October  4.  191S.  He  was 
twice  promoted  for  gallantry  and  efficiency  in  action.  (He  received  his 
promotion   to   Captain   before   his   death.) 

He  was  cited  for  "extraordinary  braver>'  and  ability  in  handling  men." 
Hn  was  twice  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  (Oak  Leaf  Cluster), 
and  he  was  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre.  He  was  especially  commended 
by  his  Commanding  General,  Frank  Parker,  whose  letter  to  the  Mayor  of 
Charleston,  lauding  Captain  Wells,  is  preserved  in  the  archives  of  that  City. 
[This  letter  is  given  herein.] 

Citation  accompanying  the  second  award  of  Distinguished  Service  Cross: 

■"Edward  L.  Wells,  Second  Lieutenant,  2d  Machine-Gun  Battalion.  For 
extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Exermont,  France,  October  4,  1918. 
When  the  attack  was  held  up  by  heavy  machine-gun  fire,  he  volunteered 
for  the  mission  and  led  a  platoon  of  Infantry,  reinforced  by  four  machine- 
guns,  into  Exermont.  In  spite  of  desperate  resistance,  he  led  the  attack 
through  the  streets,  capturing  many  prisoners  and,  learning  from  one  of 
these  the  approximate  location  of  machine-guns  on  heights  to  the  North,  led 
the  three  remaining  memhers  of  the  command  against  these.  Within  50 
yards  of  the  enemy  emplacements  one  of  his  men  was  killed  and  Lieut. 
Wells  was  mortally  wounded,  but  ho  had  succeeded  in  indicating  to  those  in 
the  rear  the  location  of  the  hostile  positions.  Next  of  kin:  Mrs.  Edward  L. 
Wells    (mother),    44    South.  Battery,    Charleston.    S.   G." 


228         Virginia  Militaey  Institute — World  War  Eecoed 

[From  The  Sunday  News,  Charleston,  S.  C,  March  2,  1919:] 
"Believing  that  the  splendid  record  made  by  Captain  Edward  L.  Wells, 
of  this  City,  whose  death  in  battle  in  France  was  recently  announced,  should 
be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  people  of  Charleston  in  some  distinctive 
way,  Brigadier  General  Frank  Parker,  Captain  Wells's  commanding  officer, 
has  written  a  letter  to  the  Mayor  of  Charleston  in  which  he  pays  a  glowing 
tribute  to  Captain  Wells  and  suggests  that  the  community  should  express 
in  some  suitable  manner  its  appreciation  of  this  gallant  officer's  heroism. 
This  letter  was  given  by  General  Parker  to  Bishop  William  A.  Guerry,  while 
the  latter  was  in  France,  with  the  request  that  he  hand  it  to  the  Mayor. 
General  Parker  drove  twenty  miles  from  Coblenz  to  see  the  bishop  and  inter- 
cepted him  as  he  was  about  to  board  the  train  for  the  coast  on  his  return 
Journey.  The  bishop  delivered  the  letter  in  person  to  the  Mayor  at  his 
home  on  last  Friday  evening.  Mayor  Hyde  says  that  the  letter  and  the 
records  of  Captain  Wells's  citations  will  be  filed  in  the  archives  of  the  city. 
He  gave  the  letter  to  The  Neus  and  Courier  last  night  for  publication. 

"General  Parker's  letter  supplies  information  which  has  hitherto  been 
lacking  as  to  the  circumstances  of  Captain  Wells's  death.  It  will  be  of  excep- 
tional interest  to  Captain  Wells's  many  friends  here  and  to  the  whole  com- 
munity, not  only  on  this  account,  but  also  because  it  is  so  remarkable  a  tribute 
to  a  young  officer  whose  record  has  reflected  great  honour  upon  his  City 
and  State,  and  whose  death,  is  widely  mourned.  The  letter  speaks  lor  itself. 
It  is  as  follows: 

'American  Expeditionary  Forces,  Coblenz  Bridgehead,  Germany, 

February  2,  1919. 
'To  the  Honourable,  the  Mayor  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 

'My  Dear  Sir:  I  have  the  honour  to  bring  to  your  notice  the  record 
of  Edward  L..  Wells,  of  Charleston,  late  Captain  in  the  United  States  Army, 
for  such  action  as  you  may  find  appropriate, 

'Captain  Wells  was  killed  during  the  fighting  between  the  Argonne  and 
the  Meuse,  North  of  Verdun,  on  October  4,  1918.  He  joined  the  Second 
Machine-Gun  Battalion  of  the  First  Division  in  January  of  1918  and  served 
continuously  with  the  First  Division  throughout  the  War,  until  he  met  his 
death.  He  distinguished  himself  conspicuously  and  consistently,  notably 
during  the  desperate  fighting  of  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne,  when,  with 
the  remnants  of  his  command,  on  the  5th  and  last  day  of  the  engagement 
of  the  First  Division,  he  occupied  a  portion  of  the  most  advanced  point  of 
the  wedge  driven  under  Soissons  by  the  P^'irst  Division. 

"Throughout  these  five  days  of  continuous  attack  and  of  most  desperate 
fighting,  Captain  Wells  gave  evidence  of  splendid  courage  and  efficiency 
under  fire. 

'Again,  on  October  4,  Captain  Wells,  v»'hile  acting  as  Intelligence  Officer 
of  the  Second  Battalion  of  the  Eighteenth  Infantry,  during  the  terrific  fight- 
ing in  the  neighborhood  of  Exermont,  assumed  command  of  a  platoon  whose 
leader  had  been  wounded,  and,  together  with  a  second  platoon  of  the  Eigh- 
teenth Infantry,  stormed  the  town  of  Exermont.  Captain  Wells  then,  with 
a  small  volunteer  party  of  about  eight  members,  pushed  after  the  retreat- 
ing Germans  and  was  mortally  wounded  while  gallantly  leading  his  party 
far  in  advance  of  the  main  body. 

'I  have  commanded  regiment,  brigade  and  division  in  the  First  Division 
throughout  all  the  operations  of  this  Division  in  this  war.  I  have  seen  and 
have  known  of  many  deeds  of  courageous  efficiency  and  self-sacrificing 
devotion  by  its  members,  but  I  know  of  no  finei  example  of  those  qualities 
that  we  desire  in  an  American  commander  of  a  combatant  force  than  that 
of  Edward  L.  Wells,  Captain,  United  States  Army,  Second  Machine-Gun 
Battalion,    Inrst    Brigade,    First    Division,    American    Expeditionary    threes. 

'My  own  famiiy  is  originally  tiom  Charleston  and  many  of  my  relatives 
are  there  now.  May  I,  for  the  reasons  above  given,  suggest  that  Charleston 
might  well  honour  so  gallant  a  son  by  perpetuating  his  memoi-y  by  a  street 
named  after  him.  or  by  a  monument,  or  by  both? 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        229 

'I  enclose  two  Citations  given  Captain  Wells:  the  first,  after  the  second 
battle  of  the  Marne,  and  the  second,  after  the  battle  between  the  Argonno 
and  the  Meuse  in  which  Captain  Wells  was  killed,  after  having  twice  been 
promoted  for  gallantry  in  action. 

'To  quote  his  own  men,  'He  was  surely  a  brave  officer.' 

Frank  Pabkrr, 
Brigadier  General,  United  States  Army.' 

'Headquarters,  First  Division,  American  Expeditionary  Forces, 

France,  August  19,  1918. 

'General  Order  No.  49 — Extract: 

'The  Division  Commander  cites  the  following  organizations,  officers  and 
men  for  distinguished  conduct  during  the  operations  of  this  Division  South 
of  Soissons,  July  18-22,  1919: 

'Second  Lieutenant  E.  L.  Wells,  Second  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  "dis- 
played extraordinary  energy  and  efficiency  in  keeping  his  guns  up  to  the 
first  line  of  the  attack  on  the  plateau  of  Buzancy,  thereby  covering  an  exposed 
flank  of  the  Eighteenth  Infantry  and  preventing  a  counter-attack  from  that 
direction." 

'By  command  of  Major  Gen.  Summerall. 

H.    K.    LiOUGIIRY, 

Major,  F.  O.,  N.  A.,  Division  Adjutant.' 

'Headquarters,  First  Infantry  Brigade,  American  Expeditionary  Forces, 

France,  October  17,  1918. 

'General  Order  No.  14. 

'The  Brigade  Commander  cites  the  following  officer  for  the  motive  here- 
inafter given: 

'First  Lieutenant  Edward  L.  Wells,  officer  of  splendid  personal  and  mill, 
tary  character,  has,  throughout  the  major  operations  of  th,e  First  Division 
been  conspicuous  for  his  courageous  efficiency  and  has  at  all  times  be^an  in 
the  most  advanced  part  of  the  fighting;  notably,  at  Buzancy  (South  of 
Soissons),  during  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne,  July  18-22,  191S,  and  sub- 
sequently during  the  heavy  fighting  between  the  Argonne  and  the  Meuse, 
near  Exermont  where  he  was  killed  on  October  4,  while  leading  the  most 
advanced  element  of  the  Eighteenth  Infantry  against  German  machine-gun 
nests,  to  the  North  of  that  village. 

'By  command  of  Brig.  Gen.  Parker. 

J.  W.  Cmssy, 
Major,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  Brigade  Adjutant.'  " 

[From  The  Neivs  and  Courier,  Charleston,  S..  C,  April  14,  1919'.] 

"Mrs.  Edward  L.  Wells,  of  th,is  City,  whose  son,  Captain  Edward  L. 
Wells,  was  killed  in  action  during  the  battle  of  the  Argonne,  has  received  a 
letter  concerning  Captain  Wells's  brilliant  record  and  gallant  death  from 
General  Frank  Parker,  of  the  First  Division,  Captain  Wells's  commander. 
The  letter  is  a  splendid  tribute  and  conveys  the  information  that  had  Captain 
Wells  lived  he  would  have  been  promoted  immediately  to  the  rank  of  major. 

"This  is  the  second  letter  in  which  General  Parker  has  paid  high  tribute 
to  Captain  Wells,  the  first  being  a  letter  to  the  Mayor  of  Charleston  which 
was  given  by  General  Parker  to  Bishop  Guerry  while  the  latter  was  in  France 
and  which  was  delivered  to  Mayor  Hyde  by  the  bishop  upon  his  return  to 
this  country,  some  weeks  ago.  It  was  published  in  The  Neivs  and  Courier  at 
the  time.     [See  letter  above.— Historiographer.] 

"General  Parker's  letter  to  Mrs.  Wells  is  as  follows: 

'General  Headquarters,  American  Expeditionary  Force, 
'First  Infantry  Brigade,  Coblenz.  3-3-19. 

'My  Dear  Mrs.  Wells:  Your  son,  Edward,  fell  on  the  field  of  honoui' 
on  October  4,  leading  the  most  advanced  pf.rt  of  tlie  line  of  the  American 
Army  He  had  similarly  led  the  machine-guns  of  the  most  advanced  element 
of  the  American  Army  in  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne,  July  23.  1918. 


230  V^IEGINIA  MiLITAEY  INSTITUTE — ^WORLD  WaR  ReCORD 

'In  the  First  Division  no  finer  record  of  gallantry  and  efficiency  in 
combat  than  that  of  Edward  L.  Wells  can  be'  found. 

'He  was  the  embodiment  of  those  virtues  which  meet  the  supreme  test 
of  an  officer  of  combat  troops  successfully. 

'He  was  promoted  Captain  before  his  death.  I  forwarded  the  official 
notification  to  hira,  marked,  "Congratulations  on  your  well-deserved  promo- 
tion." You  may  receive  the  document  some  day.  Had  he  lived  he  would 
have  had  further  immediate  promotion,  as  I  intended  him  to  command  a 
battalion  in  our  next  big  battle. 

'My  letter  to  the  Mayor  of  Charleston  may  have  reached  you  by  this  time. 
The  old  City  may  well  honour  your  son's  memory.  South  Carolina  never 
sent  out  a  more  gallant  patriot  and  soldier.  I  hope  that  in  the  near  future 
I  may  have  the  honour  of  presenting  in  person  the  sympathy  of  this  Division 
to  you  and  to  your  family,  li^dward  fell  near  Exermont  (300  yards  West 
of  the  town)  and  is  buried  near  there.  The  exact  spot  will  be  sent  you  later 
'I  am  sorry,  deeply  sorry,  that  until  recently  we  were  forbidden  to  send 
any  news  concerning  casualties.  Please  let  me  know  if  there  is  anything 
I  can  do  for  you;  I  am  at  present  absent  from  the  Division,  but  shall  return 
in  about  two  weeks.  I  shall  then  endeavor  to  send  all  possible  informa- 
tion. Edward  was  killed  while  leading  a  patrol  in  advance  of  the  front 
line.  The  man  who  was  with  him  as  orderly  described  the  event  carefully. 
He  was  one  of  the  few  who  were  not  killed.  Please  command  me  in  any 
way.  Your  son  had  left  a  profound  impression  upon  me,  and  his  mother  is 
entitled  to  everything  that  I  can  possibly  do  for  her. 

'Faithfully  yours, 

(Signed)     'Frank  Parker.' 

"Captain  Wells's  many  friends  will  be  interested  also  in  the  following 
extract  from  a  recent  letter  from  General  Parker  to  his  owii  family:  'Edward 
Wells  was  killed  near  Exermont  on  the  morning  of  October  4.  He  was  a 
particularly  gallant  officer  and  would  have  had  a  brilliant  career  had  he 
lived,  but  as  Napoleon  said:  Ce  sent  toujours  les  memes  qui  se  font  tuer.'  " 

[From  The  Netvs  and  Courier,  Charleston,   S.   C,   June  2,   1920.1 

"High  tribute  from  Major  General  Charles  P.  Summerall,  U.  S.  A., 
Commander  of  the  First  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

'*  *  *  Captain  Edward  L.  Wells,  one  of  our  most  distinguished  and 
able  machine-gun  commanders,  gallantly  led  his  Company  throughout  the 
fierce  fighting  at  Soissons.  His  courage  and  leadership  called  forth  tributes 
from  his  higher  officers.  Again  at  St.  Mihiel,  he  was  cited  for  his  bravery, 
and  demonstrated  those  powers  of  leadership  which  were  indispensable  to 
our  success.  During  the  great  battle  of  the  Argonne,  the  First  Division 
was  called  on  to  drive  a  deep  wedge  into  the  enemy's  line,  at  a  critical  time. 
Here  again  Captain  Wells,  by  courage,  skill  and  leadership,  produced  a  most 
decisive  effect.  He  was  always  in  the  forefront  of  the  fighting  and  fell  while 
his  command  was  executing  a  most  important  attack  in  the  face  of  fire. 
But  for  his  example,  and  the  example  of  men  like  him,  we  could  not  hope  for 
success.  The  Division  has  not  ceased  to  mourn  its  loss,  and  he  has  left  a 
legacy  of  heroism  that  is  priceless.     *     *    *'" 

Captain   JOHN   G.  MEEM,   Class   1914.     From   Brazil. 
General  Staff,  War  Plans  Division,  Education  and  Special  Training 

Section,  U.  S.  A. 
Graduated   in   1014.     From   then   until   April,   1917,   in   service  with  the 
Underpinning   and   Foundation   Company,   a   contracting   firm   in   New  York 

City. 

During  the  Summer  of  1916,  he  attended  the  Plattsburg  Business  Men's 
Training  Camp  as  a  private  in  Company  "C,"  9th  Training  Regiment.  While 
there  he  took  examinations  for  a  commission  as  a  Reserve  Officer  in  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        231 

United  States  Army,  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  was  commissioned 
2nd  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  R.  In  May,  1917,  lie  was  called  to  the  colors  and 
ordered  to  Plattsburg,  for  further  training.  In  August  he  was  promoted  to 
Captain,  U.  S.  R.,  and  ordered  to  report  to  the  C.  0.,  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y. 
This  order  was  countermanded  and  another  issued  ordering  him,  together 
with  two  hundred  other  reserve  officers,  to  report  to  the  Commanding  Gen- 
eral, 27th  Division,  U.  S.  N.  G.,  Spartanburg,  South  Carolina.  He  arrived 
there  before  the  Division,  and,  in  the  interim,  was  assigned  to  special  duty 
organizing  a  military  department  at  Wofford  College.  Upon  the  arrival  of 
the  Division,  he  was  attached  to  the  14th  N.  Y.  Infantry,  in  command  of 
Company  "I."  In  January,  1918,  all  reserve  officers  assigned  to  the  27th 
Division  were  transferred  to  the  81st  Division  at  Camp  Sherman,  Chillicothe, 
Ohio,  and  temporarily  attached  to  the  School  of  the  Line,  a'  concentration 
camp  for  officers.  In  April,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Committee  on 
Education  and  Special  Training,  War  Plans  Division  of  the  General  Staff. 
Was  ordered  to  Ames,  Iowa,  and  took  command  of  a  Training  Detachment, 
U.  S.  Army,  consisting  of  ten  officers  and  five  hundred  drafted  men.  For 
instruction  as  mechanics,  blacksmiths,  and  motor-mechanics,  the  unit  was 
attached  to  the  Iowa  State  College  of  A.  and  M.  Arts.  The  personnel  of 
the  unit  was  replaced  every  two  months. 

In  September,  the  unit  was  made  a  part  of  the  Students'  Army  Train- 
ing Corps,  and  he  was  transferred  to  Holy  Cross  College,  Worcester,  Mass., 
to  organize,  and  take  command  of,  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  unit  there.  While  at 
Ames,  Iowa,  he  was  responsible  for  the  mobilization  and  training  of  a  total 
of  fifteen  hundred  drafted  men;  and  while  at  Worcester,  he  did  the  same 
with  eight  hundred  men.  In  November,  he  received  orders  to  demobilize 
the  unit,  which  was  accomplished  the  same  month.  In  January,  1919,  he 
was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service. 

In  February,  1919,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  National  City  Bank  of 
New  York,  and  was  shortly  afterwards  assigned  to  the  Rio  de  Janeiro  Branch 
in  Brazil,  where  he  has  been  ever  since.  He  is  assistant  credit  manager. 
A  month  after  his  discharge  from  the  military  service,  he  was  re-commi» 
eioned  a  Captain  in  the  Reserve  Corps,  which  position  he  had  to  resign 
because  the  Army  Regulations  do  not  allow  a  Reserve  Officer  to  absent  him- 
self from  the  United  States  for  more  than  one  year,  and  he  expects  to  remain 
in  Brazil  three  years. 

Captain  Meem  is  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  G.  Meem,  of  Brazil 
(formerly  of  Virginia),  "First  Honour"  Graduate  of  Class  1884,  and  grand- 
son of  General  John   G.   Meem,  Jr.,   Graduate  of  Class   1852. 

By  his  splendid  record  in  the  World  War  the  honour  of  the  good  old 
name  has  been  well  maintained. 

Captain  JOHN  PAUL,  Class  1903.     From  Virginia. 
Battery   Commander,   Adjutant,    1st  Battalion,   and   Regimental   Adjutant, 
313th   F.   A.,   A.   E.   F. 
He  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort  Myer,  May,  191  r', 
and   was   commissioned    Captain,    Field   Artillery,   in   August.     H«   Y^as   as- 
signed to  the  313th  F,  A.,  Camp  Lee,  Virginia. 


232         Virginia  Militaky  Instiiute — World  War  Eecokd 

At  School  of  Fire,  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma,  April-May,  1918.  Went  over- 
seas, May,  1918.     In  Training  Area  in  France,  June-August,  1918. 

Participated  in  Meuse-Argonne  Campaign  continuously  from  Septem- 
ber 26  to  November  11,  1918. 

He  was  Battery  Commander  of  "B"  Battery,  313th  F.  A.,  September- 
October,  1918;  Adjutant,  1st  Battalion,  November-Deceijiber,  1918;  Regimental 
Adjutant,   March,   1918-April,   1919. 

His  entire  service  was  with  the  313th  F.  A. 

His  record  was  exceptionally  distinguished.  His  two  brothers,  Seymour 
Paul,  Graduate  of  Class  1907,  and  Charles  G.  Paul,  Ex-Cadet  of  Class  1907, 
were  also  in  the  Service,  th.e  former  a  Lieutenant  and  the  latter  a  Captain 
of  Field  Artillery. 

They  are  worthy  sons  of  the  late  ITnited  States  Senator  and  United 
States  District  Judge,  John  Paul,  who  was  a  gallant  Captain  in  the  Con- 
federate Army. 

On  his  return  home  Captain  John  Paul  was  elected  to  the  Virginia  State 
Senate  (second  term  of  service),  and  is  serving  his  State  as  faithfully  in 
peace  as  he  served  his  Country  :n  the  World  War. 

Captain  CHARLES  KENNON  CLARKE,  Class  1913.    From  New  Jersey. 

Commanding  Machine-Gun  Company,  76th  and  3rd  Divisions,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  April,  1917.  Commissioned 
Captain,  Infantry,  at  Plattsburg.  N.  Y.,  August,  1917.  Commanding  Officer 
and  Instructor,  8th  New  England  Company.  Second  Plattsburg  Officers*  Train- 
ing Camp.  Commanding-Officer  and  Instructor,  4th  Company,  Third  Officers' 
Training  Camp,  Camp  Devens,  Mass.  Captain,  Machine-Gun  Company,  76th 
Division,  A.  E.  F.,  May-October,  1918.  Captain,  Machine-Gun  Company,  3rd 
Division,  A.  E.  F.,  October-November,  1918. 

(Did  not  get  into  action.) 

With  Army  of  Occupation  Germany,  February-March,  1919,  serving  on 
out-post  duty. 

G.   H.   Q.  on   duty   with   Interallied   Peace  Committee    (Paris) 

Honourably   discharged.    Camp   Lee,   Virginia,    September   6,    1919. 

Captain  Clarke  had  the  misfortune  to  be  confined  in  Hospital  for  two 
months,  December,  1918-January,  1919.  He  was  then  assigned  to  Beaune 
University  to  study  for  three  months.  While  he  was  denied  the  gratifica- 
tion of  serving  in  action,  he  yet  rendered  conspicuously  meritorious  service 
in  the  training  of  young  officers  in  the  United  States  and  as  Commanding 
Officer  of  Machine-Gun  Companies  overseas. 

Upon    his   discharge   he  was   appointed    Credit   Manager    for   the   Con- 
tinental Guaranty  Corporation  of  New  York. 
His  home  is  at  Bogota.  N.  J. 

Captain    WILLIAM    M.   WHITTLE,    Class   1917,    Fourth   Cadet    Captain. 

From  Virginia. 
314th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,   80th   Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Attended    first    Officers'    Training    Camp    at    Fort    Myer.     Commissioned 
First  Lieutenant,  August  15,  1917. 

Ordered  to  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Assigned  to  320th  Infantry.  Trans- 
ferred to  313th  Machine-Gun  Battalion.    Ordered  to  Fort  Sill,   Oklahoma, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        233 

to  attend  School  of  Arms,  October  19.  Re-joined  313th  M.  G.  Battalion, 
January,  1918.  Division  Instructor  in  Machine-Gunnery.  Ordered  to  France, 
May,  1918.  Served  one  month  with  British  in  Somme  River  Valley.  Pro- 
moted to  Captain,  and  transferred  to  314th  M.  G.  Battalion.  In  reserve  in 
the  St.  Mihiel  Offensive.  Tn  Argonne  Forest  drive  until  Armistice.  De- 
tached to  attend  University  of  Paris  (Sorbonne),  March  and  April,  1919. 
Returned  to  United  States  with  314th  M.  G.  Battalion,  June  7,  1919.  Demo- 
bilized five  days  afterwards. 

He  is  the  third  son  of  Judge  Stafford  M.  Whittle  (until  lately,  President 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Appeals  of  Virginia)  who  attended  the  V.  M.  I. 
and  the  second  to  graduate  therefrom. 

His  record  in  the  Service,   at  home  and   overseas,   was   distinguished 

Captain  STEWART  W.  ANDERSON,  Class  1908.     From  Virginia. 
307th  Engineers  (Sapper  Regiment),  82nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

When  War  came  he  was  Adjunct  Professor  of  Physics  at  the  V.  M.  I. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Military  Service,  May  16,  1917.  June  25,  1917,  he  was 
commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  He  sailed  for  France, 
May  17,  1918.  On  August  15,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  307th 
Engineers  (Sapper  Regiment),  A.  E.  F.  He  served  with  conspicuous  gal- 
lantry in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensives. 

He  returned  to  the  U.  S.,  February  22,  1919,  and  was  discharged.  May 
27,  following,  and  he  resumed  his  duties  as  Adjunct  Professor  at  the  V.  M.  I. 
In  June,  1920,  he  was  promoted  to  Associate  Professor  of  Electrical  Engi- 
neering at  the  V.  M.  L,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel. 

Captain   CONWAY  R.    HOWARD,   Class   1900.     From   Virginia. 
17th  Engineers,  A.   E.  F. 

Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Engineers,  soon  after  the  United  States 
declared  War.  Promoted  to  Captain.  Went  to  France  in  July,  1917,  with 
the  17th  Engineers. 

Remained  with  the  A.  E.  F.  until  February,  1919,  when  he  went  to 
Croatia  with  the  Relief  Commission.  Was  in  Zegret,  the  Capital,  until  Au- 
gust, 1919.  He  then  accepted  a  position  on  a  Board  established  by  Hon. 
Herbert  C.  Hoover,  for  the  re-construction  of  the  Railway  and  feeding  the 
children  of  Austria,  with  headquarters  in  Vienna.  Head  of  Board,  Colonel 
Causey.     He  is  still  engaged  in  this  noble  relief  work    (June,  1920). 

Captain  ROBERT  C.  SNIDOW,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  3rd  Army,  A.  E.  F. 
In  June,  1917,  he  relinquished  his  work  as  Senior  Assistant  Professor 
of  the  V.  M.  I.  and  accepted  the  appointment  of  Second  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps.  Soon,  he  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  and  went  over- 
seas. Letters  came  as  frequently  as  possible  to  his  widowed  mother,  but, 
while  they  breathed  the  spirit  of  the  patriotic  soldier,  they  gave  very  little 
information  to  appease  his  anxious  friends.  However,  it  was  learned  that 
he  was  performing  a  most  important  service  as  Senior  Instructor  in  a  Tractor 
School  near  Paris,  and  was,  besides.  Director  of  all  Automobile  Courses  and 
Artillery  Maneuvres.    Later,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  Coast  Artillery 


234         Virginia  Military  Institute — "\Voi;ld  War  Record 

Corps.  He  was  still  overseas  as  late  as  February,  1920,  in  Poland  (his  mother 
wrote)  with  the  American  Sanitary  Relief  Expedition.  He  was  in  command 
of  the  American  Force  there  as  late  as  December,  1919.  He  said  it  was  very 
cold,  but  he  was  well. 

It  is  hoped  he  has  returned  home  now.  It  is  a  disappointment  that 
fuller  details  can  not  now  be  given  of  his  service  overseas;  but  all  who  know 
this  fine  officer  are  sure  it  was  conspicuously  distinguished. 

Captain  WILLIAM  F.  BOAVE,  JR.,  Class  1910.     From  Georgia. 

Engineers,   A.   E.   F. 

Called    into    active    service,    September    25,    1918,    with    commission    of 

Second  Lieutenant,   Engineers,    U.   S.  R.     Was  two  months  at  E.  0.   T.   C, 

American    University,    Washington,    D     C,    and    one    month    at    Camp    Mc- 

Clellan,  Anniston,  Alabama. 

He  then  went  to  France,  under  orders  from  the  War  Department,,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  request  of  the  C.  G.,  A.  E.  F.,  for  four  hundred  Engineer 
Officers.  He  was  stationed  at  the  General  Intertnediate  Storage  Depot, 
Gievres,  throughout  his  entire  service  in  France,  during  which  time  he  as- 
sisted in  constructing  this  Depot.  He  was  promoted  twice.  He  returned  to 
United  States,  July  5,  1919,  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  Engineers. 

At  present  in   General  Contracting  business  at  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Captain   WILI^IAM   R.    KRAFT,    Class    1912.     From    New    York. 
309th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Reserve  Corps,  May  1,  1917.  Assigned 
to  309th  Infantry,  August  29,  1917.  Sailed  for  France,  May  15,  1918.  Pro- 
moted to  Captain,  September  2,  191S.  Saw  action  on  fronts  and  in  offensives, 
as  follows:     Ypres,  Arras,  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne. 

Returned  to  United  States,  June  1,  1919. 

Discharged,  June  24,   1919. 

Present  occupation,  dealer  in  Motor  Trucks,  257  Albany  Avenue,  King- 
ston, N.  Y. 

Captain    ROBERT   J.    THROCKMORTON,    Class    1912.      From    Virginia. 
Headquarters   Troop,   80th   Division,   A.    E.   F. 

Sergeant,  1st  Virginia  Cavalry  (Virginia  National  Guard)  on  Mexican 
Border,  1916-1917. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  August  15,  1917.  Assigned  to  80th  Divi- 
sion at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Promoted,  January,  1918,  1st  Lieutenant,  Head- 
quarters Troop,  SOth  Division.  Sailed  for  overseas  with  th,e  Division  on 
May  24,  191S. 

He  was  with  the  SOth  Division  in  all  of  its  engagements  at  the  front. 
He  was  promoted  to  Captain,  Headquarters  Troop,  SOth  Division,  November 
1,  191S,  and  was  in  command  of  the  Troop  at  the  time  of  the  Armistice. 

He  went  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  to  Germany. 

He  was  discharged  from  the  Service,  June  4,  1919,  and  he  returned  to  his 
pre-war  position  as  Assistant  Electrical  Engineer  of  Virginia  Railway  and 
Power  Company,  in  charge  at  Norfolk,  Virginia, 

Home,  Richmond,  Virginia. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         235 

Captain  LACY  L.   TRINKLE,   Class   1911.     From  Virginia. 
308th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

He  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Presidio,  California,  May 
12,  1917,  and  was  commissioned  Captain,  Engineers,  August  10  and  as- 
signed to  the  308th  Engineers.  He  was  overseas  eleven  months,  and  saw 
service  in  the  following  campaigns:  Aisne-Meuse,  OiseAisne,  St.  Mihiel  and 
Meuse-Argonne,  with  the  3rd  Army  Corps.  He  was  also  in  the  Army  of 
Occupation  on  the  Rhine. 

After  his  discharge,  he  returned  to  his  pre-war  position  of  Division 
Engineer  for  the  Elk  Horn  Coal  Corporation,  Wheelwright,  Kentucky. 

Permanent  address,  Dublin,  Virginia. 

His  brother.  Captain  Robert  J.  Trinkle,  Graduate,  Class  1914,  vv^as  also 
in  the  Service,  but  was  not  sent  overseas,  to  his  great  disappointment. 

Captain  JOSEPH  S.  HAGENBUCH,  Class  1911.     From  Pennsylvania. 
Sanitary   Corps,    17th   Eligineers,   A.    E.    F, 

Enlisted  when  War  was  declared.  Appointed  Sergeant,  17th  Engineers, 
Sanitary  Corps.  Sailed  for  France.  Promoted  First  Lieutenant.  Promoted 
Captain,  May.  1919.  At  last  report,  January  12,  1920,  he  was  still  in  France, 
in  full  charge  of  American  Red  Cross  Station  at  Bordeaux,  with  three  hun- 
dred labourers  and  fifty  officers  and  men,  inventorying  two  and  a  half 
million  dollars  of  stock.  He  had  the  honour  of  being  an  officer  in  the  1st 
Army  at  Issur  Telle;  in  charge  of  Sanitary  Department,  2nd  Army,  at  Toul; 
in  charge  of  M.  S.  D.  in  3rd  Army  at  Coblenz.  He  was  winding  up  the 
Supply  Department  and  was  doing  a  Major's  work.  He  was  recommended 
for  promotion  to  Major,  but  the  Armistice  came  too  soon. 

He  was  discharged,  after  distinguished  service  in  the  Army  overseas,  on 
September  6,  1919,  to  take  up  Red  Cross  work  overseas. 

These  two  brothers  served  with  distinction  as  Captains  In  the  Medical 
Corps,  during  the  War: 

Captain  A.  WYLIE  MOORE,  Class  1898.     From   South  Carolina. 
Volunteered  in  Medical  Corps,  Air  Service.     Stationed  at  Mitchell  Field, 
U.  S. 

Captain  BAXTER  S.  MOORE,  Class  1899.    From  South  Carolina. 
Volunteered  in  Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     Stationed  at  Surgical  Clinic  In 
New   York.     Then   six   months   in   France,   in   charge  of   Brain   and    Spinal 
Cord  Hospital,  near  Verdun   (1918). 

Captain  ROBERT  ROYAL  KNIGHT,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 

Adjutant    and    Personnel    Officer,    112th   Heavy    Artillery,    U.    S.    A. 
Later,  Commander  of  Receiving  Station  at  Camp  McClellan  (7,000  Recruits). 

[Special  to  The  Richmond  Times-Dispatch:] 

"Anniston,  Ala.,  August  3,  1918. — Captain  Robert  R.  Knight,  one  of  the 
best  known  Virginia  officers  in  the  'Blue  and  Gray'  Cantonment,  has  been 
designated  as  Camp  Commander  for  the  Receiving  Station  by  Brigadier 
General  T.  N.  Hern,  and  the  area  which  has  been  set  aside  for  the  2,000  negro 


236  '        Virginia  Mtlii  ary  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

draftees  from  Alabama,  Georgia  and  Florida,  and  the  first  5,000  recruits 
from  Fort  Slocum,  is  one  of  the  busiest  parts  of  the  Government  Reservation. 

"Captain  Knight  has  been  furnished  with  a  sufficient  number  of  non- 
commissioned officers,  clerks  and  privates  from  the  different  organizations 
in  the  Cantonment  for  the  conduct  of  the  new  portion  of  the  Camp  being 
opened  up  this  week,  and  already  he  has  the  area  in  the  best  possible  shape 
for  the  reception  of  the  several  thousand  recruits  expected  any  day  from 
the  different  Cantonments,  now  being  used  as  supply  depots. 

"Captain  Knight  is  an  Alumnus  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute.  He 
was  originally  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Virginia  Infantry,  being  elected  second 
lieutenant  of  Company  'I,'  in  1915.  He  was  promoted  to  the  first  lieutenancy 
of  the  same  organization  in  1917,  and  during  the  same  year  was  promoted 
to  the  grade  of  captain  and  transferred  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 
Infantry.  Later,  he  was  transferred  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth 
Heavy  Field  Artillery,  serving  a^  regimental  adjutant,  and,  since  the  'Blue 
and  Grays'  troops  moved  out,  has  been  Adjutant  and  Personnel  Officer  at 
Camp  Headquarters." 

Captain   RICHARD   H.   CLEMMER,  'ciass   1911.     From   Virginia. 
351st  Field  Artillery,  A.  E.  F. 

Received  commission  at  second  Fort  Myer  Officers'  Training  Camp, 
November  26,  1917,  as  Captain.  He  was  assigned  to  the  351st  Field  Artillery 
and  sailed  for  France  with  his  battery.  He  saw  service  in  action  with  his 
Division  in  all  its  engagements  and  won  distinction.  As  an  evidence,  lie 
was  placed  on  decached  service  at  Cambridge  University  for  several  months, 
ending  June  30,  1919. 

His  father  had  four  sons  who  volunteered  for  the  War;  three  were  in 
the  Service  and  one  of  them  was  killed  in  action.  The  remaining  son  was 
exempted — spared  to  the  patriotic  father  in  his  old  age — to  carry  on  the  farm. 

Captain    SIDNEY   ALLEN    CHARLTON,    Class    1907.     From    Texas. 
343rd  Field  Artillery,   90th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

When  the  United  States  declared  War  on  Germany,  he  at  once  put  aside 
his  law  business  and  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Leon 
Springs,  Texas,  from  which  he  was  graduated  as  Captain.  He  was  assigned 
to  the  343rd  Field  Artillery,  90th  Division.  With  this  Division'  lie  went 
to  France.  He  was  Battalion  Adjutant,  and,  later,  Regimental  Adjutant. 
He  participated  with  distinction  in  all  the  engagements  of  his  Division, 
during  his  service  in  the  A.  E.  F.  of  one  year  less  two  weeks. 

After  the  Armistice  he  served  with  the  Army  of  Occupation.  Upon  his 
discharge  from  Service,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  Dallas, 
Texas.     Office,  10231/^  Main  Street. 

Captain  FRANK  B.  HUTTON,  JR.,  Class  1913.  From  Virginia. 
Medical  Corps,  Field  Hospital  No.  127,  32nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  had  a  narrow  escape  on  the  ill-fated  Tuscania,  on  his  way  to 
France,  but  was  unhurt  by  the  torpedoeing  of  that  vessel.  He  received  a 
commission  as  First  Lieutenant,  Medical  Corps.  He  was  promoted  to  Cap- 
tain soon  after  arrival  in  France,  and  was  with  Field  Hospital  No.  127,  32nd 
Division.  He  was  in  every  drive  in  which  the  American  Army  participated-  • 
from  Chateau  Thierry  to  the  Argonne. 


Some  op  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        237 

He  has  returned  lionie,  and  his  rank  is  now  Captain,  Medical  Corps, 
Regular  Army. 

Home,  Abingdon,  Virginia. 

Captain  RICHARD  C.  COUPLAND,  Class   1915.     From  Virginia. 
Coast   Artillery   Corps,   A.   E.   F.     Detailed   to   Aviation   Service. 
Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  December,  1917. 
Transferred  to  Aviation  Service.     Sailed  for  overseas  where  he  served  for 
fifteen  months. 

He  was  an  aviator  in  Italy  during  the  Italian  Aviation  Drive;  and  was 
made  a  member  of  the  Italian  Aviation  Club,  in  recognition  of  service  ren- 
dered to  Italy.  He  afterwards  served  on  the  Western  front  where  he  was 
promoted  to  a  Captaincy  in  tlie  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

Since  the  Annistice  he  has  been  stationed  at  Gloucester,  Masis.,  at  the 
Radio  Dynamic  Torpedo  Station  there,  engaged  in  research  worli  that  will 
place  the  United  States  ahead  ot  all  other  countries  when  the  next  War  comes. 

Captain  Coupland  has  won  remarkable  distinction  in  the  Service. 

Captain    GUSTAVE   R.    GERSON,    Class    1912.     From   Texas. 
Medical  Corps,  B.  E.  F.  and  A.  E.  F. 

Appointed  First  Lieutenant,  Medical  Corps,  March,  1917.  Sent  to 
France  in  Medical  Reserve  Corps  for  service  with  the  British  Expeditionary 
Force,  June  2,  1917.  Served  first  with  the  Division  of  Scotch  Highlanders. 
Then  attached  to  the  Royal  Field  Artillery.  Was  in  all  the  fighting  in 
Flanders.  At  Cambrai  he  was  temporarily  detailed  as  Field  Hospital  (.'om- 
mander  until  relieved  by  the  Reserve.  He  was  wounded  in  action  several 
times,  and  was  decorated  for  valour.  In  February,  1918,  he  was  transferred 
from  the  British  Force  to  the  A.  E.  F.  and  was  promoted  to  Captain. 

After  his  return  home  and  discharge  from  the  Service,  he  resumed  his 
profession  in  Houston,  Texas.     Address,  2502  La  Branch  Street. 

Captain  REMBRANDT  P.   KEEZELL,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 
Commanding  Company  "H,"  319th  Infantry,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Entered  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort  Myer,  Virginia,  May  14, 
1917.  Commissioned  Captain,  Infantry,  August  14,  1917,  and  assigned  to  80th 
Division  at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Reported  for  duty,  August  27,  1917,  and 
assigned  to  command  Company  '"H,"  319th  Infantry.  He  remained  with  this 
command  throughout  the  War. 

He  participated  in  all  the  engagements  of  the  80th  Division— major  en- 
gagements, Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  all  three  phases.  (Casualties  of  Com- 
pany "H,"  319th  Infantry,  27  killed  and  78  wounded.) 

Service  overseas   thirteen   months. 

Discharged  at   Camp   Dix,   New    Jersey,  June   5,    1919. 

Present  occupation.  Circulation  Manager  of  Daily  News-Record  of  Har- 
risonburg,  Virginia.     Home,  Keezletown,  Va. 

Captain  Keezell's  younger  brother,  Nathaniel  H.  Keezell,  was  graduated 
in  1919.     He  was  a  candidate  for  commission  when  the  Armistice  occurred. 


238  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

These  two  Graduates  are  sons  of  the  Hon.  George  B.  Keezell,  the  dis- 
tinguished Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Senate  of  Virginia 
for  so  many  years. 

Captain  RALPH  M.  DAVENPORT,  Class  1912.  From  Colorado. 
Ammunition  Train,  Motor  Section,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  P. 
Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917.  Sailed  for 
France  with  1st  Division.  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant,  August  29,  1917.  In 
all  the  fighting  with  his  Division.  Slightly  wounded  in  March,  1918.  Pro- 
moted Captain.  In  command  of  Ammunition  Train,  Motor  Section,  1st 
Division. 

Home,  1531  Ogden  Street,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Captain   GUNYON    M.    HARRISON,   Class    1907.     From   Virginia. 
Headquarters  Company,   116th'  Infantry,   29th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He   served   on   the   Border   in    1916-1917   as   Captain,   Company   "L,"    1st 
Virginia  Infantry.     Called  back  into  Federal  Service  on  declaration  of  War 
with   Germany.     Commissioned    Captain,    Headquarters   Company,    llCth    In- 
fantry, 80th  Division. 

He  sailed  for  France  with  his  unit  and  participated  in  the  actions  in 
which  it  was  engaged,  and  behaved  with  great  gallantry.  He  was  the  only 
officer  of  his  Company  left  after  the  terrific  (Trive  of  his  Division,  ail  his 
lieutenants  having  been  killed. 

On  October  18,  1918,  he  was  very  severely  wounded,  and  was  in  Hospital 
for  over  a  year. 

It  is  regretted  that  more  details  of  service  are  not  in  hand,  and  that 
there  has  been  received  no  recent  tidings  of  this  brave  ofiicer's  condition. 

Captain    DAVID   M.    WADDEY,    Class    1913.     From   Virginia. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

He  saw  service  on  the  Mexican  Border,  191G-1917,  as  Sergeant,  1st  Vir- 
ginia Cavalry.  August  15,  1917,  he  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps.  Soon  promoted  to  1st  Ijeutenant;  and  went  to  France  in 
September,  1917.  December,  1917,  received  training  at  Heavy  Artillery 
School  In  France.     Promoted  Captain,  Coast  Artillery  Corps  (Mth  Artillery). 

Served  overseas  from  September  12,  1917  to  June  15,  1919,  with  great 
honour. 

After  his  return  home  fnid  discharge,  he  became  Secretary  of  the 
Everett  Waddey   Company,   Richmcnd,   Virginia. 

Captain  GEORGE  W.  POLK,  Class  1909.     From  Texas. 
61st  Field  Artillery  Brigade,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned,  May  16,  1917,  Captain,  1st  Texas  Cavalry.  Transferred 
to  Captain,  Battery  "C,"  132nd  Field  Artillery,  3Gth  Division,  on  October  15, 
1917.  April,  1918,  completed  course,  School  of  Fire,  Fort  Sill,  Oklah.oma. 
Juno,  1918,  ordered  to  Franc;e  for  advance  training  in  Field  Artillery. 
Completed  course  at  Coetquidan,  France,  ard  ordercfl  to  report  to  Gist 
Field  Artillery  Brigade,  at  Redon,  and  remained  with  this  organization  dur- 
ing its  entire  service  in  France. 

Landed,  United  States,  April,  1919,  and  discharged  at  Camp  Bowie,  Texas. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         23<) 

This  scion  of  a  distinguished  family  added  fresh  lustre  to  the  honoured 
name  by  his  splendid  service  in  the  World  War. 

He  returned  to  the  practice  of  law,  after  his  service  abroad.  Address, 
302    Reynolds    Building.    Fort   Worth,    Texas. 

Captain  FRANCIS  M.  BROWN,  Class  1913.  From  Alabama. 
Commanding  320th  Field  Artillery,  S2nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  enlisted  in  the  National  Guard  of  Alabama  in  April,  1017.  Sent  to 
Officers'  Training  Camp  in  May,  1917.  Commissioned  Captain,  Field  Artillery, 
at  the  close  of  th,e  Camp.  Assigned  to  320th  Field  Artillery,  82nd  Division. 
Sailed  for  France  with  this  Division.  Saw  service  at  St.  Mihiel  and  in  the 
Argonne,  in  command  of  a  "75"  Battery.     In  France  one  year. 

On  his  discharge  from  the  Service,  he  resumed  his  law  practice,  at 
Birming'ham,  Alabama. 

Captain    CHARLES    T.    HOLTZMAN,    JR.,    Class    1915.     From   Virginia. 

Operations  Officer,  llGth  Infantry  (Regular),  29th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  served  on  the  Mexican  Border  as  Second  Lieutenant,  Company  "I," 
2nd  Virginia  Infantry,  191G-1917. 

Recalled  to  Federal  Service  on  declaration  of  War  and  commissioned 
Second  Lieutenant,  H.  Q.  Company,  116th  Infantry  (Regular),  29th  Division. 
Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  Company  "H,"  116th  Infantry  and  made 
Battalion  Operations  and  Intelligence  Officer.  Sailed  for  overseas  with  his 
Division.     Promoted  Captain,  116th  Infantry,  Operations  Officer. 

He  was  in  all  the  engagements  in  which   the  29th  Division  served. 

After  the  Armistice  he  had  four  months'  service  as  Convoying  Officer 
for  the  Polish  Army  from,  France,  and  then  from  Germany,  back  to  Poland. 

Discfharged,  Camp  Lee,  September  3,  1919. 

Returned  to  pre-war  service  with  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railway, 
Engineering  Department.  Now  Assistant  Division  Engineer,  Huntington 
Division. 

Home,  Luray,  Virginia. 

Captain  HENRY  PERCIVAL  GRAY,  JR.,  Class  1918.     From  Virginia. 
51st    (Regular)    Infantry. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  51st  (Regular)  Infantry,  August  15,  1917. 
Promoted  1st  Lieutenant,  June,  1918.  Sailed  for  France,  and  participated 
with  honour  in  all  the  actions  in  which  his  organization  served. 

In  General  Pershing's  Third  "Composite"  (Escort)  Regiment  in  France 
and  England. 

Promoted  to  Captain,  October,  1919. 

He  continues  in  the  Service. 

Home,  605  W.  Grace  Street,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

Captain  JOSEPH  S.   WALTON,   Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 
Regimental  Adjutant,   811th   Pioneer   Infantry,   A.   E.   F. 
He  was  commissioned   Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  at  Fort  Myer,  Vir- 
ginia, August  15,  1917.     Assigned  to  duty  with  155th  Depot  Brigade  at  Camp 
Lee,  Virginia,    Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  January  13,  1918. 


240         Virginia  Military  Instituie — World  War  Kecord 

and  appointed  Adjutant,  Second  Section,  155th  D.  B.  Commissioned  Cap- 
tain, Infantry,  July  20,  1918,  and  assigned  to  811th  Pioneer,  Infantry,  Camp 
Dix,  N.  J.  Appointed  Regimental  Adjutant  of  this  Regiment  on  its  forma- 
tion. 

Reached  France,  October,  1918.  Served  with  his  regiment  there  until 
January  13,  1919. 

Discharged  from  Service,  August  15,  1919. 

His  promotions  prove  his  fine  soldiership. 

Captain   JOHN   L.   McKEE,   Class    1915.     From   Virginia. 
7th   (Regular)   Infantry,  3rd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

In  January,  1917,  he  took  the  examination  for  Second  Lieutenant  of 
Infantry,  Regular  Army;  successfully  passed  it  and  was  commissioned. 
On  August  5,  1917,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Captain,  and  has  held 
that  rank  since.  He  was  graduated  from  the  2nd  Army  Corps  School  in 
Prance  with  grade  of  "Excellent."  He  served  vrith  the  7th  Infantry,  3rd 
Division,  overseas,  from  February  to  October,  1918,  and  took  part  in  four 
major  engagements.  He  was  injured  when  liis  horse  was  killed  in  battle, 
and  was  invalided  home. 

Since  his  return  to  the  United  States,  he  has  served  with  the  21st 
Infantry,  16th  Division,  which,  was  still  his  assignment  when  last  heard 
from   (March  26,  1920). 

Captain  EDWARD  RANDOLPH  MICHAUX,  Class  1917.  From  North  Carolina. 
Commanding  Company  "L,"  60th  U.  S.  Regular.  Infantry,  5thi  Division.  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  with  the  National  Guard  of  North  Carolina  on  the  Mexican 
Border,  1916-1917,  as  First  Sergeant,  2nd  N.  C.  Infantry. 

As  soon  as  his  unit  was  demobilized,  after  War  with  Germany  had 
been  declared,  he  entered  the  Federal  Service,  receiving  a  commission  as 
First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  November  26,  1917.  He  was  assigned  to  Com- 
pany "L,"  60th  U.  S.  (Regular)  Infantry,  and  went  overseas  with  his 
regiment.  On  October  12,  1918,  he  was  wounded  in  action.  After  about  a 
month  in  the  Hospital,  he  returned  to  duty.  In  thas  action  he  commanded 
his  Company.  His  Captain,  who  was  in  command  of  the  battalion,  was 
killed,  and  four  Lieutenants  of  his  Company  were  wounded  in  this  action. 
He  received  his  promotion  to  the  Captaincy  of  his  Company  for  conspicuous 
gallantry,  soon  afterwards,  his  commission  dating  from  October  4,  1918; 
and  he  received  an  Official  Citation  for  conspicuous  bravery  in  action  from 
a  General  Officer. 

After  the  Armistice,  he  served  with  his  command  In  the  Army  of 
Occupation  in  Germany. 

Soon  after  the  return  of  his  organization  to  the  United  States,  he 
resigned  from  the  Service. 

He  is  now  in  the  I/eaf  Tobacco  business,  with  headquarters  at  Mt. 
Sterling,  Kentucky   (J.  P.  Taylor  Company).     Home,   Goldsboro,  N.  C. 

Captain  Michaux  had  completed  all  but  the  First  Class  course,  when 
he  volunteered  for  Service  on  the  Mexican  Border,  and  was  serving  still  in 
the  National  Guard,  when  his  Class  was  graduated.  By  his  long  and  dis- 
tinguished service  in  the  defense  of  his  Country,  and  his  fine  record  at  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        241 

V.  M.  I.,  for  three  years,  he  is  believed  to  have  well  earned  his  Diploma 
from  his  Alma  Mater,  and  she  will  honour  herself  by  bestowing  it  upon 
him.  This  is  the  judgment  of  all  who  know  this  splendid  and  loyal 
Alumnus. 

Captain  EDGAR  C.  OUTTEN,  Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 

1st  Lt.,  17th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.,  and  later  promoted  to  Captain 

36th  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A. 

Sergeant,  Field  Artillery,  Virginia  National  Guard,  November,  1915- 
May,  1917.  From  June  19,  1916  to  March,  14,  1917,  and  again  from  April 
2  to  May  31,  1917,  he  was  with  the  Virginia  National  Guard  in  Federal 
Service. 

May  31,  1917  to  August  15,  1917,  he  served  at  the  First  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp  at  Fort  Myer.  On  the  last  named  date  he  was  commissioned 
1st  Lieutenant  in  the  Field  Artillery  Reserve  Corps. 

He  left  the  U.  S.  for  foreign  service,  September  7,  1917.  He  was  in 
training  at  the  Ecole  d'Artillerie,  Fontainebleau,  France,  from  September 
24  to  November  30,  1917.  At  School  of  Fire,  Saumer,  France,  December  1- 
31,  1917,  receiving  a  Certificate  of  Service. 

He  was  assigned  to  the  17th  F.  A.,  2d  F.  A.  Brigade,  2d  Division,  A.  E.  F., 
on  January  12,  1918. 

He  served  with  this  organization  until  August  11,  1918,  as  follows: 

At  Firing  Centre,  Valdahon,  France,  January-February,  1918. 

In  Verdun  Sector,  Western  Front,  March,  April  and  May,  1918. 

At  Chateau  Thierry,  May  31-July  13. 

In   Solssons-Chateau  Thierry  Counter-Offensive,  July  18-August  1,   1918. 

In    Lorraine,   August,    1918. 

Ordered  to  U.  S.,  arriving  September  1,  1918. 

Temporarily  attached  to  33rd  F.  A.,  Camp  Meade,  Md.,  September  9-16, 
1918. 

Promoted  to  Captain  and  assigned  to  36th  F.  A.,  Camp  McClellan,  Ala., 
(per  W.  D.  Tel.,  September  13,  1918.) 

In  command  of  Battery  "A,"  36th  F.  A.,  September  19,  1918-February 
7,   1919. 

Honourably  discharged  as  Captain  February  7,  1919,  at  Camp  McClellan, 
Ala.  Accepted  commission  as  Captain,  Field  Artillery  Reserve  Corps,  April 
23,  1919. 

This  gallant  son  of  the  V.  M.  I.  made  a  record  in  the  World  War  to 
be  proud  of.  The  blood  of  martyrs  runs  in  his  veins,  for  his  maternal 
grandfather,  Captain  Joseph  W.  Clanton,  of  Virginia,  gave  his  life  for 
the  Confederate  cause  at  Marietta,  Georgia.  It  is  not  strange  then  that  from 
his  earliest  youth  he  was  imbued  with  a  martial  spirit  which  found  a  field 
for  its  fullest  development  in  the  great  War  from  which  we  have  just 
emerged  with  so  much  honour. 

Captain  Outten's  bravery  is  exceeded  only  by  his  modesty.  It  is  such 
men  as  he  his  Alma  Mater  delights  to  honour. 

These  verses  on  "Preparedness,"  written  by  the  subject  of  this  special 
notice  early  in  1916,  appeared  in  the  Richmond  Times-Dispatch  at  that  time: 


242         Virginia  Military  Instittjti-: — World  War  IIecord 

AMERICA'S  DEFENDERS. 

America,  we  are  thy  sons, 

And  we  shall  keep  thee  free. 
For  in  our  veins  there  flows  the  blood 

Of  Washington  and  Lee. 

No  foreign  flag  upon  thy  soil 

Shall  we  allow  to  stand; 
No  iron  shackles  from  abroad 

Shall  touch  thy  foot  or  hand. 

They  mock  thy  army,  say  'tis  small. 

Thy  navy,   too,   they   scorn; 
Have  they  forgot  the  laurels  won 

Since  freedom  here  was  born? 

They  say  thy  untrained  citizens 

Will  never  soldiers  be; 
Have  thej'  forgot  those  valiant  men 
Who  fought  with  Robert  Lee? 

America,  thy  sons  are  true, 

And   if   thou   wilt   but   call, 
Ten  million  men  will  give  to  thee 

Their  homes,   their   lives,   their   all. 

For  thou  dost  stand  for  what  is  right, 

For  "freedom  of  the  seas"; 
God  grant  the  Stars  and  Stripes  may  float 

Forever  in  the  breeze! 

Of  the  more  than  two  hundred  and  sixty  First  Lieutenants  who  served 
in  the  Army  alone,  only  the  following  can  be  specially  mentioned  here, 
because  the  details  of  service  are  still  lacking: 

First  Lieutenant  HENRY  JOUETTE  GEIGER,  Class  1902.  From  Virginia. 
Chaplain,  51st  (Regular)  Infantry,  Gth  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

As  far  as  known,  there  were  but  four  Graduates  who  served  throughout 
tte  War  as  Chaplains,  namely: 

Major  William  W.  Brander,  CIgss  1887.  8th  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.  (Retired 
in  January,  1920,  after  nearly  twenty  years'  faithful  service  with  the  8th 
Cavalry) ; 

Captain  William  T.  Willis,  Class  1905.     150th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F.; 

First  Lieutenant  Henry  J.  Geiger,  Class  1902.  51st  (Regular)  Infantry, 
A.  E.  F.;  and 

Captain  Robert  C.  George,  Class  1887.     U.  S.  A. 

The  first  three  are  Clergymen  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  are  Vir- 
ginians. The  fourth  is  from  Texas,  and  is  a  Minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         243 

It  is  regretted  that  the  full  details  of  service  of  Major  Brander  and  of 
Captains  Willis  and  George  are  not  yet  in  hand. 

First  Lieutenant  Geiger's  splendid  service  is  known,  and  it  is  due  him, 
and  the  important  branch  of  the  Service  to  which  he  is  attached,  that  the 
facts  be  given  here. 

First  Lieutenant  Geiger's  whole  life  may  be  truthfully  characterized  as 
one  of  Service — service  to  God  and  service  to  his  fellowmen.  He  is,  withal, 
a  born  soldier.  He  comes  of  a  race  of  soldiers.  His  father  was  a  Con- 
federate Soldier.  And  all  the  high  ideals  of  the  true  soldier  inhere  in  him. 
He  deliberately  chose  the  sacred  ministry  as  his  vocation  in  life — no  other 
appealed  to  him  like  that.  But  he  has  never  lost  his  love  for  things  mili- 
tary. Wherever  his  home  has  been,  since  his  ordination  to  the  Christian 
Ministry,  he  has  been  a  soldier — a  member  (Chaplain)  of  the  National  Guard. 
In  Kentucky,  he  was  Chaplain  in  that  State's  armed  force,  and,  later,  in 
Alabama,  he  became  Chaplain  of  one  of  the  leading  Military  organizations. 
When  her  State  troops  were  mobilized  for  service  on  the  Mexican  Border, 
in  191G,  he  was  with  them.  This  somewhat  active  experience  in  the  field, 
that  savoured  of  War,  served  but  to  increase  and  emphasize  h.is  desire  for 
a  soldier's  career,  in  connection  with  his  work  in  his  sacred  calling.  And 
so  he  applied  for  a  commission  as  Chaplain  in  the  regular  Army,  and  re- 
ceived it,  in  August,  1917.  He  immediately  reported  for  duty  with  the  51st 
(Regular)  Infantry  at  Chickamauga  Park,  Georgia.  There,  his  regiment  re- 
mained until  the  latter  part  of  June,  1918,  when  it  was  ordered  to  Camp 
Mills,  New  York,  from  which  station  it  was  ordered  to  embark  for  Liver- 
pool, July  ITtli.  In  a  few  days  after  arriving  in  England,  his  regiment 
reached  France. 

The  duties  of  a  U.  S.  Chaplain,  in  this  great  War,  were  manifold. 
Besides  looking  after  the  souls  of  the  men  under  his  spiritual  charge,  he 
was  required  to  look  after  their  bodies  and  their  material  comfort,  as  well, 
in  a  measure.  On  the  field  of  battle,  at  the  advance  Emergency  Hospitals, 
he  was  a  valuable  assistant  to  the  Surgeons.  When  the  dead  could  be 
reached,  he  buried  the  riddled  bodies,  with  Christian  rites,  though  without 
formal,  ceremony — often  where  the  shells  and  machine-gun  bullets  were 
thickest.  Visitation  of  the  wounded  and  sick  was  one  of  his  paramount 
duties  and  pleasures.  Wherever  religious,  mental,  or  bodily  comfort. was 
needed,  there  he  found  his  post  of  duty.  But  other  duties  were  his — not 
connected  with  his  sacred  calling.  He  had  to  assist  the  Graves  Registra- 
tion Service,  and  he  was  called  on  to  perform  a  hundred  other  services. 
In  fact,  he  was  probably,  after  the  Surgeon,  the  hardest  worked  officer  of 
the  regiment.  One  of  his  duties  was  to  act  as  "Town  Major,"  that  is,  to 
remain  behind,  when  his  regiment  removed  from  its  station  in  a  town 
and  settle  all  proper  claims  that  were  presented;  to  remove  all  Government 
property — ammunition,  supplies,  etc.  (for  which  he  was  given  a  detail  of 
enlisted  men  and  the  necessary  trucks)  ;  to  see  that  the  place  vacated  by 
the  troops  was  left  in  a  proper  sanitary  condition;  and  to  perform  such 
other  acts  as  might  be  devolved  by  superior  authority  on  him.  All  these 
duties  were  performed  by  First  Lieutenant  Geiger,  Chaplain  of  the  51st 
Infantry.    So  he  was  always  a  very  busy  officer  in  the  A.  E.  F. 


244         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

At  Arc-en-Barrois,  Haute  Marne,  his  regiment  was  in  training  (in 
billets)  until  the  latter  part  of  August,  1918.  It  was  here  he  first  served 
as  Town  Major,  when  the  troops  left  the  trenches  about  August  27. 
He  re-joined  the  regiment  in  the  Leming  Sector,  in  Alsace,  in  a  few  days. 
Here  the  regiment  remained  until  September  10,  and  here  First  Lieutenant 
Geiger  was  first  under  shell  fire — for  two  hours,  on  September  9.  On  the 
10,  the  regiment  was  transferred  to  Lac  Noir  Sector,  Alsace.  Here  the 
regiment  was  shelled  daily.  Its  work  consisted  in  patrolling  "No  Man's 
Land,"  raiding,  and  generally  keeping  the  Enemy  busy — -"And  the  Enemy 
seemed  obsessed,"  said  Lieutenant  Geiger,  "with  the  same  purpose,  as  to 
us."  The  artillery  fire  was  incessant,  and  the  regiment  suffered  quite  a 
number  of  losses.  Infantry  engagements  were  mere  raids,  and  patrol  clashes 
were   sometimes   severe,   and    then    of   minor   importance. 

On  October  12,  the  regiment  was  sent  to  a  Rest  Area,  in  the  rear,  to 
fill  up  with  replacements,  and  to  re-equip,  or  to  re-place  shortages.  In 
the  meantime,  while  the  regiment  was  at  rest  near  Gerardmer,  he  was 
ordered  forward  with  an  "Advance  Party"  to  Souilly  (First  Army  Head- 
quarters), Department  of  the  Meuse,  and  then  on  to  Rambluzan,  to  prepare 
for  the  regiment  entering  the  lines.  North  of  Verdun.  He  staid  there  until 
October  24,  and  then  proceeded,  by  orders,  to  Camp  des  Roumaines,  in 
the  Argonne,  and  thence  on  to  Ippecourt,  where  he  and  his  detail  were  sub- 
jected to  severe  aerial  bombardment.  He  waited  for  two  days  in  an 
abandoned  camp  for  the  regiment  to  come  up.  From  then  on  the  regi- 
ment was  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  until  in  sight  of  Sedan,  when  it 
was  withdrawn,  on  November  6,  and  ordered  into  the  line  at  Bois-de 
Champneuville,  seven  miles  from  Verdun.  The  regiment  had  retraced  its 
steps  and  was  at  Cornay,  when  the  Armistice  was  signed.  It  continued  to 
retrace  its  steps  (on  foot),  reaching  Recey-sur-Ourcn,  December  8.  On  De- 
cember 12,  he  was  ordered  to  Colmiers-leBas,  as  Town  Major.  Ho  took 
over  the  Commune  and  remained  in  charge  of  it.  On  April  26,  1919,  the 
regiment  left  for  Germany,  but  he  staid  behind  as  Town  Major  to  clean  up 
the  town,  which  work  was  finished  on  May  2,  and  he  then  returned  the 
Commune  to  the  French  authorities.  He  was  ordered  to  proceed  to  Toul, 
for  the  same  purpose,  and  then  to  Metz,  and  thence  to  Luxemburg,  and  on 
the  following  day  to  Coblenz;  and  the  next  day  he  reported  to  his  regiment 
at  Eller,  on  the  Moselle  River,  and  was  permanently  billeted  at  Bremen, 
three  miles  from  Eller.  Here  he  staid  until  the  regiment  left  Germany,  in 
June.  While  there  he  visited  Cologne,  Bonn,  Coblenz,  Mainz,  Bingen  and 
Wiesbaden,  and  had  a  "Howling  Good  Time,"  he  said. 

While  at  Bremen,  he  frequently  visited  the  nearby  towns  and  villages 
to  see  the  men  of  the  regiment  billeted  in  them.  He  was  at  Cochem  the  day 
Major  Hammond  Johnson,  Class  1904,  dropped  dead,  and  he  buried  bira  in 
the  German  Cemetery  there,  on  the  Moselle  River. 

About  the  28  of  May,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Brest  and  in  a  few 
days,  embarked  for  home,  arriving  at  New  York,  June  12,  1919.  It  then 
proceeded  to  Camp  Merritt;  and  then  into  Canada;  and  then  to  Detroit; 
and  then  to  Camp  Grant,  near  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  stationed  ever 
since,  except  when  with  a  recruiting  detachment,  touring  Wisconsin  and 
Illinois  in  trucks. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        245 

He  was  several  times  knocked  down  by  shells  bursting,  but  never  re- 
ceived a  scratch,  though  he  was  always  on  duty  with  the  front  line  as 
Regimental  Chaplain,  and  never  on  any  line  but  the  front.  Every  regi- 
ment had  three  chaplains — one  in  the  front  line,  one  in  the  support  line 
and  one  in  the  reserve  line.  Many  of  his  burials  were  conducted  under 
fire,  and  several  in  "No  Man's  Land,"  in  the  dark. 

But  such  a  running  account  as  that  above  given  can  not  show  the 
countless  acts  of  mercy  and  love  and  deeds  of  valour  performed  by  this 
Chaplain,  in  the  times  of  stress  and  peril,  in  which  he  took  such  an  active 
part.  He  was  at  the  beck  and  call  of  every  living  man  in  his  regiment 
and  of  all  its  honoured  dead,  as  well.  Aye,  that  was  one  of  his  chief  duties — 
to  perform  "the  last  sad  rites"  of  the  Church  over  his  fallen  comrades, 
whenever  and  wherever  they  made  the  supreme  sacrifice.  His  place — all 
who  know  this  practical  Christian  and  brave  soldier  know  of  a  surety — 
was  always  on  the  front  line  where  lurked  the  "King  of  Terrors";  but 
Geiger  had  no  fear  of  him. 

It  is  fitting  to  recall  here  the  heroic  doed  he  performed  on  April  1,  1912, 
when  tlie  waters  of  the  Mississippi  deluged  the  town  of  Hickman,  Kentucky, 
where  he  lived  and  ministered,  when  he  rescued  from  watery  graves,  two 
Vomen  and  two  children,  at  the  imminent  risk  of  sacrificing  b,is  own  life 
(but  that  gave  him  no  concern).  It  was  for  this  sublime  act,  this  crucifixion 
of  Self,  that,  upon  the  recommendation  of  his  fellow-townsmen,  the  Carnegie 
Hero  Fund  Commission  awarded  him  a  bronze  medal  and  one  thousand 
dollars.  He  consecrated  this  gift  to  the  education,  in  part,  of  his  little  son, 
when  he  should  be  old  enough  to  enter  the  V.  M.  I. 

When  a  fellow  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.  was  foully  murdered  by  a 
leading  politician  of  his  Kentucky  town,  and  the  officers  of  the  town  were 
slow  in  performing  their  duty  in  bringing  the  murderer  to  the  bar  of 
Justice,  it  was  he  who  fearlessly  sought  and  found  the  evidence  to  prosecute 
him.  He  was  the  organizer  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  his  town  and  the  founder 
of  the  Juvenile  Court  there. 

He  wrote  the  writer  in  1912: 

"If  there  be  credit  due  anyone  for  the  duty  I  performed  to  the  flood 
sufferers,  it  is  to  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  who  gave  me  my  State 
Cadetship,  and  to  my  heroic  soldier  brother  who  provided  the  other  neces- 
sary means  and  made  it  possible  for  me  to  graduate  at  the  V.  M.  I.  where  I 
learned  the  true  meaning  of  Obedience  and  Duty,  and  I  could  not  have 
been  true  to  my  Alma  Mater,  had  I  failed  to  have  tried  to  do  my  full  duty." 

No  wonder  such  a  hero  was  wanted  as  a  Chaplain  in  the  Army!  No 
wonder  the  members  of  the  glorious  "Fifty-first"  hold  him  in  everlasting 
admiration  and  love! 

An  older  brother,  also  a  Graduate,  Captain  William  C.  Geiger,  U.  S.  A., 
gave  up  his  life,  gallantly  fighting  in  the  Philippine  Insurrection. 

It  is  such  Graduates  as  these  who  honour  their  Alma  Mater  and  their 
Country.  And  the  V.  M.  I.  will  ever  cherish  tUeir  memory  as  one  of  the 
most  precious  jewels  in  her  crown. 


246  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Kecord 

First  Lieutenant  CLAUDE  R.  CAMMER,  Class  1915,  "Honour"  Graduate  and 

"First  Captain."     From  Virginia. 

Machine-Gun  Company,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  at  the  first  Fort  Myer  Officers' 
Training  Camp,  May  9,  1917,  and  held  that  rank  during  his  entire  service. 
He  sailed  for  overseas  service,  June  14,  1917,  and  went  into  the  trenches  on 
November  17,  of  that  year.  He  was  in  command  of  his  Machine-Gun  Com- 
pany at  the  battle  of  Cantigny,  May  28,  1918.  He  was  also  in  the  Counter- 
Offensive  of  July  IS,  1918,  west  of  Soissons.  He  was  gassed  at  Cantigny 
and  severely  wounded — permanently  disabled — in  the  action  of  July  18. 
He  was  in  Hospital  in  France,  and  then  invalided  home  to  Walter  Reed 
General  Hospital,  at  Washington,  at  which  place  he  was  honourably  dis- 
charged, January  13,  1919. 

Lieutenant  Cammer's  wounds  were  very  serious,  though  the  fact  was 
not  known  until  he  reached  the  Hospital  in  Washington.  A  bullet  entered 
his  breast,  a  little  above  the  heart,  and  passed  downward  through  the  left 
lung,  just  missing  the  kidney;  and  while  waiting  to  be  evacuated,  he  was 
again  wounded  by  a  shrapnel  breaking  several  of  his  ribs,  one  piece  pene- 
trating his  left  lung,  and  another  his  left  shoulder.  It  was  this  last  wound 
in  the  shoulder  that  has  given  him  most  trouble,  as  it  injured  the  nerve 
and  rendered  the  arm  useless. 

During  half  of  his  service  he  commanded  his  outfit,  and  the  remainder 
of  the  time  was  second  in  command. 

A  high  V.  M.  I.  Officer  on  the  Staff  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F., 
in  a  private  letter  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  said  (referring  to 
the  battle  of  Cantigny) : 

"One  battalion  of  Infantry  had  to  reinforce  the  line  with  some  com- 
panies, in  broad  daylight,  under  a  terrific  bombardment  of  very  heavy 
artillery  and  a  deadly  machine-gun  fire,  and,  during  a  counter-attack,  to 
carry  ammunition  forward.  This  battalion's  commander  was  Major  H.  I.  T. 
Creswell  (V.  M.  I.),  who  personally  led  it  in  the  attack,  and  the  Machine- 
Gun  Company  in  the  battalion  was  commanded  by  Cammer  who  is  making 
a  fine  record." 

First  Lieutenant  FOSTER  VINCENT  BROWN,  JR.,  Class  1912. 
From  Tennessee. 
2Sth  Infantry,  1st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Enlisted  at  Officers'  Training  School  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  and  was  com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant  in  August,  1917.  He  was  among  the  first  to 
volunteer  for  overseas  duty.  He  arrived  in  France,  September  1-10,  1917, 
with  Company  "F,"  28th  Infantry,  in  which  command  he  remained.  He 
was  severely  wounded  at  the  Marne  in  July,  1918,  and  was  in  Hospital  for 
some  time.  He  was  at  the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel.  He  was  severely  gassed  in 
the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  and  was  still  in  Hospital  when  the  Historio- 
grapher heard  of  him  last  (January,  1919).  He  was  promoted  to  First 
Lieutenant,  and  was  awarded  the  "Croix  de  Guerre"  for  a  gallant  act,  of 
which  he  said  nothing  to  his  family,  except  that  he  had  performed  a  "little 
stunt,"  which  a  French  General  witnessed,  and  he  was  then  given  this 
honour.  But  his  father,  Judge  Brown,  learned  from  other  sources  that  the 
"little   stunt"   consisted   in   his   carrying   his   Captain   from   the   battlefield. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguistied  Alumni  (Cont'd)        247 

under  heavy  fire,  after  he  himself  liad  been  severely  injured,  and  that  it  was 
for  this  act  of  valour  and  sublime  self-effacement  he  was  decorated  by  the 
French  Commander-in-Chief. 

His  father  said  he  was  sure  Lieutenant  Brown  "would  not  wish  any- 
thing put  in  the  V.  M.  I.  record  that  would  make  any  great  claim  for  him." 
But  it  is  just  such  heroes  as  he  whom  his  Alma  Mater  wishes  to  memorialize. 

First   Lieutenant  CHARLES   ARMAND   MINTON,   Class   1909. 
From  New  York  City. 

Commanding  Company  "I,"  "tOSth  Infantry,  77th  Division,  A.  E.  F- 
Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 

He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  at  the  first  Officers' 
Training  Camp  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  August  15,  1917,  having  been  a  volun- 
teer for  the  duration  of  the  War.  He  was  assigned  to  duty  as  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, Company  "M,"  305fch  Infantry,  77th  Division,  and  served  as  such 
from  the  time  of  the  formation  of  lh3  regiment  to  January  1,  1918.  Then, 
as  First  Lieutenant,  to  June  28;  then,  on  detached  service,  purchasing  horses 
for  the  Government.  He  re-joined  his  regiment,  August  18.  Was  appointed 
Adjutant  of  the  Third  Battalion,  September  17.  Transferred  to  Company  "I" 
which  he  commanded  from  September  28  to  October  15.  Evacuated  sick. 
Died  at  his  post  in  Evacuation  Hospital  No.  9,  October  18,  1918.  There  were 
two  reports — one  that  he  was  wounded  (gassed).  But  the  immediate  cause 
of  his  death  was  pneumonia,  as  his  father  wrote.  He  was  in  action  with 
Company  "M,"  at  the  Vesle  and  the  Aisne,  and  commanded  Company  "I" 
at  the  Argonne  in  its  first  phase. 

The  above  is  the  information  regarding  his  Service  which  the  War 
Department  gives. 

He  was  a  son  of  Mr.  J.  McKim  Minton,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  New 
York,  and  a  nephew  of  Hon.  DeLancey  NicoU,  and  was  a  man  of  the  highest 
ideals  and  always  true  to  his  Alma  Mater. 

First  Lieutenant  THOMAS  DWYER  AMORY,  Class  1916.     From  Delaware. 

2Gth  Infantry,   First  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

Killed   in   action   in   France. 

Here  the  writer's  pen  falters,  as  well  it  may;  but  another  tells  the 
story  of  this  heroe's  deeds  and  death  in  true  and  eloquent  words. 

He  and  his  younger  brother,  First  Lieutenant  George  S.  Amory  (also 
a  V.  M.  I.  boy),  enlisted  in  the  first  Plattsburg  Officers'  Training  School,  and 
both  were  commissioned  Second  Lieutenants  in  August,  1917. 

Lieutenant  Thomas  Amory  was  told  to  be  ready  to  sail  at  a  moment's 
notice,  and  on  September  8,  1917,  he  embarked  from  New  York  with  the  26th 
Infantry  (Regular),  First  Division.  Abroad,  Lieutenant  Amory  was  picked, 
with  three  others  of  the  First  Division,  to  train  at  the  Fifth  British  School 
of  Scouting.  Two  of  the  others  were  killed  within  sixty  days  at  their 
dangerous  work  of  scouting,  and  Amory  was  wounded  at  Montdidier,  May 
24,  1918,  four  days  before  the  Cantigny  fight  in  which  sixty-two  per  cent 
of  the  officers  of  the  26th  were  killed.  He  returned  to  the  trenches  in  Au- 
gust, but  was  not  cured  of  his  severe  wound,  and  was  really  unfit  for  duty; 
but  his  dauntless  spirit  would   brook  no  longer  surcease   from  the  duties 


248  Virginia  Military  Institotl — World  War  Record 

and  dangers  at  th,e  front.  The  days  passed  and  October  2  dawned.  It  was 
desired  to  locate  the  defense  line  of  the  German  forces  opposing  his  regi- 
ment, and  it  was  necessary  to  send  forward  a  patrol.  So  volunteers  were 
called  for  to  perform  the  hazardous  duty.  Of  course,  every  officer  re- 
sponded, but  Amory  was  selected,  and  took  out  a  patrol  of  sixty-four  men. 
But  let  the  Commander-in-Chief's  Citation,  accompanying  the  "D.  S.  C." 
awarded  him,  posthumously,  tell  the  story,  so  pathetic  and  yet  so  glorious: 

"Second  Lieutenant  Thomas  D.  Amory.  deceased,  26th  Infantry.  For 
extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Verdun,  France,  October  2,  1918. 
Lieutenant  Amory  took  out  a  patrol  of  sixty-four  men,  penetrating  the 
Enemy's  lines  for  the  purpose  of  reconnoitering  terrain  over  which  an  ad- 
vance was  to  be  made  on  the  following  morning.  When  his  patrol  was 
fired  on  by  machine-guns  from  all  sides,  this  officer  led  three  of  his  men 
forward  to  clear  the  machine-gun  nests,  placing  the  rest  of  his  men  under 
cover.  He  succeeded  in  overcoming  one  of  these  nests,  and  killing  the  crew; 
but  as  he  was  advancing  on  another  gun,  located  about  ten  yards  away. 
Lieutenant  Amory  was  killed  by  a  machine-gun  bullet,  his  last  words  being: 
'We  will  take  that  nest  or  die  trying.'  " 

Lieutenant  Charles  Ridgoly,  of  New  York,  his  dear  friend  and  comrade, 
of  the  same  regiment,  wrote  beautifully  and  most  tenderly  of  him,  telling 
how  the  men  all  wept  when  the  survivors  of  the  patrol  came  back  and 
reported  their  commander's  heroic  death.  He  told  of  the  mess  cook,  who 
begged  to  be  given  a  rifle  that  he  might  avenge  this  officer,  "the  most  popular 
and  most  beloved  officer  of  the  battalion,"  and  "afraid  of  nothing,"  as  his 
Major  (later,  Lieutenant  Colonel),  Barnwell  Rhett  Legge,  of  South  Caro- 
lina, told  one  of  Amory's  V.  M.  I.  comrades. 

The  Editor  of  the  leading  journal  of  his  home  City  th.us  wrote  of  this 
valorous  soldier  and  noble  gentleman: 

*  "One  of  a  Hundred  Heroes." 

"It  is  a  beautiful  consolation  to  the  father  and  friends  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  D.  Amory  that  the  action  in  which  he  lost  his  life,  fighting  to  make 
the  world  free  from  the  accursed  grip  of  the  damnable  Hun,  was  picked 
out  by  General  Pershing  as  one  of  the  hundred  of  the  bravest  acts  performed 
by  the  2,000,000  American  soldiers  in  a  war  wherein  the  valour  of  our  men 
reached  the  highest  test  that  can  be  applied  to  the  human  kind.  Wilmington 
proudly  insists  that  she  shall  share  the  glory  won  by  this  son  of  our  citizen 
who  mourns  the  loss  of  one  so  finely  fit  and  perfectly  attuned  to  serve  the 
Country,  and  who  yet  rejoices  that  he  had  such  an  off-spring  to  give  to  the 
cause  of  liberty  and  Christianity. 

"General  Pershing  picked  well  in  making  this  choice  to  illustrate  the 
efficiency  and  unfailing  sense  of  appreciation  of  the  American  Soldier — 
that  all  he  had,  and  was,  belonged  to  the  nation,  and  that  he  was  unafraid 
to  give  this  all,  were  he  called  upon.  Lieutenant  Amory  knew  no  sense 
of  danger,  hesitation  or  dread.  The  opportunity  came  to  him  to  imraortalize 
himself  at  the  darkest  hour  of  the  world's  war.  at  a  time  when  the  cause 
of  right  and  truth  demanded  that  no  man  fail,  or  think  of  self,  or  pause, 
even  though  confronted  with  the  assurance  that  death  waited  where  the 
great  cause  called  him. 


*In  allusion  to  the  article  in  the  Ladies^  Home  Journal  in  June-August, 
1919,  wherein  the  Editor  gives  brief  sketches  and  photographs  of  "One 
Hundred  Heroes"  slain  in  France,  whom  the  Commander-in-Chief  named 
as  those  specially  worthy  to  be  immortalized. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         249 

"Marching  with  a  handful  of  men  into  tlie  jaws  of  death,  with  machine- 
guns  pouring  their  deadly  torrents  of  bullets  from  every  quarter,  requires 
more  than  heroism,  as  the  world  understands  heroism.  It  demands  a  con- 
secration to  God  above,  that  is  an  inspiration  to  all  who  even  read  in  pulse- 
less types  of  such  an  acliievement. 

"Lieutenant  Amory  went  to  his  death.,  as  such,  men  ever  do,  when  rarely 
they  are  found,  with  rejoicing  on  his  lips  that  he  had  done  his  part  and 
had  not  considered  in  the  sliglitest  the  peril  to  his  own  life.  One  after 
another  of  his  men  had  fallen,  some  he  had  sent  to  cover,  while  he  kept  on 
until  the  Boche  machine-gun  found  its  mark.  Then,  even  though  knowing 
that  his  life  was  forfeited,  it  was  not  for  'him  to  murmur,  or  to  bewail  his 
passing,  but  he  husbanded  his  last  breath  to  shout  to  his  little  handful  of 
men:   'We  will  take  that  nest  or  die  trying.'     He  did  both. 

"In  all  the  valorous  deeds  of  a  war  that  developed  th.e  highest  type  of 
courage  and  inspired  the  highest  sense  of  duty  in  those  who  followed  the 
Stars  and  Stripes,  there  are  none  recorded  that  show  so  eloquently  as  this 
why  the  German  armies  were  free  to  admit  tliat  they  were  undone,  beaten, 
and  regarded  with  fear  the  clean,  alert  men,  the  eager  gymnasts,  the  men 
who  lived  in  the  open  much,  the  men  who  through  the  freedom  of  their 
Country  had  learned  to  fear  nothing,  had  acquired  initiative  and  force,  and 
were  indeed  invincible. 

"When  the  history  of  Germany's  awful  wrong  is  written  we  will  find 
outstanding  on  the  pages  such,  brilliant  achievements  as  will  make  us  proud 
as  a  people,  but  none,  or  few,  will  probably  approach  the  magnificent  dash 
of  Lieutenant  Amory,  or  bring  more  glory  to  the  American  Army. 

"We  congratulate  the  father  of  the  valorous  young  soldier  that  his  son 
has  won  eternal  and  enduring  fame,  and  we  are  proud  as  Wilmingtonians — 
yea,  as  Delawareans — for  his  deed  is  great  enough  to  shed  its  glory  over  all 
our  State — for  having  such  a  man  to  give  to  a  cause  so  great,  so  intimately 
affecting  all  mankind. 

"When  in  th,ese  after  days  we  as  Delawareans  set  about  to  memorialize 
the  deeds  of  our  sons  in  some  poor  way,  but  the  best  we  may,  let  us  set  a 
shaft  or  tablet  to  the  man  who,  as  he  was  dying  on  the  field  of  battle^ 
the  memorable  Verdun — spent  his  last  breath  calling: 

"  'We  will  take  that  nest  or  die  trying.'  " 

Lieutenant  Amory  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  on  September  5, 
but  he  made  no  official  use  of  his  new  rank;  he  was  occupied  about  more 
serious  things  then. 

The  following  letter  from  Lieutenant  Charles  Ridgely,  mentioned  above, 
to  Lieutenant  George  S.  Amory,  shows  how  the  fallen  hero  was  loved  for 
his  sterling  traits,  while,  at  the  same  timei,  it  does  credit  to  the  fine  feelings 
of  the  gallant  and  modest  gentleman  who  penned  it: 

"February   27.    1919. 
"Dear  Amory: 

"Yesterday  I  got  your  own  long  letter  and  the  nicest  kind  of  a  letter 
from  your  father.  It  is  utterly  beyond  me  to  express  how  it  makes  me 
feel— the  attitude  you  all  have  taken  toward  me.  Heavens,  man,  I  did  noth- 
ing. Certainly,  I  could  not  have  done  less  than  write  Tom's  father,  when  he 
was  gone.  And  if  there  was  anything  extraordinary  about  my  letter,  it  was 
that  I  felt  worse  about  his  going  than  I  could  have  felt  about  anyone,  except 
my  own  kid  brother,  who  fought  through  with  the  33rd  Division.  And  you 
know  that  there  is  nothing  extraordinary  in  the  fact  that  I  loved  Old  Tom. 
Wherever  courage  and  gentleness  and  a  clean  heart  command  respect,  he 
would  have  been  loved. 

"I  am  sending  this  note  home,  for  I  suppose  you  are  already  on  your 
way.  I  shall  follow  you  before  long  with.  Company  'I'  of  the  308th  Infantry, 
in  the  77th  Division,  where  I  have  transferred  to  go  home  and  get  back  to 
civil  life.     *     *     * 


250  Virginia  Military  Institute — EWorld  War  Eecord 

"When  I  come  back,  I  shall,  of  course,  go  to  see  your  father,  and  I  hope 
to  meet  you  there.  If  occasion  presents  itself,  I  shall  go  myself  to  Eclise- 
fontaine  and  find  where  Tom  rests.     I  have  wanted  to  for  a  long  time. 

"Please  tell  your  father  that  the. things  he  has  written  me,  and  written 
you,  about  me,  put  an  ache  in  my  heart;  and  I  feel  altogether  unworthy,  as 
I  read  his  fine  letters. 

"In  time,  I  have  no  doubt  a  'Medal  of  Honour'  will  come  to  you  for 
Tom.  I  wish  I  could  tell  you  how  his  example  helped  me.  His  was  a  fine 
life,  finely  given.  Why  do  the>  always  take  the  best,  and  let  others  of  us 
through  ? 

"Until  I  see  you. 

Sincerely  yours." 

In    January,    1920,   Lieutenant    George    S.    Amory    returned    to    France, 
taking  his  brother's  First  Sergeant,  Charles  W.  O'Connor,  with  him,  to  find,  . 
if  possible,  his  brother's  grave  on  the  battlefield. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  they  succeeded  in  their  sacred  mission,  and 
that  his  brother's  remains  were  removed  to  a  French  Cemetery,  and  there 
interred  with  religious  ceremony,  as  it  was  his  family's  wish  that  they  lie 
there,  near  where  he  gave  his  life  to  help  save  France. 

In  this  connection,  the  following  extract  from  an  article,  entitled — "Back 
to  the  Battlefields,"  by  Sergeant  O'Connor,  a  Cleveland  newspaper  man, 
which  recently  appeared,  will  be  read  with  interest.  Sergeant  O'Connor  was 
wounded  while  serving  with  Company  "D,"  26th  Infantry: 

"Suddenly,  just  a  few  weeks  ago,  I  found  myself  leaning  on  the 
aftrail  of  the  liner.  La  Lorraine,  looking  back  at  the  Statue  of  Liberty, 
headed  once  more  for  France— in  civies. 

"Going  back,  after  more  than  a  year,  to  the  very  ground  in  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  upon  which  my  outfit.  Company  "D,"  26th  Infantry,  had  advanced 
in  those  wild  days  of  October,  1918— back  to  the  ruined  towns  and  the  fields 
and  ravines  where  so  many  comrades  fell,  and  where  a  machine-gun  finally 
got  my  range. 

"On  this  return  there  was  to  be  a  very  definite  test  of  memory  of  those 
scenes  of  battle. 

"My  particular  mission  was  to  try  to  locate  on  a  desolate  hillside,  the 
grave  of  an  Officer  of  my  Company,  Lieutenant  Thomas  D.  Amory,  of  Wil- 
mington, Del. 

"We  had  buried  Lieutenant  Amory  in  pitch  darkness  at  midnight,  Oct. 
4,  1918,  after  a  mad  day,  near  the  hill-crest  where  he  had  been  killed  by 
machine-gun  fire,  while  leading  a  daring  day-light  patrol. 

"The  grave  had  been  marked  by  a  small  cleft  stake,  bearing  a  silver 
identification  tag — ^the  only  thing  we  could  find,  feeling  in  the  darkness. 

"Later  search  had  failed  to  find  the  burial  place.  It  had  not  been 
possible  for  me  to  return,  because  I  was  hit,  three  days  later,  on  patrol. 

"At  the  request  of  Lieutenant  Amory's  family,  I  sailed  last  December  to 
search  for  the  grave.  I  knew  the  spot  was  near  a  small  town  and  a  cross 
roads.  And  I  felt  I  could  go  back  there  and  locate  the  wrecked  stable,  the 
red-roofed  farmhouse,  the  row  of  trees,  the  ridge,  the  pathway,  and  the 
little  stake  at  the  foot  of  the  slope. 

"I  remembered  the  sentence  in  the  First  Division  Order  which  sent 
Lieutenant  Amory  out  on  his  patrol — to  find  the  Enemy,  that  gray  morning 
of  October  2.  'This  patrol  will  be  commanded  by  a  particularly  faithful  and 
courageous  officer.' 

"Then  the  memory  of  how  this  young  officer,  just  returned  to  the  fight- 
ing after  being  seriously  wounded  at  Montdidier,  looked  back  as  he  started, 
and  grinned,  and  said:     'This  is  all  in  the  game,  old  boy.' 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         251 

"Of  that  patrol  of  75  men,  about  30  came  back  in  the  next  two  days 
to  tell  how  they  advanced  until  machine-guns  opened  fire  all  about,  killing 
Lieutenant  Amory,  and  Sheppard  and  Clater,  and  Zak,  and  the  rest,  in- 
stantly. 

"  'Man,  there  was  as  fine  an  officer  as  God  ever  made,'  big  Sergeant 
Yarboro  had  told  me.  tears  in  his  eyes.  He  had  come  back  with  one  arm 
swinging  loose.     He  had  tried  to  carry  his  lieutenant  out  of  the  fire. 

"But  halfway  along  the  road  from  Gegnes  to  Exermont  I  caught  sight 
of  a  ridge  that  seemed  familiar.  I  jumped  from  the  car,  looked  about,  then, 
once  more  for  me,  I  was  back  in  it — back  without  the  crash  of  shells,  and 
the  whistle  of  machine-gun  bullets,  and  the  sight  of  running  men.  There 
was  the  wrecked  stable  at  the  crossroads,  the  red-roofed  farmhouse  from 
which  the  murderous  fire  had  come,  the  little  stream — the  very  planks — we 
had  dashed  across.  And  there,  on  the  ridge,  were  the  shelter-holes  where 
my  Company  had  dug  in  at  night,  the  tree  that  marked  Company  P.  C,  the 
ravine  where  battalion  headquarters  had  been,  and  the  dressing-station. 

"Straight  to  the  end  of  the  row  of  trees  we  went.  There,  in  the  weeds, 
with  thumping  heart,  I  saw  the  little  cleft  stake,  and  the  silver  identification 
tag,  and  the  pile  of  stones.     *     *     *. 

"A  new  white  cross  has  been  added  to  the  long  rows  at  Argonne  Ceme- 
tery.    It  is  marked  'Thomas  D.  Amory,  Lieutenant,  26th  U.  S.  Inf.*  " 

First  Lieutenant  .JOHN  CRAIG  MILLER.  JR.,  Class  1916. 

From   West   Virginia. 

Second    Engineers,   later,   F.   A.,   A.    E.   F. 

When  War  was  declared,  he  was  in  New  York,  and  he  went  immediately 
to  Washington  and  offered  h,is  services  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army, 
and  was  told  that  he  would  be  notifirrl  in  due  time  as  to  his  appointment  as 
an  Officer  in  the  Engineers.  But  he  was  impatient  and  went  to  Wheeling 
to  see  the  Commander  of  the  Pittsburgh  Regiment  of  Engineers,  but  found 
that  organization  was  already  completed.  He  then  enlisted  in  the  first 
Engineer  Training  School  at  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison,  where  he  remained 
five  or  six  weeks,  being  then  ordered  to  Fort  I.,eavenworth.  On  August  10, 
1917,  he  received  his  commission  of  Second  I^^ieutenant  in  the  Second  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.  He  had  two  weeks  previously  passed  the  examination  for 
Field  Artillery  and  was  offered  a  commission  in  that  branch  of  the  regular 
Army,  which  he  declined,  preferring  to  remain  in  the  Engineers.  After  his 
leave  home,  he  was  ordered  back  to  Fort  Leavenworth  for  additional  in- 
structions, and  to  be  an  instructor  there  in  some  branches.  After  finishing 
that  course  in  December  he  was  given  a  short  leave  to  visit  his  home,  and 
then  ordered  to  Camp  Dodge,  Des  Moines,  and,  on  January  20,  was  ordered 
to  report  to  the  General  commanding  at  Hoboken  for  overseas  duty.  He 
sailed  from  New  York,  January  26,  1918,  and  arrived  safely  in  France  about 
February  10,  his  ship  being  in  the  convoy  immediately  in  advance  of  the  ill- 
fated  Tuscania. 

He  was  on  the  front  during  March,  April  and  the  first  of  May,  and  then 
at  a  Training  School;  returned  to  th.e  front  later  in  May,  and  continued 
there  all  of  June  and  a  part  of  Jub,  in  the  Toul  Sector.  He  was  with  the 
Second  Engineers,  Second  Division,  which  regiment  was  in  the  Drive  the 
Allies  started  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Lucy-le-Bocage,  a  few  miles  from 
Chateau  Thien-y. 

A  sergeant  of  Artillery,  from  his  City,  was  in  the  same  Drive  and 
stated  that  Lieutenant  Miller  was  thirty-eight  days  on  the  front  under  almost 


252  ViRGiFTA  Military  Iisistitute — World  War  Record 

continuous  fire,  and  for  twelve  daj's  especially  in  June,  being  under  both 
shell  and  gas  fire.  He  stated  also  that  one  night  Lieutenant  Miller  went 
out  with  the  thirty-seven  men  left  in  his  platoon  and  returned  the  next 
morning  with  only  seven,  the  others  having  been  either  killed  or  wounded. 
It  was  then  he  performed  the  gallant  deed  for  which  he  later  received  both 
the  "D.  S.  C."  and  the  "Croix  de  Guerre." 

He  was  called  to  Headquarters,  A.  E  P.,  July  19,  and  while  there  was 
transferred  (at  his  request)  to  the  Field  Artillery,  Regular  Army,  with  a 
Second  Lieutenant's  Commission,  receiving  later  promotion  to  the  grade  of 
First  Lieutenant.  He  was  sent  to  the  Artillery  School  for  about  three  weeks 
to  qualify  for  duty. 

A  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Judge  Advocate  General,  at  General  Headquarters, 
A.  E.  F.,  a  near  neighbor  and  friend  of  his  family  in  Huntington,  wrote  his 
father,  August  1,  1918: 

"Your  letter  of  July  2  has  just  reached  me.  I  wrote  you  the  other  day 
that  Craig  had  been  here  and  had  gone  down  towards  Nice  on  a  leave. 
He  came  in  about  the  18th  of  July,  looking  fine  and  was  in  fine  spirits.  He 
had  in  his  possession  an  order,  setting  out  that  he  had  been  appointed  a 
provisional  Second  Lieutenant  of  Field  Artillery,  with  rank  from  May  1  (as 
I  remember  the  date).  He  told  me  that  he  had  accepted  it  and  was  sent 
over  here  to  report  to  the  Commander-in-Chief  and  he  expected  to  be  as- 
signed to  Staff  duty,  or  sent  to  a  School.  After  he  reported  here,  he  was 
told  that  it  would  be  some  days  before  his  orders  would  come  through,  and, 
upon  his  application,  he  was  given  a  leave  of  twelve  days.  Thereupon,  he 
cleaned  me  out  of  all  the  m.oney  I  had,  and  embarked  for  Nice.  I  admonished 
him  in  a  fatherly  way.  He  seemed  to  know  what  was  going  on  at  home  and 
had  some  letters.  My  idea  is  that  he  will  be  sent  to  one  of  the  Schools,  and 
when  he  gets  through,  with  that,  he  will  get  on  a  Staff,  and  that  seems 
to  be  his  notion  about  it. 

"He  seems  to  have  gotten  along  well  at  the  front,  and  had  been  in  a 
scrap  or  two,  and  has  received  favourable  comment  from  his  Superior  Officer 
for  his  conduct  under  fire,  and  I  heard  that  he  had  been  recommended  for 
a  decoration.  Don't  give  yourself  any  concern  about  him,  as  he  is  getting 
along  all  right.  He  told  me  he  was  going  to  accept  the  regular  commis- 
sion, as  it  carried  with  it  more  prestige;  that  he  was  sorry  he  did  not  take 
a  regular  commission  a  year  ago,  in  which  event  he  would  now  be  a  Captain. 
He  further  stated  that  it  was  not  his  purpose  to  stay  in  the  Army,  that  he 
was  fed  up  on  this  War,  and  when  it  was  over,  he  was  going  to  marry  a 
rich  girl  and  come  home.  He  did  not  indicate  that  the  girl  had  been 
selected,  or,  if  selected,  had  been  consulted  about  it." 

Lieutenant  Miller  wrote  his  parents  from  "The  Heavy  Artillery  School, 
A.  P.  O.  No.  733,  A.  E.  F.,"  November  17,  191S: 

"I  have  never  done  so  much  work  before  in  my  life  as  I  am  doing  now. 
Really,  it  is  as  one  of  the  boys  remarked — 'if  you  drop  your  pencil  and  take 
time  to  pick  it  up,  you  find  yourself  a  month  behind.'  What  I  am  doing  is 
studying  heavy  artillery,  and  I  am  at  Angers.  The  work  is  very  interesting 
and  also  very  hard,  being  quite  complicated   and   technical.     *     *     *. 

"I  received  your  letter  saying  my  commission  as  First  Lieutenant,  F.  A. 
had  come.  I  received  a  telegram  last  Wednesday  from  G.  H.  Q.  to  the  same 
effect,  so  I  am  wearing  white  bars  now,  instead  of  gold. 

"You  knew  I  was  awarded  the  'D.  S.  C  back  in  June.  It  was  presented 
to  me  Wednesday  by  General  West.     There  was  a  special  formation  of  all 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Ai.umxi  (Cont'd)         253 

the  troops   at  Angers— about  3,000   enlisted   personnel   and   700   officers,   in- 
cluding twenty  field  officers  and  Generals." 

He  also  received  the  French  "Croix  de  Guerre." 

The  Commander-in-Chief's  Citation  with  the  "D.  S.  C."  was  as  follows: 

"Second  Lieutenant  John  Craig  Miller,  Jr.,  Engineers.  About  midnight, 
June  19-20,  1918,  near  Lucy-le-Bocage,  with  a  few  volunteers,  entered  a  woods 
heavily  shelled  and  gassed,  and  recovered  two  wounded  members  of  his 
platoon." 

First  Lieutenant  Miller's  father,  J.  C.  Miller,  was  graduated  in  the 
Class  of  1880,  and  is  a  most  loyal,  generous  and  devoted  "Old  Cadet." 

First  Lieutenant  JOHN  C.  NELSON,  JR,  Class  1918.  From  Virginia. 
119th  Infantry,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Prisoner  of  War. 
Left  the  Institute,  June  8,  1917,  for  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at 
Fort  Myer,  Virginia.  Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  U.  S.  R., 
August  15,  and  assigned  to  the  80th  Division  at  Camp  Lee.  Transferred 
to  the  30th  Division  at  Camp  Sevier,  Sept.  2.  Assigned  to  Co.  "F,"  2nd 
N.  C.  Infantry,  which  Company  he  remained  with  until  March  1,  1919.  The 
2nd  North  Carolina  Infantry  was  changed,  under  the  re-organization  plan, 
to  the  119th  Infantry.  Sailed  from  Philadelphia,  May  6,  1918,  on  a  British 
boat  and  landed  at  Liverpool,  England,  May  27,  and  at  Calais,  France,  May 
28.  Trained  in  the  Licque  Area  during  June,  and  went  into  the  line  at 
Ypres,  early  in  July,  for  instruction  with  the  British.  Went  to  a  School  in 
July  in  the  Southern  part  of  France,  and  returned  to  his  outfit  on  the  first 
of  August  in  the  same  area.  Relieved  the  33rd  British  Division  in  the  Ypres 
Sector,  August  15,  and  stayed  there  until  September  4.  During  this  time 
the  Boche  evacuated  Mount  Kemmel  which  was  just  to  his  right,  and  he 
took  part  in  a  little  attack  advancing  about  1,500  or  2,000  yards.  This  was 
his  first  action,  other  than  merely  holding  the  line,  and  his  unit  was  very 
successful.  He  moved  from  this  sector  on  Sept.  7,  and  went  in  training  for 
the  fall  advance  between  Cambrai  and  St.  Quentin.  Went  into  the  line, 
September  27,  and  attacked  the  famous  Hindenburg  Line  on  the  morning 
of  September  29.  Very  successful  in  this  attack,  taking  all  the  objectives 
and  capturing  1,800  men  and  killing  many  more.  He  was  captured  that  day 
about  noon,  with  six  other  men  from  various  companies  of  the  regiment. 
His  capture  was  due  to  the  fact  that  his  right  fiank  was  held  up  lor  a  lonfe 
time,  early  that  morning,  and  in  the  fog  and  smoke  he  got  separated  from 
his  outfit.  When  captured  he  was  within  bombing  distance  of  his  objec- 
tive, and  at  least  2,000  yards  ahead  of  the  line.  He  found  out  later  that  the 
Division  did  not  reach  this  objective  (which  was  the  last  one)  until  around 
7  o'clock  that  evening.  Tlie  line  broke  very  easily,  directly  in  front  of  him, 
and  as  communication  was  very  poor,  and  vision  still  worse,  he  walked  into 
a  trap,  without  knowing  it. 

The  first  three  weeks  of  his  captivity  was  anything  but  pleasant.  He 
was  moved  from  place  to  place,  sometimes  by  train  and  sometimes  walking. 
The  nights  were  very  sharp,  and  all  suffered  a  great  deal  from  the  lack  of 
food  and   clothing.     He  traveled  at  one  time   for  thirty-six  hours   without 


254         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

food  or  water,  other  than  a  quarter  of  a  loaf  of  black  bread  which  was  un- 
palatable.    During  his  journey  into  Germany  he  went  through  two  allied  air 
raids,  which,  though  not  very  pleasant,  raised  the  air  service  in  his  estima- 
tion 100  per  cent.     His  first  stop  in  Germany,  for  any  length  of  time,  was 
at  Karlsrhue.     He  was  kept  there   locked  in  a  room   in  an  old  American 
hotel  for  three  days.    After  being  questioned  he  was  sent  to  a  concentration 
camp  in  the  heart  of  the  town  where  he  stayed  for  two  weeks.    Upon  enter- 
ing this  camp  he  was  searched  again,  and  everything  he  had  succeeded  in 
smuggling  through  previous  inspections  was  taken  from  him.     He  got  very 
good  treatment  here,  as  the  American  Red  Cross  had  established  its  head- 
quarters, and  the  prisoners  were  given  some  good  food  through  them.    They 
were  all  given  a  good  bath  too,  which  was  something  none  of  them  had  had 
for  at  least  three  weeks,  and  some  had  been  longer  than  that  without  one. 
At  this  camp  there  were  officers  from  all  the  allied  armies.     Several  of  them 
tried  to  escape,  but  were  not  succef.sful.    From  here  all  the  American  officers 
were  sent  to  Villingen  which  is  near  Constance,  on  the  Swiss  border.     They 
were  sent  there  about  the  middle  of  October  and  stayed   until   the  23  of 
November  when  they  were  started  on  their  way  back  to  France.     At  this 
camp  Nelson  met  1st  Lieutenant  R.  B.  Rhett,  from  Charleston,  S.  C,  who 
graduated   from   the   Institute  in   the  Class   of  1910,  and   Charlie  Nash,   of 
Class  1917,  who  were  both  prisoners.     On  November.  29  he  crossed  the  Swiss 
border,  and,  after  a  long  day's  journey  through  Switzerland,  landed  at  Bel- 
grade, France,  that  night.     TTie  prisoners  were  met  there  by  an  American 
Red  Cross  train  and  carried  to  the  Base  Hospital  at  Allerey.    They  were 
kept  there  two  weeks  and  then  most  of  them  were  returned  to  their  old 
outfits.     He  rejoined   his   regiment  about   the  middle   cf   December,  in  the 
Le  Mans  area.     He  stayed  there  until  about  the  middle  of  February  when 
he  moved  to  the  forwarding  camp  at  Le  Mans.     He  remained  there  until 
March   10,   when    he   was  moved  to   St.   Nazaire   for   transportation   to   the 
States.     He  sailed  from  there,  March  18,  and  landed  at  Charleston,  S.  C, 
April  1.    From  there  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Jackson  to  be  mustered  out,  and 
on  April  29,  after  he  had  had  tw^o  weeks'  leave,  he  received  his  discharge. 

[Three  V.  M.  L  men  had  the  misfortune  to  be  made  Prisoners  of  War — 
Surgeon  R.  B.  Rhett,  Captain  Charles  P.  Nash  and  First  Lieutenant  John 
C.  Nelson,  Jr.,  Rhett  and  Nash  have  given  their  experiences  of  prison-life. 
Now,  let  Nelson  give  his  experience.] 

A  Few  Events  in  the  Every  Day  Life  of  a  Kriegs-Gefangenenlager  at 
Villingen,  Baden,  as   related  in   his   Diary  by  J.   C.   Nelson,   Jr.,  1st  Lieu- 
tenant, U.  S.  Army,  Officers'  Prison  Camp,  Villingen,  Baden,  embracing  the 
period,  September  29-November  27,  1918: 
"Sept.  29th,  1918. 

"  'Jumped  or  at  5:50  A.  M.  just  in  front  of  Bellicourt.  Everything  went 
0.  K.  until  about  7:30  when  the  fog  became  so  dense  that  one  could  not  see 
any  distance.  Lost  connection  with  my  platoon  then,  and  with  rest  ol 
the  Company.  Decided  to  push  ahead  with  the  men  I  had.  who  were  from 
B,  F,  G,  H,  and  K  Companies.  Met  Jackson  about  8  o'clock  with  a  few 
men.  and  we  both  decided  the  only  thing  to  do  was  to  keep  up  with  the 
barrage  and  trust  to  luck  that  the  line  would  catch  up  wfth  us.  We  mopped 
up  several   trenches  and  sent  back  numerous  prisoners.     At  this  time  we 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distingulshed  Alumni  (Cont'd)        255 

were  not  in  connection  with  either  my  right  or  left  flank,  and  I  kept  con- 
nection with  the  few  men  I  had  by  calling  from  one  man  to  another.     Sud- 
denly machine-guns  opened  up  on  us,  and  two  men  were  wounded  next  to 
me.     The  line  stopped   and  lay  down,  but  did  not   fire,   as   they   could   see 
nothing  to  fire  at.     At  this  time  Jackson  and   1   had  about  ten  men.     We 
■ordered  them   to  take  cover  and   wait   for  the  fog  to   lift.     Jackson   and   I 
and  one  runner  took  cover  in   a   small  T.  M.  hole,  and   proceeded  to  wait 
until  the  fog  lifted.     It  lifted  very  suddenly  about  ten  o'clock,  and  we  found 
that  we  were  about  15  yards  in   front  of  the  Boche   line  which  was  very 
heavily    manned    with    machine-guns   and    infantry.      We    lay    quiet,    in    the 
hope   that  the  Australians   would   pass   over   us,  but  no   such   luck.     About 
10.30  a  party  of  Boche  surrounded  us  and  made  us  prisoners  of  war.     We 
were  first  searched  in  the  trench,  and  everything  of  value  was  taken  from 
us.     I  lost  a  good  safety  razor,  field  glasses  and  all  toilet  articles.     We  were 
then  marched  about  twenty  kilos  to  Division  Headquarters  where  we  wei'>3 
again  searched,  and  here  I  lost  my  trench  coat,  with  the  wool  lining.     The 
Intelligence  Officer  kept  it,  and  he  was  seen  by  Hawkins  wearing  it  the  next 
day.    He  was  from  Chicago  and  about  as  contemptible  as  could  be.     I  should 
like  very  much   to  meet  him  after  the  War,   on  an   equal  basis,  and   give 
him  what  he  deserves.    We  spent  the  night  at  this  place  which  was  Bousseny. 
Found   a  young  R.   F.   C.   man   there   the  next   morning.     Hawkins  arrived 
about  5   o'clock,   that  afternoon,   with  some   other  ofl^cers — British,   Scotch. 
Welsh,  and  New  Zealanders,  and  all  of  us  started  for  LeQuesnoy.     We  went 
to  Le  Cateau  and  spent  the  night,  and  thence  to  Le  Quesnoy.     Here  we  ran 
into  a  bunch  of  British  oflRcers,  and  one  American  Captain,  from  the  106th. 
We  stayed  at  Le  Quesnoy  until  the  3  of  Oct.,  and  then  we  left  for  Karlsrhue. 
Had  a  miserable  trip  up.     Tlie  first  night  we  spent  in  a  coach  with  no  win- 
dow panes  in  the  frames,  and  nearly  froze.     The  second  night  we  spent  at 
the  Station  in  Charleville,  with  a  bunch  of  German  soldiers.     We  were  fed 
pretty   well  here,   in  comparison   to   what  we  had   been  getting.     Here,  we 
lost  a  British  aviator  who  was  taken  sick  and  left  in  the  Hospital.     Left 
Charleville  Saturday  A.  M.  and  arrived  at  Metz  about  8  P.  M.,  going  all  day 
without  anything  to  eat  but  a  loaf  of  sour  bread.     Spent  the  night  at  the 
Station  in   Metz  and  slept  on  the  bare  stone  fioor.     Had   fairly  good  food 
here.     They  bombed  Metz  all  night  long,  and  it  was  a  sight  to  see  the  people 
run  and  scream.     Left  Metz  Sunday  A.  M.  and  had  a  nice  trip  from  there 
to  Karlsrhue.     The  scenery  was  very  beautiful,   and   this   part  of  the  trip 
was  enjoyed  by  all  of  us.     Spent  Sunday  night  and  Monday  night  in  a  hotel 
there,  and  Tuesday  we  left  for  the  camp.     Were  met  here  by  the  American 
representative    (of  the  Red  Cross)    who  gave   us  an   emergency   kit  and  a 
cake  of  chocolate.     This  went  mighty  good. 

"Tuesday,    Oct.    7th. 

"Coffee  for  breakfast  as  usual;  same  old  soup,  with  potatoes  and  coffee, 
for  dinner,  and  a  little  more  bread.  Has  been  raining  all  morning  and 
everything  is  quite  dreary.  A  new  prisoner  came  in  last  night.  Have  done 
nothing  but  lie  around  all  day,  and  am  bored  to  death.  Wish  they  would 
move  us  to  our  final  destination.  Spent  my  last  cent  last  night,  and  have 
only  a  few  cigarettes  left.  Am  saving  the  butts,  so  that  I  can  roll  one  out 
of  them.  Sure  would  like  to  have  a  bath,  as  I  am  quite  dirty  now,  not 
having  had  a  bath  since  Sept.  18.  Left  hotel  about  2  o'clock  for  Camp  Karls- 
rhue. This  Camp  seems  to  be  quite  nice.  Have  seen  a  few  American 
aviators,  the  first  I  have  ever  seen  outside  of  Paris.  Had  a  pretty  good 
supper  and  was  issued  a  nice  little  emergency  kit  by  the  Red  Cross.  Will 
get  an   issue  of  heavy    underclothes,   socks   and   0.   D.   shirt   tomorrow. 

"Wednesday,  Oct.  8th. 

"Answered  roll-call  at  10  A.  M.  Was  then  issued  my  clothing  Got  a 
huge  issue  of  food  from  the  Red  Cross,  about  eleven  o'clock,  and  have  been 
stuffing  ever  since.     I  feel  uncomfortably  full  now,  for  the  first  time  since 


256  ViKGiNi^  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

I  have  been  in  captivity.  This  is  quite  a  lazy  and  boring  life.  Nothing  to  do 
but  amuse  yourself.  Had  a  fine  shave  this  A.  M.,  the  first  I  have  had  in  four 
days.  Am  going  for  a  walk  around  the  courtyard  this  afternoon.  Hope  to 
get  a  good  bath  tomorrow  and  get  clean  once  more.  Know  I  will  weigh 
20  lbs.  less  after  I  bathe.  Will  finish  this  just  before  I  go  to  bed.  Am  going 
to  write  a  letter  home  now  and  tell  them  all  about  it.  Had  a  big  feed,  about 
7  o'clock,  with  some  good  hot  tea  which  I  liked  very  much.  Have  just  come 
back  from  roll-call  and  am  going  to  bed  tout  de  suite. 

"Thursday,  Oct.  9th. 

"Had  a  singing  contest  until  about  11  P.  M.  last  night,  to  the  great 
annoyance  of  our  neighbors.  Took  a  nice  hot  bath  this  morning,  and,  'sure 
nuff,'  I  feel  20  lbs.  lighter,  as  I  predicted.  We  were  issued  food  at  2  o'clock, 
and  Mclntyre  and  Davies  are  now  making  out  a  menu  through  Monday 
when  we  get  another  issue.  We  are  to  have  a  huge  feed  soon,  and,  be- 
lieve me,  I'll  be  ready  for  it.  This  life  is  terribly  lazy;  all  we  do  is  to 
look  for  'eats',  and  sleep.  There  is  to  be  a  big  baseball  game  this  evening 
between  the  fliegers  and  the  doughboys.  There's  no  question  as  to  who 
will  win.  Heard  this  morning  that  we  had  advanced  ten  miles  from  Belli- 
court  (the  place  where  I  was  taken).  If  that  keeps  up  we  will  soon  be 
over  the  Rhine,  and  then  back  to  the  dear  old  U.  S.  A.  We  are  having  lovely 
weather;  and  here's  hoping  it  keeps  up,  so  that  we  can  show  the  Boche 
who's  who.     Here  comes  the  food,  so  will  call  this  off  until  this  afternoon^ 

"Friday,  Oct.  10th. 

"Nothing  exciting  this  A.  M.  Answered  roll-call  at  10  o'clock  and  then 
played  auction  bridge  until  dinner,  losing  four  marks.  I  am  still  one  mark 
to  the  good.  Dinner  was  poor,  but  we  are  having  a  big  feed  at  3  o'clock, 
which  will  make  up  for  it.  Have  been  playing  baseball  and  feel  very  good, 
it's  the  first  exercise  I  have  had  since  I  have  been  in  captivity.  I  am 
going  to  play  every  day  for  exercise.  Have  just  heard  that  we  captured 
10,000  prisoners  and  200  guns,  near  Cambrai  yesterday. 

"Saturday,  Oct.  11th. 

"The  day  has  been  very  quiet  and  decidedly  lacking  in  excitement. 
Answered  roll-call  at  10  A.  M.  and  then  had  my  usual  morning  'whiskey  and 
soda,'  without  the  ivhiskcy.  Read  the  communique  from  the  French,  and  am 
very  well  satisfied.  La  Cateau  has  been  taken,  and  we  are  still  going  strong. 
I  was  in  La  Cateau  about  ten  days  ago,  and  then  it  was  distinctly  German. 
Would  like  to  be  there  now  and  help  get  rid  of  some  more  Boche.  Have 
heard  wild  rumors  about  Germany's  agreeing  to  withdraw  to  the  border, 
and  have  an  armistice.  Certainly  hope  it  is  true.  Had  another  hard 
bread  issue  this  afternoon.  There  is  to  be  a  show  tonight;  think  I  shall 
go  and  give  the  'local  talent'  a  chance. 

"Sunday,  Oct.  12th. 

"The  show  was  very  good  last  night  and  I  enjoyed  it  very  much.  Shea, 
our  representative,  took  a  very  prominent  part  in  it.  Roll-call  was  late  this 
A.  M.,  on  account  of  church.  I  didn't  go  to  church.  We  had  regular  horse 
flesh  for  dinner  today.  We  have  a  big  feed  tonight,  and  we  get  a  big  issue 
from  the  Red  Cross  tomorrow.  They  certainly  are  a  life-saver,  and  I  don't 
know  just  what  we  would  do  if  they  didn't  help  us.  Have  just  heard  that 
the  interpreter  said  that  Germany  has  agreed  to  Wilson's  terms.  He  ex- 
pects to  be  home  by  Xmas,  and  for  us  to  be  on  our  way.  Learned  from 
French  communique,  of  Sept.  30,  that  our  stunt  of  the  29  was  successful. 
We  captured  4,000  prisoners  and  60  guns.  I  am  glad  to  say  that  I  helped 
to  capture  and  kill  some  of  them,  before  I  was  captured.  Have  been  over 
here  exactly  five  months  and  two  days.    Today  is  my  15th  day  of  captivity. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)         257 

■Monday,  Oct.   13th. 

"Nothing  of  excitement  has  happened  this  A.  M.  Answered  roll-call, 
as  usual,  and  drew  rations  at  2.30.  Am  eating  again,  or,  rather  am  still 
eating.  The  more  I  eat,  the  more  I  want  to  eat.  Several  new  officers  came 
in  this  evening,  and  they  had  some  very  good  'dope'  to  give  out.  We  had 
quite  a  bit  of  excitement  last  night.  The  little  fat  Boche  officer  got  mad 
because  somebody  made  a  noise  and  called  us  back  at  11  o'clock.  None 
of  us  minded  it.  because  going  to  bed  late  made  us  sleep  better. 

"Tuesday,  Oct.  14th. 

"Had  a  meeting  after  roll-call  this  A.  M.  and  decided  that  all  American 
officers  would  fall  in  together,  and  all  British  officers  together.  Nothing 
exciting  has  happened  today.  It  has  been  raining  all  day,  and  things  look 
very  dreary.  Time  certainly  drags.  Am  very  uncomfortable,  aa  a  result 
of  the  big  feed  we  had  tonight.  Can't  get  any  more  'dope'  on  the  Armistice, 
and  am  afraid  it  is  going  to  fall  through.  I  don't  believe  it  makes  so  much 
difference,  for  we  are  going  good  now.  Sure  would  like  to  see  the  war  over 
by  Xmas,  though. 

"Wednesday,    Oct.    15th. 

"A  bunch  of  British  officers  left  this  A.  M.  We  lost  three  of  them 
that  were  with  us,  and  I  certainly  am  sorry,  for  they  were  mighty  nice 
fellows.  No  news,  officially,  so  far.  Heard  that  President  Wilson  had  de- 
manded an  unconditional  surrender  by  Germany.  That's  a  pretty  big 
thing,  but  President  Wilson  knows  what  he  is  doing.  We  draw  hard  bread 
at  2  o'clock,  and  then  for  another  big  feed.  I  am  getting  worse  every  day 
about  eating.     This  life  sure  runs  you.     Lost  12  marks  at  auction  bridge. 

"Thursday,  Oct.  16th. 

"Three  American  officers  arrived  last  night,  two  from  the  Artillery 
and  one  from  the  Medical  Corps.  No  'dope'  today.  Rations  are  coming 
forth,  and  we  shall  have  a  good  feed  once  more.  Read  President  Wilson's 
note  today,  and  it  certainly  is  a  wonder.  Am  very  anxious  to  see  what 
Germany  is  going  to  have  to  say.  The  map  looks  very  encouraging  today. 
We  will  soon  be  in  Lille,  and  then  the  Boche  transport  lines  will  be  shot 
to  pieces.  Played  cards  last  night  and  again  this  A.  M.  It  is  a  very  good 
way  to  pass  the  time.  No  lights  last  night,  but  am  hoping  we  will  have 
some  this  P.  M.  Oh,  I  almost  forgot  that  T  had  a  wonderful  bath  this  A.  M. 
I'm  beginning  to  get  quite  civilized  once  more.  They  have  been  taking 
down  all  the  wire  on  the  inside  of  the  grounds.  We  have  been  wondering 
just  what  their  idea  Is. 

"Friday.  Oct.  17th. 

"Left  Karlsrhue  about  noon  today,  and,  after  traveling  until  about 
six  o'clock,  arrived  at  Villingen  which  is  only  thirty  kilometers  from  Con- 
stance, on  the  Swiss  border.  This  is  quite  an  old  and  auaint  town.  Thfi 
town  proper  has  a  high  wall  around  it.  with  gates  at  both  ends  and  in  the 
centre,  with  high  towers  and  loop  holes  in  them.  It  has  grown  quite  a 
bit.  evidently,  for  now  there  are  as  many  houses  outside  the  ^wall  as  there 
are  inside.  Our  camp  is  about  a  half  mile  from  the  town,  in  a  large  open 
field,  with  miles  of  rolling  ground  around.  Just  across  the  road  there  is 
a  barracks  with  about  five  hundred  Germans  in  it.  They  all  seem  to  be 
either  very  old  men  or  young  boys.  There  are  about  two  hundred  Ameri- 
can officers  here  and  they  all  seem  to  be  very  nice.  One  of  them,  Dr.  Red- 
mond, has  asked  me  to  eat  with  him  tonight,  and  has  offered  to  help  us 
get  our  mess  started  in  the  morning.  It  certainly  is  nice  of  him  to  ask  me. 
and  you  can  bet  that  I  appreciate  it.  Hope  I  will  be  able  to  do  something 
for  him  some  day.  The  Boche  took  my  little  diary  away  from  me  today, 
and  we  are  all  speculating  on  what  they  are  going  to  do  to  me,  for  I  have 


258         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

said  some  things  that  are  not  very  complimentary  to  them.     Guess  I  will 
have  to  stop  this,  as  my  paper  has  giv(!n  out  and  I  can't  get  any  more. 

[Between  this  date  and  November   27  the  following  notes  were   made, 
at  odd  times:] 

"Oct.  24  Lieutenant  Mowary  was  buried  in  the  village  cemetery.  Oct. 
•27  Charlie  Nash  (Marine  Corps  aviator)  and  Bellamy  arrived.  Charlie  was 
shot  down  on  Friday,  Sept.  13,  and  has  had  his  left  arm  amputated;  he  is  the 
same  old  Charlie  and  just  as  bright  as  ever.  Bellamy  was  wounded  and 
captured,  the  same  day  I  was,  but  I  thought  he  was  dead,  as  none  of  us 
had  heard  anything  from  him.  Sure  was  glad  to  see  both  of  them,  for  they 
had  a  lot  of  'dope'  to  give  out.  Nov.  1.  We  had  a  pretty  heavy  snow  last 
night  and  everything  looks  beautiful  this  morning.  We  are  about  twenty 
seven  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  and  it  is  awfully  cold;  wish  I  had  my 
overcoat  and  some  good  shoes.  We  had  a  little  singing  contest  last  night, 
much  to  the  annoyance  of  the  guard;  it's  a  good  thing  he  can't  speak  Eng- 
lish, for  we  would  all  be  in  the  'brig'  if  he  could. 

"Wednesday,  Nov.  27th. 

"Haven't  been  able  to  keep  this  written  up  like  I  wanted  to.  Didn't 
get  my  little  diary  back  until  the  other  day,  and  now  I  have  just  finished 
copying  it  into  this  book;  will  try  to  set  down  a  few  things  that  happened 
after  the  Armistice  was  declared.  Soon  afterwards  the  Boche  promised 
us  every  day  that  we  would  go  the  next  day;  and  after  about  ten  days  of 
restless  waiting  the  Inspector _  from  Rastatt  came  down  and  told  us  we 
wouldn't  go  before  Thanksgiving.  That  nearly  caused  a  riot,  and  after 
that  we  proceeded  to  boycott  the  Canteen.  Some  British  came  in,  a  few 
days  later,  from  Rastatt,  and,  soon,  their  Colonel,  and  Colonel  Brown  fixed 
it  up  so  that  we  were  allowed  to  go  walking,  without  a  guard,  from  9  to  12 
and  2  to  6.  Spent  most  of  my  time  visiting  the  town.  It  was  very  pitiful 
to  see  the  old  German  women  and  the  little  children  with  hollow  faces,  due 
to  the  lack  of  food.  Food  is  very  expensive  and  of  an  inferior  type.  Soap 
is  practically  unheard  of  and  it  commands  fabulous  prices.  Quite  a  few 
officers  traded  soap  and  canned  food  for  souvenirs.  I  have  only  a  few 
things;  was  unable  to  get  any  more  on  account  of  the  lack  of  money.  We 
left  Villingen  Tuesday  morning  at  5:30  and  arrived  in  Constance  about 
10.30.  Here  we  were  very  much  disappointed  to  find  that  we  had  to  stay 
over  until  Friday  morning.  We  got  up  this  morning  in  a  rain  and  it  has 
been  raining  ever  since.  I  am  very  sorry,  for  I  had  hoped  to  be  able  to 
see  something  of  the  city  while  here.  Captain  Truxal  has  just  passed 
around  nine  cigarettes,  and  I  certainly  am  glad,  for  I  was  completely  out 
of  smokes.  Before  leaving  Villingen  the  Commandant  made  the  following 
speech: 

"  'Sooner  than  you  expected,  your  day  of  liberation  has  arrived.  In  a 
short  time  you  will  be  back  again  with  your  own  dear  folks  in  America 
and  England.  Tell  them  that  the  German  people  have  no  more  grievance 
against  them.  They  do  not  consider  themselves  as  conquered,  but  as  con- 
quering (as  you  can  see  by  the  troops  coming  back  from  the  front),  because 
they  have  won  their  own  liberty.  Now,  it  is  your  time  to  give  the  German 
people  a  just  peace  in  the  peace  terms  which  will  give  them  the  liberty  to 
live  justly  and  peacefully  with  the  world  at  large,  and  which  will  leave  no 
hate  to  again  disturb  the  peace  of  the  world. 

"  'We  all  hope  that  you  will  reach  your  homes  safely  and  find  every 
one  in  good  health.  I  again  request  you  not  to  part  from  Germany  with 
hatred  against  us,  and  not  to  infiuence  your  people  against  Germany,  as  it 
is  now  not  as  it  has  been  judged  (perhaps  justly)  up  to  the  present  time. 
The  new  Germany  has  the  desire  to  live  at  perfect  peace  with  her  recent 
thirty  Enemies;  but  at  the  same  time,  claims  an  honourable  peace  which 
will  give  her  the  possibility  to  live  as  promised  by  President  Wilson. 

"  'Again,  happy  returns,'  " 


Some  of  the  Specially  Disiinguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)        259 

I'irst  Lieutenant  WILLIAM  T.  GOULD,  JR.,  Class  1918.     From  New  York. 

Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  Field  Artillery.     Detailed  to  Air  Service. 

Graduated  with  "First  Honour"  of  his  Class  at  Princeton  Ground  School 
and  Commandant  (temporary).  Sailed  for  overseas  service,  March,  1918, 
with  rank,  "Cadet,  Air  Service."  Promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant.  Transferred 
to  Italy  for  flying  duty. 

Fifteen  months'  service  in  France  and  Italy. 

He  wore  the   "Black  Bird"  and  two  Gold  Vs. 

First  Lieutenant  J.  CHRISTIAN  NOWLIN,  JR.,  Class  1913.  From  Virginia. 
Company   "L,"   30th   Infantry,   3rd   Division,   A.    E.    F. 

Commissioned,  August  15,  1917,  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry.  Promoted  to 
1st  Lieutenant,  and  assigned  to  159th  Infantry,  at  Camp  Kearny,  California. 
Transferred  to  Company  "L,"  30th  Infantry,  3rd  Division. 

Severely  wounded  in  action  in  France,  October  9,  1918. 

Home,   1100  Federal  Street,  Lynchburg,  Virginia. 

First  Lieutenant  RICHARD  M.  HULL,  Class  1917.     From  Georgia. 

Company  "L" — later,  Company   "K,"   4th  U.   S.   Infantry,   3rd   Division, 

3rd  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia,  December,  1917,  1st  Lieu- 
tenant, Company  "L"  (later,  transferred  to  Company  "K"),  4th  U.  S.  In- 
fantry, 3rd  Division,  3rd  Corps. 

In  all  the  fighting  of  his  Division.     Severely  wounded  at , 

.  1918. 

In  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne,  where  his  regiment  was  cut  to  pieces, 
he  was  cited  for  exceptional  bravery. 

Home,   10   Drayton   Street,    Savannah,  Georgia. 

First  Lieutenant  WILLIAMS  L.  EFFINGER,  Class  1907.  From  Maryland. 
Company  "C,"  143rd  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  in  the  5th  Texas  Infantry.  June 
4,  1917.  Transferred,  November  16,  1917,  to  Company  "C,"  143rd  Infantry, 
Camp  Bowie,  Texas.     On  July  6,  1918,  he  sailed  with  his  outfit  for  France. 

He  was  in  the  following  actions:  Champagne  Front,  Mont  Blanc,  Octo- 
ber 6-27,  1918;   Argonne  Forest,  November  11,  1918. 

Discharged  at  Camp  Dix,  N    J.,  July  9,   1919. 

He  is  now  in  tlie  wholesale  Lumber  Business  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 
404  Wheat  Building. 

First  Lieutenant  G.  OTHO  THOMPSON.  Class   191b.     From   Texas. 
142nd  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  142nd  Infantry,  June  4,  1917,  at 
Amarillo,  Texas.  Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  same  regiment,  June  7, 
1917.  Sailed  for  France  with  his  organization  and  was  in  all  the  engage- 
ments in  which  it  participated,  behaving  with  great  gallantry.  Awarded 
French  Croix  de  Guerre  for  bravery  in  action. 


260         Virginia  Militaey  Institute — World  War  Record 

Upon  his  discharge  from  the  Service,  he  returned  to  his  pre-war  occupa- 
tion   with    The  B.   R.   Roach   Drug   Company    (wholesale),   Amarillo,   Texas. 

His  brother,  Lt.  Colonel  Ernest  O.  Thompson,  of  Class  1914,  attained 
distinction  likewise  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

First  Lieutenant  ALAN  McC.  SMITH,  Class  1912.     From  Alabama. 
167th   Infantry,   42nd    (Rainbow)    Division,   A.    E.   F. 

He  served  as  First  Lieutenant  and  Battalion  Adjutant  in  the  Alabama 
National  Guard  (4th  Alabama  Infantry),  on  the  Mexican  Border  in  19161917. 
He  was,  later,  assigned  to  the  lG7th  Infantry,  "Rainbow"  Division  and  went 
to  France.  He  served  ffom  April,  1917  to  January,  1919,  and  one  year 
of  tbe  time  overseas.  He  was  in  all  the  engagements  in  which  his  Division 
participated,  until  wounded.  He  was  in  the  Baccarat  Sector  five  months;  in 
the  Champagne  Sector  two  weeks ;  in  the  Marne  Offensive,  and  in  the  Chateau 
Thierry  Salient. 

He  was  severely  wounded,  July  26,  1918,  at  the  battle  of  La  Croix  Rouge 
Farm  (Chateau  Thierry  Salient).  He  behaved  with  conspicuous  gallantry 
and  was  highly  commended. 

First   Lieutenant   CONRAD   HOCK,  Class   1918.     From  Virginia. 

Machine-Gun  Battalion,  59th   (Regular)    Infantry, 

4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Left  V.  M.  I.,  as  he  entered  the  First  Class,  and  enlisted  in  the  first 
Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Myer,  Virginia.  Commissioned  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, Regular  Army.  Ordered  to  Camp  Greene,  N.  C,  and  assigned  to 
59th  Infantry  (Regular),  4th  Division.  Sailed  for  France  in  May,  1918. 
Promoted  First  Lieutenant.  September  25,  1918.  In  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 
Served   in  all   the   engagements   participated   in   by   the   4th  Division. 

Address,   Box   186,   Gary,   W.   Virginia. 

Home,   601  Campbell  Avenue,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Virginia. 

His  brother,  Frederick  S.  Hock,  of  Class  1915,  served  in  the  War  as 
First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  155th  Depot  Brigade,  stationed  at  Camp  Lee, 
Virginia. 

First  Lieutenant  RICHARD  F.  WELTON,  JR.,  Class  1915.  From  Virginia. 
60th  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  November  27,  1917,  and  as- 
signed to  the  60th  Infantry,  Company  "I,"  at  Camp   Greene,  N.   C. 

He  sailed  for  France,  April  16,  1918.  Saw  service  in  the  Vosges  Moun- 
tains during  June,  July  and  August;  also  in  th,e  St.  Mihiel  Drive,  and  in 
the  Meuse-Argonne,  with  the  5th  Division.  He  was  promoted  to  First  Lieu- 
tenant, October  12,  1918.  He  received  one  Citation  for  bravery  from  a 
General  Officer. 

He  was  in  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  served  in  Luxemburg  from 
November,  1918  to  July,  1919.  ' 

On  July  20,  1919,  he  returned  lome  and  was  discharged  six  days  later. 

He  has  re  entered  the  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Business  in  which  he 
left  to  enter  the  Military  Service.  Address,  P.  O.  Box  193,  Portsmouth, 
Virginia. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         261 

First  Lieutenant  SCOTT  WILSON,  Class  1910.     From  Missouri. 
356tli  Infantry,  89th  Division,     A.  E.  F. 

First  Training  Camp,  Fort  Riley,  May  12  to  August  12,  1917.  Com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant  there,  August  12,  1917.  With  164th  Depot 
Brigade,  September  12  to  December  17,  1917,  Instructor,  3rd  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp,  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  January  18-April  18,  1918. 

Sailed  for  overseas  Service  with  356th  Infantry,  S9th  Division,  May  18, 
1918.  Saw  service  with  89th  Division  in  Toul  Sector,  Enrizon  Sector,  St. 
Mihiel  Offensive  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive.  Promoted  to  First  Lieu- 
tenant. 

With  Army  of  Occupation  from  November  18,  191S  to  May  19,  1919. 

Honourably  discharged,  June  24,  1919. 

Occupation,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  c/o  Carleton  Dry  Goods  Company, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

First  Lieutenant  ROBERT  T.  CROWDER,  Class  1908.     From  Virginia. 

Adjutant,  and  then  Intelligence  and  Liaison  Officer,  314th  Maohine-Gun 

Battalion,  80th  Division,  A.  B.  F. 

Graduated,  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Fort  Myer,  August  15.  1917, 
as  First  Lieutenant,  and  assigned  as  Adjutant,  314th  Machine-Gun  Bat- 
talion, 80th  Division,  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  Sailed  with  unit  for  France. 
Served  as  Adjutant  until  September,  1918,  and  then  until  after  the  Armistice 
as  Intelligence  and  Liaison  Officer,  314th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  SOth  Divi- 
sion. Commander  of  "A"  Company,  and,  later,  of  "D"  Company,  315th  Ma- 
chine-Gun Battalion,  until  return  to  United  States,  May  30,  1919.  Was  Ob- 
server with  British  near  Ypres,  in  July,  1918.  In  Somme  Offensive,  August, 
1918.  In  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  November  1-11,  1918.  December,  1918 
and  January,  1919,  he  served  as  Billeting  Officer  and  Town  Major. 

Since  discharge  from  Service,  in  business  of  manufacturing  Cotton 
Goods,  Coca-Cola  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

First  Lieutenant  WILLIAM  R.  JOHNSON,  Class  1907.  From  West  Virginia. 
Headquarters,  32nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Entered  first  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison  Officers'  Training  School,  May 
8,  1917.  Commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  Field  Artillery,  August  14,  1917. 
Assigned  to  323rd  Field  Artillery,  83rd  Division,  September  1,  1917.  Sailed 
for  France,  June  10,  1918.  Attached  to  Headquarters,  32nd  Division,  during 
the  Argonne  Offensive.  Assistant  Adjutant,  Headquarters,  158tli  Field  Artil- 
lery  Brigade,    32nd   Division,    Army    of   Occupation,    Coblenz    Bridge    Head. 

Returned  to  United  States,  June  5,  1919,  and  mustered  out  of  Service. 
Resumed  pre-war  occupation  as  Coal  Operator,  Montgomery,  West  Virginia. 

One  brother  was  graduated  in  1910  and  another  was  a  Cadet  at  the 
V.  M.  I.  His  brother.  Captain  Francis  L.  Johnson,  U.  S.  A.,  World  War, 
was  promoted  to  Major,  R.  C.  when  he  resigned  from  the  Service,  Decem- 
ber 1,  1919. 

First  Lieutenant  PAUL  MIMMS  POTTS,  Class  1917.    From   Louisiana. 
Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 
He   enlisted    in    the   U.    S.    Army,    May   8,    1917.     Sent   to    Camp    Roots, 
Arkansas.     Was  there  about  six  weeks  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  Avia- 


262  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  RECoitD 

tion    Service    and    was    ordered    to    the    Ground    School    at    Austin,    Texas. 
He  remained  there  until  August  11,  1917.     He  was  selected  as  one  of  teri 
picked  men  and  sent  to  Italy    (Foggla  Training  School).     He  received  his 
commission  as  1st  Lieutenant,  March   15,   1918. 
His  father  wrote,   in  August,  1918: 

"The  boy  is  on  the  front  in  Italy,  back  of  the  lines,  near  Milan.  He  is  a 
full-fledged  Italian  and  American  Aviator,  wearing  both  the  Gold  and  Silver 
Eagles. 

"He  was  especially  trained  to  drive  an  Italian  Caproni  Bombing  Airplane 
They  are  called  Battle  Planes  of  the  Air,  and  are  the  largest  Air  Planes  in  use. 

"He  did  not  leave  the  Training  School  until  about  July  21,  1918,  so  has 
been  on  the  front  only  a  month. 

"I,  his  father,  have  filled  this  Questionnaire  out  the  best  I  can,  and  I 
hope  it  will  serve  your  purpose. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Paul  M.  Potts,  Sr., 
Natchitoches,  La." 

First  Lieutenant   SANFORD   P.    GRAVES.   Class    1914.     From   Georgia. 
306th  Engineers,  81st  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia, 
May  8,  1917,  and  was  graduated  First  Lieutenant  of  Engineers,  August  15, 
1917,  at  American  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Assigned  to  Company  "C,"  30Gth  Engineers,  August  29,  1917,  at  Camp 
Jackson,  Columbia,  S.  C.  The  Division  was  transferred  to  Camp  Sevier, 
May,  1918,  and  left  for  France,  July,  1918.  He  attended  the  2nd  Corps 
Engineers'  School  at  Chatillon-Sur-Seine,  and  then  joined  his  regiment  in 
the  Vosges  Mountains.  Was  there  a  month,  in  a  quiet  sector.  He  was  then 
sent  to  the  line,  just  South  of  Verdun,  and  participated  in  th,9  Meuse- 
Argonne  Offensive,  November  1-11,  191S.  Then  ordered  back  to  the  vicinity 
of   Chatillon-Sur-Seine,   and    home,    June,    1919.       Mustered    out,   July.    1919. 

He  resumed  his  pre-war  profession  of  Engineering,  and  is  now  Junior 
Engineer,  Southern   Railway  Company,  at  Knox\ille,   Tenn. 

Like  all  V.  M.  I.  Engineers  in  the  A.  E.  F.,  this  accomplished  young 
officer  won  merited  praise  for  efficiency  and  gallantry  in  action. 

First   Lieutenant  WILLIAM  G.   CANN,  Class   1909.     From   Georgia. 
151st   Machine-Gun   Battalion,  42nd   Division,    A.   E.   F. 

He  served  with  the  National  Guard  of  Georgia  on  the  Mexican  Border, 
191C-1917.  As  soon  as  the  United  States  entered  the  War  with  Germany, 
he  returned  to  Service,  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Company 
"B,"  42nd  (Rainbow)  Division.  He  went  to  France  with  this  Division,  and 
participated  in  its  gallant  fighting. 

On  July ,  1918,  he  was  wounded  at  St.  Mihiel.     He  l^ad  been  promoted 

to  First  Lieutenant,   and   was  serving   in   the   151st  Machine-Gun   Battalion 
of  the  42nd  Division. 

A  younger  brother.  Judge  Samuel  A.  Cann.  of  the  Class  of  1913,  served 
also  gallantly  in  France  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  "G,"  307th  Ammuni- 
tion Train,  82nd  Division. 


Some  of  the  SrEciALLY  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         263 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  full  details  of  service  of  both  these  loyal  "Old 
Cadets"  and  gallant  officers  are  lacking  at  this  writing,  but  it  is  believed 
both  retunied  home  with  their  respective  organizations  and  were  honour- 
ably discharged  from  the  Service. 

Their  address  is  114  W.  Gaston  Street,  Savannah,  Georgia,  Lieutenant 
William  G.  Cann  being  Manager  of  an  Insurance  Agency,  and  his  brother, 
a  prominent  and  successful  young  lawyer. 

First  Lieutenant  WILLIAM   O.   OWEN,  Class   1915.     From   Virginia. 
Machine-Gun  Company,  61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

He  had  served  as  a  private  in  the  Illinois  National  Guard  before  the 
War.  On  August  15,  1917,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  Re- 
serve Corps,  and  October  25,  1917,  Second  Lieutenant  in  U.  S.  A.  Commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant,  the  next  day.  Assigned  to  Machine-Gun  Company, 
Gist  Infantry,   5th   Division. 

Left  for  France,  March  6,  1918.  Served  in  all  the  engagements  par- 
ticipated in  by  his  fighting  Division,  as  follows:  Robeadeau,  La  Cude,  St.  Die 
Sectors,   St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse-Argonne  Offensives. 

With  Army  of  Occupation.  Returned  to  United  States,  June  3,  1919, 
and  resigned  from  the  Service,  June  12. 

Now  Vice-President  and  Assistant  General  Manager,  Owen-Osage  Oil  and 
Gas  Company,     Caney,  Kansas. 

There  were  many  V.  M.  I.  "boys"  in  the  5th  Division,  and  all  behaved 
with  conspicuous  gallantry  and  received  the  commendation  of  their  General 
Officers. 

First  Lieutenant  MONTAGUE  BLUNDON,  Class  1902.  From  Maryland. 
(Civil  Engineer.)     74th  Engineers,  U.   S.  A.,  A.  E.   F. 

He  volunteered,  October  1,  1917,  and  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant 
in  the  Engineers.  He  was  detailed  to  Military  Mapping.  Later,  he  was 
assigned  to  the  74th  Engineers — a  Flash  and  Sound  Ranging  Battalion, 
He  specialized  in  High  Burst  Ranging,  and  was  attached  to  the  30th  Brigade, 
R.  A.  R.,  operating  near  Verdun. 

On  his  return  to  America  he  was  assigned  to  the  Office  of  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, United  States  Army,  and  prepared  a  manual  on  "High  Burst  Rang- 
ing and  Flash  Ranging." 

He   was   honourably    discharged    from    the    Service,    December    1,    1919. 

First  Lieutenant  Blundon's  father  was  a  gallant  member  of  the  "New 
Market"  Battalion  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  a  younger  brother  was  also  a  Cadet 
at  the  V.  M.  I.  The  spirit  that  animated  his  brave  father,  over  fifty  years 
ago,  when  he  charged  with  the  Cadets  over  Bushong  Hill,  that  memorable 
day,  was  his  spirit  when,  though  past  the  age,  and  otherwise  exempt  from 
military  service,  he  volunteered  in  this  War  for  human  freedom,  and  nobly 
performed  his  part. 

First   Lieutenant    FRANKLIN    W.    CARTER,    Class    1912.      From    Virginia. 
Machine-Gun   Company,   165th   Infantry,   42nd   Division,   A.   E.   F. 
In  April,  1917,  he  enlisted  at  the  first  Officers'  Training  School  at  Platte 
burg   N,  y..  and  was  commiasioned  Second  Lieutenant,  August  10.    He  was 


264  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

one  of  the  fortunate  young  officers  selected  at  that  time  to  sail  for  France 
at  once,  where  he  arrived  in  September.  He  was  sent  to  a  Training  School 
at  La  Valbonne,  which  was  th,e  first  of  its  kind  for  American  Officers. 
General  Bullard,  U.  S.  A.,  was  at  that  time  the  Commanding  Officer,  and 
the  Instructors  were  French  Officers,  the  pick  of  the  French  Army  for  such 
work,  and  Lieutenant  Carter  says:  "A  finer  lot  of  men  I  never  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting."  He  decided  to  take  up  Machine-Gun  work  under 
these  Officers,  and  in  December,  1917,  he  was  selected,  among  others,  as 
being  competent  to  take  charge  of  troops  and  train  them  for  Machine-Gun 
work.  He  was  sent  to  the  42nd  Division,  which  had  arrived  in  France  in 
November.  It  is  well  known  what  wonderful  work  this  Division  did.  He 
went  into  the  trenches  first  in  February,  1918,  and  remained  there  almost 
continuously  until  the  Armistice  was  signed,  having  taken  part  in  every  big 
fight  during  that  time.  He  was  in  the  Champagne  battle  near  Chalons, 
when  the  Germans  put  across  their  big  drive  and  were  stopped  by  our  own 
front  line.  It  was  a  glorious  time  for  both  France  and  America.  From 
there  he  went  to  the  Chateau  Thierry  Sector,  and  entered  the  Foret  de  Fere 
on  July  23,  1918.  His  Division  relieved  the  28th  Division,  and  it  continued 
to  drive  the  Bocbe  back.  On  the  2Sth  it  drove  them  from  the  heights  across 
th.9  Ourcq  River.  That  morning  he  started  early  with  five  machine  guns 
and  about  sixty  men  to  defend  the  right  flank  of  the  advancing  Infantry. 
He  accomplished  his  object,  but  with  dearly-bought  glory.  He  reached  the 
hill  beyond  the  River  with  only  seven  men  and  one  gun,  and  soon  after  was 
himself  struck  down  by  a  piece  of  high  explosive  shell.  The  wound  was 
just  above  th.e  ankle  and  the  Surgeons  found  it  necessary  to  remove  one 
and  a  half  inches  of  bone  from  his  leg.  He  said:  "I  considered  myself 
fortunate,  for  what  I  saw  th:\t  day,  and  what  all  of  us  went  through,  was 
Hell  on  earth.     Our  losses  in  that  fight  alone  were  over  fifty  per  cent." 

He  remained  in  the  Hospital  in  France  for  sometime  and  was  then  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  and  placed  in  General  Hospital  No.  2,  at  Fort 
McHenry,  Baltimore,  where  he  remained  until  April,  1919,  when  he  was 
discharged,  cured,  but  limping.  He  at  once  returned  to  his  pre-war  work 
aa  Electrical  Engineer  with  the  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Company,  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

He  received  his  promotion  to  the  grade  of  First  Lieutenant  in  Au- 
gust. 1918. 

By  the  direction  of  the  President,  he  was  awarded  the  "D.  S.  C  "  by  the 
Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F.,  with  this  Citation: 

"Franklin  W.  Carter,  Second  Lieutenant,  Machine-Gun  Company,  165th 
Infantry.  For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Villers-sur-Fere.  France. 
July  28,  1918.  When  all  the  men  in  his  platoon  had  become  casualties,  he 
operated  the  one  remaining  gun,  wilh  the  aid  of  two  volunteers  from  a  line 
company.  Even  after  he  himself  bad  been  severely  wounded,  he  remained 
at  his  post  until  the  Infantry,  having  effected  a  crossing  of  the  Ourcq,  were 
firmly  established.  Refusing  assistance  to  the  dressing  station,  he  tried  to 
crawl  back,  but  dropped  exhausted." 

[From  the  Sales  Letter  of  the  Westinghouse  Electric  and  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  June  23,  1920:] 


Some  of  tuk  Specially  Distinguished  Alumnj  (Confd)        265 

"Franklin  W.  Carter  graduated  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute  in  June,  1912.  His  first  position  was  with  The 
Fauquier  National  Bank  in  Virginia.  In  September,  1912,  he  decided  to  enter 
the  Graduate  Student  Course  of  our  Company.' 

"After  completing  his  shop  work  he  entered  the  Sales  School,  and  from 
there  he  came  to  the  Railway  Sales  Department  where  he  filled  several 
important  assignments  before  our  entrance  into  the  War.  Among  these  as- 
signments was  the  handling  of  correspondence  on  the  Norfolk  &  "Western 
Railroad  electrification  for  F.  H.  Shepard.  Mr.  Carter  remained  at  East 
Pittsburgh  until  in  1916  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  New  York  OflSce 
to  work  on  Heavy  Traction  matters  for  Mr.  Shepard. 

"In  April,  1917,  the  call  came  for  young  men  to  be  trained  for  service 
in  France.  He  applied  and  wasi  accepted  at  the  first  Plattsburg  Camp,  and 
in  July  was  given  a  Second  Lieutenant's  Commission  and  ordered  immediately 
to  France,  where  he  served  with  the  Rainbow  Division  until  July  28,  1918, 
when  he  was  severely  wounded. 

"After  returning  from  the  service  he  again  entered  the  Railway  Sales 
Department  at  East  Pittsburgh,  where  he  is  now  in  charge  of  negotiation 
work,  handling  heavy  traction  negotiations — both  Foreign  and  Domestic — ■ 
assisting  W.  R.  Stinemetz. 

"It  seems  entirely  fitting  at  this  time  to  mention  briefly  the  splendid 
service  Mr.  Carter  rendered  his  country  during  the  War.  This  can  be  told 
best  by  quoting  what  others  have  said.  Mr.  Carter  himself  would  never  tell 
it,  and,  risking  extreme  embarrassment  to  him,  we  quote  a  remark  of 
Francis  P.  Duffy,  Chaplain  of  the  165th  Regiment  during  its  campaign  In 
France : 

"  'One  of  the  nicest,  decentest,  squarest,  bravest  youths  that  ever  v/ore 
a. uniform.'  And  to  give  this  pronouncement  its  full  force — to  realize  that 
Father  Duffy  knew  the  man,  we  continue  the  quotation: 

"  'I've  said  it  at  last,  and  I  know  it  will  make  him  fussed  and  blushy, 
but  it's  true,  and  I  don't  care.' 

"Few  of  us  have  the  advantage  of  being  summed  up  before  we  are  dead — 
after  that  occurrence,  we  probably  don't  care. 

"Mr.  Carter  was  honored  with  the  D.  S.  C. — General  Orders  No.  64. 
(See  Citation  above.) 

"What  his  superior  ofllcers  recorded: 

'Lt.  Carter  has  repeatedly  shown  marked  efl^ciency  in  leading  men. 
He  is  an  excellent  instructor  in  machine-gunnery.  I  recommended  him  for 
promotion  to  First  Lieutenant  in  July  and  to  Captain  in  August,  for  his 
gallantry  and  bravery  under  fire  at  Chateau  Thierry  where  he  was  seriously 
wounded.  I  have  also  recommended  him  for  a  D.  S.  C.  for  his  conduct  under 
fire  at  Chateau  Thderry,  July  20  to  28. 

Kenneth  C.  Sikiieet. 
Captain,  U.  S.  A.,  165th  Infantry.' 

'Tours,  France,  March  13,  1919. 
'I  remember  Lt.  F.  W.  Carter  as  one  of  the  best  officers  in  my  old 
regiment,  and  during  the  very  active  service  in  July  last  he  was  brought 
to  m.y  attention  by  outstanding  ability  and  bravery,  particularly  on  the 
Ourcq,  where  he  was  severely  wounded,  and  for  which  he  was  recommended 
for  promotion,  and  for  the  D.  S.  C. 

Frank  McCoy, 
Brig.   Gen.,   U.    S.    Army.' 

"Lack  of  space  prevents  the  publication  of  other  letters  of  commenda- 
tion from  Mr.  Carter's  commanding  officers,  all  of  which  concur  with  the 
examples  given. 

"The  same  sterling  qualities  that  endeared  Mr.  Carter  to  all  closely  as- 
sociated with  him  during  the  great  conflict  are  manifesting  themselves  each 
day  in  his  work  in  the  Heavy  Traction   Section   of   this   Company." 


266  Virginia  Military   iNSTiruTE — World  War  Ja^xord 

First  Lieutenant  WALTER  ALAN  RICHARDS,  Class  1913.  From  Virginia. 
Company  "G,"  326th  Infantry,  82nd  Division,  A,  E.  F. 

Entered  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  McPherson,  Ga.,  May  13, 
1917.  Commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  326th  Infantry,  at  Camp  Gordon,  Ga., 
August  15,  1917.  Made  Battalion  Adjutant.  Went  overseas,  April  29,  1918. 
Entered  trenches  In  June,  in  Toul  Sector. 

"He  had  passed  through,  three  or  four  important  engagements,  including 
the  five  days'  drive  at  St.  Mihiel,  and  was  considering  himself  quite  a  sea- 
soned soldier,"  wrote  his  father,  "when  he  was  severely  wounded  in  the  left 
shoulder  by  a  machine-gun  bullet,  on  October  11,  1918,  in  the  Argonne  Forest 
Advance,  near  the  town  of  St.  Juvin,  and  within  a  few  minutes  received  a 
second  wound  in  the  back  by  an  exploding  shell."  He  wrote  a  short  letter 
home  ten  days  later,  but  made  rather  light  of  his  wounds  (it  is  known  now 
because  he  feared  to  alarm  his  young  wife).  So  that  it  was  a  great  shock 
to  his  family  when  the  facts  became  known  (as  given  by  some  of  his  com- 
rades) that  he  was  in  a  Hospital  at  Beaune,  France,  In  a  very  serious  condi- 
tion. He  had  then  been  operated  on  five  times,  and  his  condition  had  been 
critical  for  sometime.  He  was  in  such  a  weakened  state  that  transfusion 
of  blood  was  resorted  to,  and  500  c.c's  of  blood  was  given  by  a  fellow-officer 
of  his  battalion,  Lieutenant  Frank  Carter,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia,  who  was  him- 
self wounded  in  the  same  action.  His  friends  wrote  that  he  staid  alive  simply 
by  his  determination  to  live,  and  his  devoted  nurse  wrote:  "He  has  displayed 
more  nerve  and  heroism  than  any  patient  I  ever  saw,  and  I  am  going  to  send 
him  back  home  to  his  wife."  On  December  16,  h.e  himself  wrote  his  father, 
saying  he  was  making  some  progress  towards  recovery,  but  that  another 
operation  would  be  necessary  after  returning  to  this  country,  to  restore 
some  of  the  bones  that  had  been  shot  away,  or  injured.  His  Colonel, 
Brigadier  General  MacArthur  (that  splendid  officer  who,  as  a  brigadier 
general,  personally  took  part  in  more  real  fi.ghting.  It  Is  said,  than  any  other 
officer  of  his  grade)  wrote  that  he  had  been  recommended  for  promotion  and 
that  he  stood  first  on  his  list  for  honourable  mention  In  the  326th  Infantry. 
On  December  29,  the  wounded  officer  wrote  that  fair  improvement  was  noted 
in  his  condition,  and  he  hoped  he  might  be  able  to  travel  by  the  middle 
of  February,  1919.     But  it  was  after  that  he  was  permitted  to  return  home. 

On  Friday,  May  23,  1919,  at  Fort  McPherson,  Georgia,  he  was  decorated 
by  Colonel  Bratton,  Officer  in  Command,  with  the  "Distinguished  Service 
Cross."     The  Citailon,  under  which  the  Cross  was  awarded,  reads,  as  follows: 

"H'dqr's,  82nd  Div.,  American  E.  F.,  France,  10  March,  1919. 

"First  Lieutenant  Walter  A.  Richards,  326th  Infantry.  For  extraordinary 
heroism  in  action,  near  St.  Juvin,  France,  11  October,   1918. 

"Leading  his  platoon  in  attack,  Lieutenant  Richards  was  subject  to  fierce 
and  devastating  fir^  of  enemy  artillery  and  machine-guns.  Although  he 
himself  was  wounded,  and  ninety  per  cent,  of  his  platoon  made  casualties, 
he  continued  to  press  forward  until  he  was  felled  by  machine-gun  fire,  after 
reaching  the  foremost  position  of  the  entire  action. 

"The  Commanding  General  takes  particular  pride  In  announcing  to 
the  command  this  fine  example  of  courage  and  self-sacrifice.  Such  deeds 
are  evidence  of  that  spirit  of  heroism  which  is  Innate  In  the  highest  degree 
in  the  American  soldier  and  responds  unfailingly  to  the  call  of  duty,  wher- 
ever or  whenever  it  may  come. 


Some  of  thk  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'u)        267 

"This  Order  will  be  read  to  all  organizations  at  the  first  formation  after 
its  receipt. 

By  command  of  Major  General  Duncan, 

George    E.    Roosevelt, 
Lt.  Col.,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff." 
"Official: 

R.  L.  Boyd. 

Lt.  Col.,  A.  G.  D. 
Adjutant." 

^he  official  Citation,  in  the  name  of  the  President,  and  signed  by  John  J. 
Pershing,  Commander-in-Chief,  has  also  been  received  by  Lieutenant  Rich.ards. 

After  many  efforts  to  persuade  him  to  tell  how  he  received  his  wounds. 
Lieutenant  Richards  has  at  last  furnished  the  following  graphic  narrative 
which,  for  the  sake  of  historical  truth,  it  is  thought  well  to  give  here  in 
its  entirety: 

"We  had  been  in  the  Argonne  Forest  for  more  than  a  week,  and  on  the 
morning  of  October  10,  1918,  had  advanced  some  five  kilometers  in  support 
of  the  third  battalion  of  our  regiment  which  was  then  attacking.  Shortly 
after  noon  that  battalion  reached  its  objective  and  began  to  'dig  in,'  and  our 
Company  was  sent  forward  to  take  up  a  position  which  would  protect  its 
left  flank  which  was  exposed.  This  gave  the  battalion  a  strong  defensive 
position  on  the  heights  jUSt  within  the  Forest  and  overlooking  the  Aire 
River  valley.  This  was  the  Corps  objective,  and  as  our  maps  did  not  cover 
the^  ground  to  the  North  of  the  river,  we  supposed  this  would  be  our  'haven 
of  rest' — at  least  for  a  while. 

"We  had  scarcely  completed  our  'funk  holes,'  however,  when  orders  came 
for  all  officers  to  report  to  the  battalion  P.  C.  There  we  found  General 
Cronin,  our  brigadier.  Colonel  MacArthur,  and  the  officers  of  our  battalion, 
as  well  as  some  from  the  third.  The  General  said  he  had  just  received  a 
report  that  the  town  of  St.  Juvin  was  unoccupied  and  that  he  wanted  our 
battalion  to  capture  it  and  the  hill  North  of  it,  the  attack  to  take  place  at 
five  o'clock. 

"Reference  to  the  map  showed  that  St.  Juvin  was  a  small  town  on  the 
North  slope  of  the  Aire  River  and  was  protected  on  the  North  by  a  strong 
chain  of  hills  about  as  high  as  the  ones  on  which  we  stood.  It  also  developed 
that  the  town  was  five  kilometers  away,  that  the  intervening  country  had 
not  been  reconnoitered,  and  that  nothing  was  known  as  to  the  condition  of 
the  bridges  or  fords,  if  any.  Although  it  was  then  nearly  four  o'clock,  we 
were  ordered  to  attack  as  directed,  without  further  information,  except  that 
we  would  be  supported  by  both  artillery  and  machine-gun  barrages.  It  soon 
developed,  however,  that  the  artillery  could  not  assist  us,  as  it  was  too  far 
to  the  rear,  and  the  machine-guns  did  not  have  sufficient  ammunition. 

"Our  Company  was  to  l^d  the  attack  and  so  we  got  under  way  as 
soon  as  the  men  could  be  gotten  together.  We  moved  forward  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  but  did  not  reach  the  river  until  nearly  six  o'clock.  In  the  mean- 
time, darkness  had  fallen,  making  our  progress  slower.  Up  to  this  time  we 
had  met  no  opposition,  but  our  advance  party  had  scarcely  set  foot  on  the 
highway  bridge  when  several  machine-guns  opened  up  on  the  bridge  and 
the  approach.  We  soon  developed  the  enemy  position  and  found  that  they 
had  attempted  to  destroy  the  bridge  and  had  prepared  for  a  otiff  defense. 
We  made  several  attempts  to  get  across,  but  each  time  were  met  with  such 
a  heavy  fire  that  we  decided  to  locate  a  ford,  instead.  The  men  were  with- 
drawn several  hundred  yards  and  ordered  to  'dig  in,'  while  several  patrols 
were  sent  to  the  river,  and  Captain  Jeffers  went  to  report  conditions  to  the 
Major  who  had  established  himself  in  the  town  of  Marcq,  some  two  kilo- 
meters to  the  rear.  The  Enemy  then  put  down  a  heavy  artillery  barrage 
which  swept  back  and  forth  along  the  river  bank  for  a  depth  of  five  hundred 


268  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

yards.  In  a  couple  of  hours  we  received  orders  to  withdraw  to  the  hill 
behind  Marcq  and  there  await  orders.  All  of  the  officers  who  had  been  to 
the  river  realized  that  a  crossing  could  not  be  effected  without  artillery 
assistance,  and  possibly  a  general  attack,  so  they  urged  that  it  should  not 
be  attempted. 

"About  four  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  eleventh,  however,  orders 
came  to  return  to  the  river.  I  carried  the  Company  to  the  railroad  which 
was  about  five  hundred  yards  from  the  river,  and  there  awaited  the  arrival 
of  Captain  Jeffers  who  came  about  a  quarter  to  five  with  an  attack  order 
similar  to  that  of  the  night  before,  but  with  the  assurance  of  artillery  and 
machine-gun  support. 

"The  zero  hour  was  set  for  five  o'clock,  and  as  our  artillery  had  not 
begun  to  fire,  we  sent  up  our  artillery  rocket.  Finally,  at  five  o'clock  we 
started  over,  although  none  of  our  supporting  barrages  were  firing 

"According  to  our  pre-arranged  plan  of  attack,  I  carried  over  the  first 
wave.  We  rushed  forward  in  small  groups  at  a  point  about  three  hundred 
yards  on  the  Enemy  side  of  the  bridge,  and  there  took  up  our  wave  forma- 
tion of  a  man  every  five  yards.  We  used  the  bridge  as  a  crossing,  and,  while 
it  was  badly  damaged,  we  scrambled  over  without  great  difficulty,  although 
under  a  rather  hot  fire.  As  soon  as  we  reached  our  position  we  began  firing 
to  protect  the  advance  of  the  battalion  which  was  to  follow  close  behind  us. 
Dawn  was  just  breaking,  and  the  breeze  was  rapidly  dispelling  the  mist 
which  had  hung  over  the  river.  As  the  Enemy  located  our  position  they 
opened  up  on  us  with  ^  terrific  fire  of  machine  gun,  high  explosive  and  gas. 
I  was  hit  almost  immediately  by  a  machine-gun  bullet  on  the  shoulder  and 
a  number  of  my  men  were  put  out  of  commission. 

"My  orders  had  been  to  wait  until  our  entire  Company  was  across  the 
river  before  I  advanced  further;  but,  realizing  that  we  could  not  stay  in 
that  exposed  position,  I  ordered  the  men  to  move  forward  to  tl^e  protection 
of  a  hedge  some  distance  to  the  front,  at  the  same  time  dispatching  two  de- 
tachments toward  machine-guns  in  St.  Juvin,  the  edge  of  which  was  only 
two  hundred  yards  to  our  left.  As  we  approached  th,e  hedge  we  found  it 
occupied  by  Germans  who  had  either  just  come  out  of  dugouts  or  had  held 
their  fire. 

"By  this  time  most  of  my  men  were  killed  or  wounded;  and.  realizing 
the  folly  of  advancing  further,  I  ordered  a  halt  in  a  depression  which  pro- 
tected us  from  the  men  in  the  hedge.  High  explosive  shells  were  hitting  all 
among  us  now,  and  I  was  hit  by  fragments  of  one  which  fell  only  a  few  feet 
away.  Fortunately,  the  ground  was  soft  and  I  was  lying  flat  on  the  ground, 
and  "the  large  pieces  passed  over  me.  My  pack  was  torn  all  to  pieces,  and 
probably  protected  me  greatly. 

"Then  came  the  order  to  withdraw  to  our  side  of  the  river.  I  signalled  to 
my  men,  but  only  one  or  two  obeyed,  and,  thinking  they  couldn't  hear  or  see 
me,  I  crawled  along  to  each  one,  but  the  big  majority  of  them  were  either 
dead  or  unconscious.  I  got  those  who  were  able  started  back,  and  then 
took  a  try  at  it  myself,  but  didn't  have  much  luck.  I  couldn't  crawl  on  my 
breast  because  my  arm  dragged  under  me.'and  1  couldn't  get  on  my  back 
on  account  of  the  remainder  of  my  pack.  Finally,  I  slipped  into  a  shell-hole 
and  got  out  of  my  equipment.  Travelling  light,  I  made  better  progress;  but. 
as  we  were  still  under  heavy  fire  and  a  'Jerry'  was  jumping  out  of  every  hole 
and  coming  toward  us,  it  seemed  I  was  going  mighty  slowly. 

"It  was  in  getting  back  that  I  saw  really  what  a  hot  bed  we  had  gotten 
into  The  hill  we  were  to  attack  was  seamed  with  trenches,  and  I  don't 
believe  there  were  less  than  thirty  machine-guns  playing  on  the  ground  in 
front  of  the  bridge,  either  from  the  town  to  the  left,  or  the  hill  to  the  right. 
As  we  had  no  return  fire  to  keep  them  down,  you  could  see  large  numbers 
of  Boche  slipping  down  hedges  toward  the  river,  in  an  effort  to  cut  us  off. 
"Realizing  that  it  was  to  be  a  race,  I  put  every  effort  into  making  speed, 
and  eventually  I  got  to  the  river,  although  I  don't  see  how  in  the  world  I 
managed  it     I  passed  dozens  of  men  who  had  been  picked  off  as  they  crawled 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        269 

back.  I  got  into  the  river  about  fifty  yards  ahead  of  a  couple  of  Germans 
and  they  made  it  hot  for  me  until  I  got  behind  the  willows  on  the  other  side; 
but  the  cold  water  helped  me,  and  I  walked  from  then  on.  I  had  to  pass 
through  a  couple  of  belts  of  gas,  but  my  gas  mask  was  all  shot  up,  so  I 
couldn't  wear  it.  It  didn't  seem  to  bother  me  much.  Occasionally,  a  ma- 
chine-gun bullet  cracked  by,  but  it  all  seemed  so  tame,  after  the  other  side 
of  the  river,  that  I  didn't  mind. 

"I  walked  back  to  the  dressing-station  (about  two  miles)  and  there 
found  Captain  Jeffers  and  Lieutenant  Carter,  who  had  both  been  wounded, 
trying  to  locate  me;  also  Lieutenant  Liebenlt  and  my  platoon  sergeant,  both 
in  a  dying  condition.  We  were  congratulating  ourselves  on  getting  out  when 
a  'Jerry'  Plane  came  over,  and  pretty  soon  they  began  shelling  the  dressing- 
station.  They  couldn't  get  the  range  exactly,  however,  and  in  an  hour  or 
two  Carter  and  I  were  patched  up  and  started  back  to  the  evacuation 
Hospital. 

•'Thus,  unhappily,  ended  the  first  battle  of  St.  Juvin." 

First   Lieutenant   HOPE   WILLIAM    MASSIE,    Class   1918.     From    Virginia. 

119th    Infantry,    30th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

Killed  in  action  in  France. 

So  eager  was  he  to  serve  his  Country  he  did  not  wait  to  get  his  diploma, 
but  left  the  Institute  to  enter  the  second  Officers'  Training  School  at  Fort 
Myer.  Here  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant.  His  first  call  was 
to  Camp  Lee;  remaining  there  for  two  weeks,  he  was  ordered  to  Camp 
Sevier  where  he  was  promot'?d  to  First  Lieutenant  before  going  overseas. 

He  made  the  supreme  sacrifice,  August  6,  1918.  His  Captain  wrote  his 
parents  that  he  was  mortally  wounded  while  on  patrol  duty  in  "No  Man's 
Land." 

Lieutenant  Benjamin  Gray,  of  Winston-Salem,  N.  C,  sent  back  from 
France  to  be  an  Instructor  in  the  Training  Camps,  reported  that  Massie's 
company  was  worried  by  a  machine-gun  that  could  not  be  located,  but  which 
hampered  the  men  in  their  work.  Massie  told  his  men  he  was  going  to  find 
that  gun.  On  three  successive  nights  he  made  personally  diligent  search  for 
it  in  "No  Man's  Land,"  but  without  success.  Wliile  out  with  his  patrol 
party  on  the  third  night,  he  attempted  to  locate  the  gun  alone.  He  walked 
right  into  the  machine-gun,  and  received  the  full  burst  of  fire  in  his  chest. 

Massie  found  that  gun  and  a  Martyr's  Crown! 

Statement  of  Major  J.  M.  Robeson,  Senior  Chaplain,  30th  Division, 
A.  E.  P.: 

"Lieutenant  Hope  W.  Massie  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  from 
the  first  Officers'  Training  School  of  Fort  Myer,  Virginia,  and  sent  im- 
mediately to  Camp  Sevier,  South  Carolina,  where  he  was  assigned  to 
the  119th  Infantry  Regiment. 

"Shortly  afterwards  he  was  assigned  to  Company  'I,'  where  he  soon 
gained  the  attention  of  the  Commanding  Officer  for  his  ability  as  a  soldier. 
After  a  few  months  with  this  Company,  he  was  promoted  to  First  Lieu- 
tenant and  transferred  to  Company  'L,'  with  which  unit  he  remained  until 
h,is  death  in  Flanders. 

"He  went  with  his  regiment  to  France  in  May,  1918,  being  stationed 
with  them  in  the  British  lines,  about  two  miles  South  of  the  City  of  Ypres. 

"He  was  for  several  weeks,  absent  from  the  regiment,  in  a  special  school 
for  Signal  work.  On  his  return  he  found  his  Company  taking  their  first 
turn  in  the  trenches.  I  remember  seeing  him  the  night  he  returned  from 
school  and  inviting  him  to  be  our  guest  at  Regimental  Headquarters.  He  said: 


270  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

'No,  my  Company  is  in  the  line  and  I  must  go  on  to-night  and  join  them,  I 
can't  be  satisfied  to  be  away  any  longer.' 

"Two  days  later,  he  was  killed  in  a  night  raid  which  he  led  into  'No 
Man's  Land.'  i   ,,    ' 

"After  his  Company  returned  from  the  trenches  for  rest,  I  was  in- 
structed by  Colonel  John  VanB.  Metts  to  interview  Corporal  Hopkins  and 
Private  Oswald  who  were  with  Lieutenant  Massie  when  he  was  killed,  and 
secure  their  statement  as  to  the  circumstances  suiTouuding  his  death,  for 
Lieutenant  Massie  was  a  favourite  with  the  Colonel,  as  he  was  generally  in 
the  regiment." 

CoRPOBAL  Hopkins'  and  Private  Oswald's  Stoky, 

As  Related  to 

Major  J.  M.  Robeson,  Senior  Chaplain,  30th  Div.,  A.  E.  F. 

'They  (the  Boohe)  had  been  shooting  up  our  lines  every  night  about 
twelve  o'clock  with  machine-guns.  They  were  hidden  in  some  'Nissen'  huts, 
that  the  British  had  before  the  Spring  drive  and  which  were  now  in 
'No  Man's  Land.'  It  was  decided  to  send  out  a  patrol  to  capture  or  destroy 
these.  Volunteers  were  called  for,  as  it  was  known  to  be  a  very  dangerous 
duty.  Lieutenant  Massie  had  just  come  back  to  our  platoon,  and  we  were  ail 
so  glad  to  see  him  again,  as  all  of  the  boys  thought  the  world  of  him.  He 
volunteered  to  lead  the  patrol,  and  said  'the  other  fellows'  had  done  more 
than  he  had,  because  he  had  been  away  at  school,  and  he  wanted  to  be  allowed 
to  do  something;  so  they  let  him  have  his  way.  He  asked  for  volunteers 
from  the  whole  battalion,  as  he  said  he  could  only  take  single  men  on  such 
duty.  Our  whole  platoon  of  fifty  men  volunteered  to  a  man,  and  we  all 
begged  to  go  with  him,  until  he  said  he  would  select  the  men  he  wanted 
from  us. 

'Before  leaving  the  trenches  he  kept  telling  us  b6ys:  "Don't  be  worried, 
for  if  anybody  gets  hurt,  I  will  not  come  back  unless  I  bring  everybody  with 
me;  no  hurt  man  shall  be  left  behind."  This  was  the  last  thing  he  said 
to  us  as  we  slipped  over  the  parapet  that  night  and  made  our  way  through 
the  barb  wire  entanglements.  We  went  on  until  we  came  to  the  huts  where 
we  thought  the  Boche  were  hidden.  He  placed  us  around  the  huts,  and  then 
went  in  each  one  by  himself  to  see  if  there  were  any  Boche  inside.  He 
struck  a  match  and  looked  around,  which  was  a  dangerous  thing  to  do;  but, 
Major,  Lieutenant  Massie  was  the  bravest  man  you  ever  saw,  he  wasn't 
afraid  of  anything.  All  of  us  were  uneasy  until  he  came  back  and  told  us 
there  was  no  one  there,  to  come  on  and  go  further,  as  he  thought  he  was  too 
early  for  the  Boche,  that  w^e  might  find  them  further  on.  We  struck  an  old 
railroad  track  and  pushed  on  a  short  distance.  Lieutenant  Massie  was  in 
the  lead.  All  of  a  sudden  several  machine-guns  opened  up,  and  Lieutenant 
Massie  fell.  Myself  (Oswald)  and  Corporal  Hopkins  got  to  him  first.  He 
said:  "Tell  the  men  to  get  back  to  the  trenches,  while  they  have  a  chance, 
I  am  done  for."  He  told  us,  time  and  time  again,  to  go  too.  Every  time 
the  machine-guns  would  stop  shooting  for  a  while,  he  would  say,  "Now  is 
your  chance,  go  back;  I  am  dying,  and  it's  no  use  for  you  to  stay  and  get 
killed  too."  We  tried  to  put  him  on  the  back  of  Corporal  Hopkins  and  I 
hold  him,  while  the  Corporal  crawled  back.  We  found  we  couldn't  do  it: 
for  every  time  we  moved,  the  Boche  would  shoot,  and  we  did  not  want  him 
to  be  hit  again.  Finally,  Corporal  Hopkins  said,  he  would  go  and  see  if  he 
could  get  a  stretcher;  but  he  got  lost,  by  himself,  and  did  not  get  back  until 
next  day.  After  a  while.  Lieutenant  Massie  said,  "Oswald,  you  have  stood 
by  me,  and  I  want  you  to  take  my  wrist  watch  to  remember  me  by;  I  have 
left  everything  else  I  had  at  the  trenches."  After  a  while,  he  got  very  quiet, 
and  I  put  my  hand  on  him  and  found  he  was  dead.  I  think  he  lived  about  an 
hour  after  being  wounded. 

'Major    I  never  felt  so  bad  in  all  my  life  as  I  did  when  I  knew  the  best 
friend  I  ever  had  was  dead.     I  crawled  on  back  to  our  trenches,  as  I  couldn't 


Some  of  the  Speciaij.y  Dlstixguisiied  Ai.ujixi  (Cont'd)         271 

carry  Lieutenant  Massie's  body  by  myself.  I  got  lost,  and  didn't  reach  our 
trenches  until  day-light  came  so  I  could  tell  where  I  was.  Next  night  a 
detail  went  back  and  brougbt  the  body  in. 

'Every  man  in  our  platoon  grieved  as  if  he  had  lost  a  brother,  for  he 
was  so  good  to  us,  and  always  looking  out  for  us  before  he  did  for  himself. 
We  asked  to  be  allowed  to  Iniiy  Jiim;  so  they  let  a  detail  take  his  body  back 
to  a  place  about  two  mil(>s  behind  the  lines,  called  Nine  Elms  Cemetery, 
where  all  our  men  are  buried.' 

J.  M.  RoBEsrjN, 
Formerly  Major-Chaplain,  U.  S.  A." 

"I  think  Private  Oswald  was  later  awarded  the  D.  S.  C.  for  his  bravery, 
and  devotion  to  Lieutenant  Massie." 

[Copy  of  a  letter  from  Lieutenant  Julien  Wood,  Jr.,  Companv  "L,"' 
30th  Division:] 

"France,   Sept.    9,  *1918. 
"Mrs.  C.  F.  Massie, 

Tyro,  Va. 
"My  dear  Madam: 

"I  am  taking  tbis  opportunity  to  express  my  sympathy  for  you  in  your 
grief  over  the  death,  of  your  son,  Hope.  I  was  his  immediate  commanding 
officer,  and  I  was  more  than  devoted  to  him.  And  I  can  assure  you  that  his 
death  has  been  keenly  felt  by  me  and  the  men  of  the  Company.  He 
possessed  all  the  qualities  of  an  excellent  soldier  and  he  always  faced  and 
performed  the  hardest  tasks  with  a  smile  and  good  cheer.  His  men  were 
absolutely  devoted  to  him;  and,  indeed,  it  was  a  sad  night  for  th,is  little 
Company  when  he  died.  His  death  was  noble  in  every  respect,  emphasizing 
the  true  qualities  of  a  Christian  and  real  soldier  in  his  fearless  acceptance 
of  death.  He  has  been  buried  in  a  little  cemetery,  a  few  miles  from  the  bat- 
tlefield on  which  he  died,  and  we  have  had  a  little  cross  erected  to  hiis 
memory. 

"Again,  assuring  you  of  my  sympathy  in  tins  most  trying  time  for  you, 

Most  sincerely  yours. 

Julip:\  Wg'O!),   .Jr." 

"Edenton,  N.  C.   (Home  address)." 

[Copy  of  a  letter  from  Capt.  W.  O.  Holland,  119th  Infantry,  Company 
"L,"  his  Company  Commander.  Ihe  stars  indicate  that  this  letter  was 
censored: ] 

"With  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  Aug.  14,  1918. 
"Mrs.  Madison  E.  Massie, 

Tyro,  Virginia. 
"My  dear  Madam: 

"No  doubt  you  have  long  since  heard,  through,  the  War  Department,  of 
the  death  of  your  son.  Lieutenant  Hope  W.  Massie,  killed  in  action.  He 
especially  asked  that  the  particulars  of  Ins  death  be  told  to  you;  thus,  T 
communicate  these  few  facts,  which  I  gained  from  those  who  were  with  him 
at  the  last. 

"A  patrol  was  undertaken  on  the  night  of  *  *  *;  the  *  *  *  and  our  men 
were  given  an  opportunity  to  volunteer.  Your  son  was  one  of  the  two 
American  officers  who  were  determined  to  go.  The  party  v>^ent  over  the  top 
at  *  *  *.  accomplisl^ed  its  purpose,  and  was  on  its  return,  when  a  burst  of 
machine-gun  fire  from  an  advanced  enemy  post  caught  them;  apparently, 
your  son  received  the  full  burst  of  fire  in  his  chest. 

"While  the  other  members  of  the  patrol  pressed  on,  facing  a  terrific 
enfilade  fire.  Private  Lawrence  J.  Oswald  remained  by  the  side  of  his  officer 
until  the  last.  Your  son  felt  that  his  end  was  soon,  because  of  his  los3  of 
blood  and  fast-going  strength,  for  it  was  then  he  said:  'I  hate  to  go,  not  so 
much  for  myself,  but  for  the  anguish  it  will  cause  my  Mother.' 


272  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"His  personal  effects  he  had  taken  care  to  leave  behind,  and  these  (except 
his  Swiss-movement  wrist  watch  which  he  had  on  him,  and  which  he  gave 
Private  Oswald)   will  reach  you  through  regular  channels. 

"When  his  body  was  brought  back  our  boys  fashioned  a  box  in  which 
they  laid  him.  Circumstances  seldom  permit  of  such  treatment  of  the  bodies 
of  fallen  soldiers. 

"In  the  death  of  your  son  my  Company  loses  an  officer  who  was  con- 
spicuous for  his  bravery;  he  apparently  thought  nothing  of  his  personal 
safety,  for  he  was  continually  walking  the  trenches,  cheering  the  men.  Our 
cause  loses  a  man  of  the  sort  of  fibre  which  is  needed  in  these  irying  times. 

"May  God  bless  you  in  thus  offering  so  splendid  a  man  in  the  cause 
of  Democracy! 

Most  respectfully  yours, 

W.  O.  Holland, 
Capt.,  Co.  L,  119th  Inf." 

[Extract  from  letter  written  by  Sergeant  R.  R.  Martin,  member  of  the 
patrol  selected  by  Lieutenant  Hope  Massie,  the  night  he  went  over  the  top.] 

(In  allusion  to  the  picture  of  Lieutenant  Massie  sent  by  his  mother. 
Sergeant  Martin  said : ) 

"April  20.  1919. 

"I  am  so  proud  of  it,  and  I  think  it  was  so  kind  and  thoughtful  of  you 
to  send  all  the  boys  one. 

"Lt.  Massie  was  such  a  good  man,  and  we  all  loved  him  so  much.  I 
have  never  seen  an  officer  that  was  more  loved  by  his  men  than  he  was. 
He  was  always  so  thoughtful  of  his  'boys,'  and  so  devoted  to  duty.  It  was 
a  sad  day  for  us  when  he  was  killed.  But  he  died  as  bravely  as  any  man 
I  have  ever  seen,  and  requested  that  his  mother  be  told  that  he  died  doing 
his  duty. 

"I  got  home  about  two  weeks  ago,  and  was  so  happy  to  be  home  again; 
but  my  greatest  regret  is  that  every  mother's  boy  could  not  return.  But 
they  who  died  did  so  for  a  good  and  just  cause,  and  bravely — and  that  is 
something  to  be  proud  of. 

:t:         *****         * 

Sincerely  yours, 

Redus  R.   Martin." 
"Maxton,  North  Carolina." 

[Extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Jno.  B.  Keerans,  from  England,  to 
Mrs.  Keerans,  his  mother,  at  Massie's  Mill,  Va.,  and  very  kindly  sent  to 
Hope  Massie's  mother  to  read.] 

"England,  Oct.  13,  1918. 

"Hope  Massie  was  one  of  the  first  from  our  neigh-bourhood  to  go,  and. 
although  he  will  not  come  back,  his  name  is  now  better  known  in  Ftance 
than  in  Virginia.  A  wounded  'Tommy'  was  speaking  of  him  here  last  week. 
'Re  had  the  perfect  death.  He  died  that  others  might  live.'  *  *  *  A  man 
who  was  noble  enough,  at  the  supreme  moment,  to  place  the  lives  of  his  com- 
rades over  his  own,  and  make  the  sacrifice." 

[Extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Mrs.  Nelson  Poe,  of  Greenville,  S.  C, 
giving  a  portion  of  a  conversation  she  had  with  Lieutenant  Welsh,  A.  E.  F.] 

"Sept.   4,    1918. 

"Lieutenant  Welsh  said:  'He  (Lt.  Massie)  and  several  others  were  de- 
tailed to  find  the  location  of  a  certain  machine-gun  which  had  been  very 
deadly.  They  went  out  on  their  mission  and  were  almost  positive  they  had 
located  the  gun,  but  agreed  that  their  report  must  be  made  without  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Contu)         273 

existence  of  a  doubt.  This  involved  great  personal  danger  to  some  one. 
(I  did  not  understand  rhe  description  of  the  danger.)  Lieutenant  Massie. 
turning  to  his  comrades,  said:  'You  fellows  are  married — I  am  the  one  to  go.' 
Lieutenant  Welsh  was  ver>  much  touched  by  the  clean,  noble  death  of  your 
son,  for  his  bravery  seems  to  have  stood  out  conspicuously.  *  *  *  *. 
A  braver  soul  than  your  son  never  met  his  Pilot  face  to  face.  If  you  care 
to,  you  could  write  Lieutenant  Welsh,  Camp  Dix,  N.  J.,  and  I  am  sure  he 
could  answer  any  questions.     *     *     *. 

Mrs.  Nelson  Poe." 

First  Lieutenant  WILLLVM   IRVINE  OWENS,  Class  1919.     From  Virginia 
15th  M.  G.  Battalion,  9th  Brigade,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
In  June,  1917,  he  left  the  V.  M.  I.,  just  as  he  was  entering  the  Second 
Class,  and  enlisted  in  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Myer. 

On  August  15,  he  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  Reserve 
Corps.  He  was  immediately  assigned  to  duty  with  the  11th  U.  S.  (Regular) 
Infantry,  at  that  time  stationed  at  Camp  Forrest,  Georgia.  He  remained 
with  this  unit  until  February,  1918,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  15th 
Machine-Gun  Battalion.  This  battalion  was  attached  to  the  6th  and  11th 
Regiments  of  Infantry,  composing  the  9th  Brigade,  5th  Division.  His  or- 
ganization left  Camp  Forrest,  April  17,  1918,  for  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  whence  it 
embarked  for  overseas  Service  a  week  later.  Arriving  at  Brest,  France, 
May  2,  it  entrained  for  Bar-sur-Aube  where  it  had  intensive  training  until 
June  1,  1918. 

On  this  date  his  battalion  went  to  the  front  to  occupy  a  Sector  near  the 
Swiss  border,  and  he  was  sent  to  the  Machine-Gun  School  at  Chatillon-sur- 
Seine.  He  remained  at  this  School  until  July  5,  and  then  joined  his  bat- 
talion which  had  moved,  and  was  then  occupying  another  sector.  After 
ten  days  it  moved  to  the  St.  Die  Sector  for  three  weeks.  It  next  moved 
to  the  St.  Mihiel  front,  arriving  in  line  two  days  before  the  attack.  His 
Division  occupied  a  position  on  th.e  right  in  the  attack,  with  the  1st  Division 
on  its  left  and  the  90th  Division  on  its  right.  Major  General  McMahon  was 
in  command  of  the  5th  Division  and  Brigadier  General  Malone  commanded 
the  9  th  Brigade. 

After  this  attack,  his  organization  moved  up  behind  the  Verdun  Sector, 
arriving  there  about  six  days  after  the  attack  had  begun.  It  was  then  put 
in  line  and  occupied  a  position,  with  the  33rd  Division  on  its  left  and  the 
3rd  Division  on  its  right — between  his  Division  and  the  Meuse  River. 
Here  his  brigade  encountered  the  hardest  fighting  which  reduced  it  to  nearly 
one-half  of  its  original  size.  His  brigade  remained  in  the  fighting  for  four- 
teen days  and  was,  then  withdrawn  to  receive  replacements. 

It  was  called  back  to  the  line  in  two  days,  with  orders  to  cross  th,3 
Meuse  River  and  advance  eighteen  kilometers  over  the  Meuse  heights.  It 
crossed  the  river  at  Bruells  and  made  a  steady  advance  for  several  days, 
until  it  reached  Souppy  where  it  was  notified  the  Armistice  had  been  signed. 
After  this,  1st  Lieutenant  Owens  was  stationed  at  Luxemburg  until  June, 
1919,  when  his  command  entrained  for  Brest  and  embarked   for  home. 

He  was  discharged  at  Camp  Lee  on  September  16,  1919,  as  First  Lieu- 
tenant, Infantry,  Reserve  Corps. 

He  had  received  h,is  promotion  to  the  grade  of  First  Lieutenant  on 
November  5,  1918. 


274  ViROiNiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Oilier  V.  M.  I.  Men  in  his  Division  were  Colonel  P.  B.  Peyton,  Captains 
Pertschey,  Michaux,  Smith,  R.  D.  Wysor,  Jr.,  J.  Edward  Cole,  Jr.,  George  F. 
Dashiell,  1st  Lieutenants  W.  0.  Owen,  R.  W.  Polack,  Washington  Ueed, 
Richard  F.  Welton,  Jr.,  and  H.  G.  Garland,  and  2nd  Lieutenant  Schlegel, 
and  some  others.  Dashiell  was  killed  the  night  before  the  Armistice,  near 
Souppy,  France,  and  Polack  was  killed,  October  14,  near  Cunel. 

First   Lieutenant   ERNEST   C.    BROWN,    Class    1917.     From   Tennessee. 

Adjutant,  117th  Infantry,  13th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned    2d    Lieutenant,    June,    1917.     Promoted    1st    Lieutenant, 

117th  Infantry,  13th  Division.     Served  at  Camp  Sevier,  S.  C,  as  Battalion 

Adjutant.     Sailed  for  overseas  in  same  capacity.    Severely  wounded  in  action 

and  invalided  home. 

[It  is  regretted  that  details  asked  for  have  not  been  received,  though  it 
is  known  that  this  Graduate  served  with  great  gallantry  for  many  months 
in  France,  was  very  seriously  wounded,  and  was  barely  recovered  as  late 
as  the  Spring  of  1919.] 

First  Lieutenant  WASHINGTON  REED,  Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 
GOth    (Regular)    Infantry),  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  at  Fort  Myer,  November,  1917,  and 
assigned  to  GOth  U.   S.  Infantry. 

During  the  engagement  near  Pont  a-Mousson,  September  25,  1918,  his 
regiment  was  on  its  way  from  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector  to  the  Argonne  Forest 
when  it  stopped  for  a  few  days'  rest,  near  that  place. 

The  French  who  were  occupying  this  sector  along  the  Moselle  River 
lequested  that  two  or  three  companies  of  the  American  Infantry,  with  ma- 
chine-guns, be  allowed  to  take  a  small  salient,  preparatory  to  establishing 
a  "jump-off"  for  the  general  assault  to  be  made  by  them  the'  next  morning. 
Company  "A,"  GOth  Infantry,  of  which  Reed  was  then  Second  Lieutenant, 
and  in  command,  was  designated  as  one  of  the  companies  to  perform  this 
duty.  The  salient  was  taken,  but  Lieutenant  Reed  was  severely  wounded, 
while  leading  his  Company  in  the  assault. 

For  his  gallantry  in  this  action  he  was  recommended  by  his  Major,  in 
a  communication  to  the  Adjutant  General,  A.  E.  F.,  dated  November  2G, 
1918,  for  the  "Distinguished  Service  Cross"  which  was,  later,  awarded  him 
by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F.,  acting  by  direction  of  the  President, 
with  this  Citation: 

"Washington  Reed,  Second  Lieutenant,  1st  Battalion,  GOth  Infantry 
For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Pont-a-Mousson,  France.  September 
25,  1918.  Wounded  severely  in  the  knee  while  leading  his  Company  in 
action,  he  refused  first  aid  and  continued  to  h,is  objective,  five  hundred 
yards  away.  Here  he  organized  the  position  under  intense  shell  fire  and 
flank  infiltration  by  the  Enemy.  When  ordered  to  withdraw,  he  used  the 
stretcher  which  had  been  sent  for  him  to  carry  back  a  dead  soldier  of 
his  Company." 

The  French  Government  also  decorated  him  with  the  "Croix  de  Guerre*' 
for  his  gallant  deed. 

After  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  had  been  honourably  dis- 
charged from  the  Service,  he  received  the  French  "Legion  of  Honour"  Medal 
carrying  with  it  the  rank  of  Chevalier,  with  a  Citation  from  General  Retain: 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        275 

"It  is  needless  to  say,"  wrote  this  V.  M.  I.  hero,  "that  I  am  proud  to 
possess  these  decorations,  but  the  'Distinguished  Service  Cross'  of  the 
American  Army  means  more  to  me  than  all  of  the  others  that  have  been 
awarded,  or  could  be  awarded  me." 

First  Lieutenant  WARREN  M.  AMERINE,  Class  1912.     From  Alabama. 

56th    Infantry.      Later,    Intelligence    Officer,    Headquarters,     13th    Infantry 

Brigade,  3d  Corps,  First  Army. 

Attended  Second  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Ft.  Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  from  Au 
gust  2G  to  September  29,  1917.  Prior  to  August,  stood  examination  for  ap- 
pointment as  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  Regular  Army.  Received 
notification  in  September  of  having  successfully  passed  examination.  Upon 
his  own  request  he  was  discharged  from  the  Training  Camp  to  wind  up  his 
business  affairs. 

Commissioned  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant,  October  26,  1917,  and 
assigned  to  56th  U.  S.  Infantry.  Attended  5th  Provisional  OflScers'  School 
at  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  from  November  26,  1917  to  February  26,  WIS. 
Joined  the  56th  Infantry  at  Camp  MacArthur,  Waco,  Texas,  March  11,  1918. 
Attended  School  of  Musketry,  Ft.  Sill,  Oklahoma,  April  27  to  June  8,  1918. 

Promoted   to   1st  Lieutenant,  June   17,   1918. 

Left  United  States  as  a  member  of  Advance  School  Detachment.  7th 
Division.  July  26,  1918;  arrived  Brest,  France,  August  6,  1918.  Attended 
Second  Corps  School,  August  11  to  September  12,  1918.  Rejoined  Regiment, 
September  13. 

On  October  8.  5Cth  Infantry  relieved  360th  Infantry,  90th  Division,  in 
the  Puvenelle  Sector,  near  Metz.  Detailed  as  Intelligence  Officer,  Head- 
quarters, Thirteenth  Infantry  Brigade,  on  October  26.  Was  attached  te 
Third  Corps,  First  American  Army,  for  observation  and  instruction  in  in- 
telligence work,  from  October  2S  to  November  5,  serving  with  Corps  Observers 
during  second  phase  of  Argonne  drive,  starting  November  1.  Rejoined 
Brigade,  November  6,  serving  with  it  in  the  follov/ing  actions: 

Occupation  of  the  Puvenelle  Sector,  West  of  the  Moselle  River,  10  Octo- 
ber 9  November.      (Defensive.) 

Occupation  of  the  Puvenelle  Sector,  9  November-ll  November,  1918. 
(Second  Army  Offensive.) 

From  November  12,  1918  to  August  22,  1919,  continued  to  serve  on  Staff 
of  Brig.  Gen.  A.  W.  Bjornstad,  Commanding  13th  Infantry  Brigade,  Seventh 
Division.     Acting  Brigade  Ad.'utant  from  May  20  to  August  22,   1919. 

Returned  from  France,  June  20,  1919,  and  stationed  at  Camp  Mills, 
N.  Y.  to  June  27.  Arrived,  permanent  Division  Station,  Camp  Funston, 
Kansas,  June  29.  Stationed,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  with  Provisional 
Regiment,  August  21  to  23,  1919.  Resignation  accepted  by  President,  Au- 
gust 22,  1919. 

Returned  to  his  pre-war  position  of  Actuary  of  the  Georgia  Casualty 
Company,  Macon,  Georgia. 

First  Lieutenant  GAIL  HAMILTON  ALEXANDER.  Class  1899. 
From  Virginia.     (Born  in  North  Carolina.) 
47th  Infantry,  4th  Division,  A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in   France. 
He  wrote   the  Historiographer  from    Philadelphia    (h.is   home),   August 
12,  1917: 


276  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"I  have  given  up  the  Medical  profession  (he  was  in  his  third  year  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  Unuersity  of  Pennsylvania),  and  am  President 
of  the  Blakeborough  Paper  Bag  Company  of  Philadelphia.  I  have  entered 
the  Second  Officers'  Training  Camp,  and  leave  for  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga., 
August  22,  to  begin  my  sentence,  and  I  hope  to  be  of  some  service  to  my 
Country." 

He  enlisted  August  27  as  a  volunteer  (being  past  the  draft  age),  though 
but  recently  married,  and  having  in  prospect  a  bright  and  prosperous  busi- 
ness career.  He  received  his  commission  as  First  Lieutenant,  and  was  as- 
signed to  the  47th  Infantry,  4th  Division,  and  sailed  for  France,  arriving 
at  Brest,  May  24,  1918.     On  August  7,  1918,  he  was  killed  in  action. 

The  letters  that  follow  tell  the  pathetic  story: 

"47th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F.,  France,  Sept.  3,  1918. 
"Mrs.  G.  H.  Alexander, 
2127  Spring  Street, 
Philadelphia. 

"My  dear  Mrs.  Alexander: 

"It  is  with  a  deep  sense  of  sorrow  that  I  write  you  of  the  death  of  your 
beloved  husband,  and  our  beloved  companion-in-arms,  1st  Lieutenant  Gail  H. 
Alexander. 

"Doubtless,  the  news  has  reached  you  through  official  sources  already, 
but  I  wish  to  add  the  personal  touch  which  only  a  companion  and  friend 
can  supply. 

"I  know  the  news  of  your  great  loss  is  hard  to  bear,  and  I  could  not 
express,  as  also  you  would  not  read,  any  sentiments  that  were  false;  but 
that  he  was  true  hearted,  courageous,  and  splendid,  withal,  and  that  out  of 
the  abundance  of  his  love  for  home  and  country,  he  made  the  greatest  sacri- 
g_ce  men  can  make,  should  not  only  soften  the  poignancy  of  your  grief,  but 
should  fill  you  with  sober  pride. 

"It  makes  me  happy  to  tell  you  that  he  was  received  into  God's  Eternal 
Rest  pure  in  mind,  brave  in  spirit,  and  with  peace  and  love  in  his  heart. 
His  memory  will  ever  be  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  his  comrades. 

"Lieutenant  Alexander  was  killed  August  7,  about  11:30  A.  M.,  200 
yards  North  of  the  Vesle  River  and  50  yards  East  of  Bazoches,  by  machine- 
gun  fire,  while  advancing  with  his  platoon  against  German  machine-gun 
nests.  East  of  Bazoches.  He  fell  on  the  field  of  honour,  while  coolly  and 
bravely  leading  his  platoon  into  action,  as  ordered. 

"While  his  life  is  cut  short,  it  will  unfold  itself  in  God's  sight  and  find 
new  employments  in  the  spacious  fields  of  Eternity 

"May  God's  peace  that  passes  all  understanding  fill  your  heart  and 
mind,  and  may  you  be  able  to  say  with  confidence  and  good  courage — 'Thy 
will  be  done'!  I  shall  always  feel  very  close  to  you  in  spirit,  because  we 
are  companions  in  the  same  sorrow. 

"Believe  me,  with  cordial  affection, 

Faithfully   yours, 

J.  Philip  Anshutz, 
Chaplain,  47th,  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  A.  E.  F. 

[A  comrade  from   New  Jersey  wrote  his  mother:] 

"Your  son  and  I  were  in  the  same  Company  in  Charlotte,  N.  C,  and, 
until  his  verj'  sad  death,  in  France.  Some  of  the  very  happiest  recollections 
of  my  life  in  the  Army  were  associated  with  your  dear  son  whom  all  the 
officers  and  men  of  that  Company  came  to  love  very  much. 

"We  were  billeted  in  the  same  little  chateau,  near  Meaux,  France,  dur- 
ing our  training  period  of  July,  1918,  and  many  were  the  happy  evenings 
we  spent  together.  He  often  referred  to  his  dear  mother  and  his  early  boy- 
hood, and  he  had  the  happy  faculty  of  relating  incidents  in  his  life,  which, 


Some  of  tiik  Stecially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         277 

if  attempted  by  the  majority  of  men,  would  seem  uninteresting,  and,  yet, 
wlien  told  by  him,  were  full  of  interest;  his  happy  smile  and  mirthful  laugh 
were  always  a  sure  cure  for  the  'blues.' 

"He  was  exceedingly  popular  with  the  men  of  his  platoon,  all  of  whom 
would  have  followed  him  anywhere,  and  was  tireless  in  his  energy  and 
efforts  for  the  welfare  of  his  men." 

[The  story  of  Lieutenant  Alexander's  death  is  touchingly  told  in  a 
letter  to  his  wife  by  his  Major,  as  follows:] 

"The  pride  which  you  and  I  feel  in  the  death  of  your  dear  husband  is 
a  poor  recompense  for  the  grief  it  has  brought.  You,  who  knew  him  best 
of  all,  are  acquainted  with  all  his  sterling  qualities,  and  during  our  three 
months'  training  in  Prance  I  came  to  know  him  very  w'ell,  and  to  esteem 
him  highly,  both  as  an  officer  of  rare  courage  and  as  a  true  and  sincere 
friend. 

"Our  battalion  encountered  the  Enemy  just  North  of  the  Vesle  River 
and  East  of  Bazoches,  on  the  morning  of  August  7.  As  wei  advanced  North- 
westward to  surround  Bazoches,  your  husband's  platoon  was  the  extreme 
left  of  our  line  and  rested  between  the  river  and  the  railroad  North  of  the 
river.  The  Scouts  in  his  front,  stopped  by  a  hostile  machine-gun,  wavered 
for  a  moment.  It  was  then  that  your  husband,  a  little  rashly,  but  with 
magnificent  courage,  went  deliberately  forward  to  locate  the  offending  gun. 
Another  machine-gun,  trained  accurately  to  prevent  an  approach  to  the  first 
gun,  caught  him  squarely  as  he  crossed  a  bit  of  open  ground,  and  he  fell 
dead,  riddled  with  bullets.  This  was  at  about  11:30  A.  M.  of  August  7. 
•Ere  long,  perhaps,  my  Colonel  will  be  writing  such  a  letter  to  my  poor 
little  wife.  Knowing  what  sorrow  and  suffering  it  will  bring,  and  hov/  in- 
curable is  the  loss,  I  can  only  express  my  deepest  sympathy  with  you  in 
your  present  bereavement,  and  assure  you  that  you  have  made  a  supreme 
sacrifice  for  the  cause  in  which  our  whole  energy  is  united. 

Sincerely  yours, 

James  A.  Stevens, 
Major  Infantry,  Com'd'g  2nd  Batln.,  47th  Infantry." 

Private  Gott,  of  Indiana,  of  his  platoon  (a,  young  man  who  had  lost  one 
leg  in  action),  said: 

"Yes,  I  knew  him;  he  was  my  officer  and  he  was  good  to  his  men.  Why, 
he  could  make  us  do  anything  when  he  talked  to  us;  he  treated  us  like  we 
were  human,  like  he  was.  We  called  him  'Aleck,'  off  duty.  He  was  always 
jolly  and  laughing  and  helping  us  along;  never  seemed  to  be  consciois  of 
death.  We  got  to  this  little  town  which  was  just  full  of  shells  bursting  and 
dust  and  smell.  They  divided  our  platoon  (50  men),  and  half  went  forward 
and  the  other  half  followed.  Lieutenant  Alexander  was  in  the  first  half,  and 
the  last  I  saw  of  him  he  was  smiling,  going  over  a  big  hill,  and  then  word 
came  that  a  sharpshooter,  in  a  tree  with  a  machinegun,  caught  him  in  the 
head  and  he  never  moved.  Acting  Captain  Johnson  was  gassed,  and  all  the 
officers  almost  were  gone  by  night.  The  fighting  was  so  bitter  that  hardly 
a  man  is  living  to-day  who  was  in  the  platoon  that  morning.  We  didn't  take 
that  position;  but  the  men  said  if  Lieutenant  Alexander  could  have  staid 
to  lead  them,  they  would  have  won;  but  they  lost  heart  with  his  loss.  The 
position  was  taken  later  *  *  *.  Our  men  did  the  work.  If  we  hadn't  been 
there  to  head  the  Germans  off,  they  would  have  gone  right  to  Paris,  and 
have  been  dictating  laws  for  us,  by  now.  I  lost  my  leg,  and  some  lost  legs 
and  arms,  and  some  life;  but  you  people  over  here  don't  seem  to  realize 
that  it  was  this  price  we  had  to  pay  for  independence.  It  was  a  high  price, 
but  freedom  is  a  priceless  thing  to  us  who  love  it,  and  the  Germans  marked 
it  high." 

[Private,  though  he  was,  could  nobler  sentiments  be  uttered?] 


278  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  'War  Record 

"A  kind  friend  who  did  everything  possible  to  learn  all  about  Lieutenant 
Alexander's  last  hours  on  earth  wrote  his  widow  that  he  had  met  Lieutenant 
Robert  W.  Wilson,  Jr.,  of  Company  1,  47th  Infantry,  who  told  him  that  he 
knew  Alexander,  though  not  intimately  (as  they  were  in  different  battalions 
of  the  47th),  but  he  spoke,  of  bis  own  accord,  of  his  popularity  among  the 
officers  of  the  regiment.  He  was  wounded  two  days  before  Alexander  fell, 
and  hence  got  his  information  indirectly.  "He  told  me,"  said  this  gentle- 
man, "that  the  regiment  was  a  part  of  the  forces  which  came  through  to 
follow  up  the  drive  against  the  Germ.ans,  which  began  at  Chateau  Thierry, 
and  that  for  weeks  they  were  under  heavy  shell  fire,  with  a  great  many 
casualties.  They  started  a  new  advance  on  July  28,  in  which  Lieutenant 
Wilson  got  his  wound.  He  told  me  that  Gail's  platoon,  taking  part  in  the 
movement  described  to  you  by  Major  Stevens,  was  advancing  steadily,  though 
with  heavy  losses,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  7th  they  started  forward  again 
to  wipe  out  German  machine-gun  nests.  They  had  already  cleaned  up  one 
nest,  and  had  started  for  another,  when  Gail  was  killed  instantly  by  machine- 
gun  bullets,  as  described  by  Major  Stevens.  Wilson  said  that  Gail  personally 
had  accomplished  much  in  the  line  of  his  duty  before  he  met  this  death, 
meaning,  of  course,  that  his  crowd  must  have  accounted  for  many  Huns,  up 
to  that  time.  As  you  probably  know,  our  men  were  not  taking  very  many 
prisoners,  on  occasions  when  the  Germans  were  shooting  into  them  with 
machine-guns,  within  a  very  few  feet,  and  throwing  up  their  hands  when 
the  bayonets  were  over  them. 

"Wilson  told  me  that  Gail  wag  greatly  beloved  by  his  brother-officers, 
and  was  everything  a  soldier,  and  particularly  an  officer  and  a  gentleman, 
should  be;  an  officer  who  inspired  his  men  and  had  no  hesitancy  in  taking 
any  personal  risks  for  the  welfare  of  the  men  under  his  command." 

A  friend  wrote:  "I  forgot  to  tell  you  that  I  recently  met  a  Major  Murray 
who  knew  Gail,  in  fact,  was  with  him  in  France,  who  said  that  one  of  his 
high  officers  told  h-im  of  Gail's  glorious  death;  and  never  in  my  life  have  I 
heard  anyone  so  beautifully  spoken  of.  It  would  have  done  you  worlds  of 
good  to  have  heard  th,e  wonderful  story  that  he  told  us  that  night  of  Gail. 
He  said  that  in  all  his  civil  life,  or  Army  career,  he  had  never  met  a  finer 
man  or  braver  soldier." 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania  has  placed  the  name  of  First  Lieutenant 
Gail  Hamilton  Alexander  on  the  monument  recently  erected  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  of  the  valorous  deeds  of  her  sons  killed  in  the  World  War,  he 
having  been   among  the  first  to  make  the  supreme  sacrifice. 

First  Lieutenant  JAMES  ALBERT  VAN  SANT,  Class  1918.  From  Kentucky. 
Company  "B,"  41st  U.  S.  Infantry  (A.  E.  F.). 
Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 
Resigning  a  responsible  position  in  a  wholesale  Hardware  Company  in 
Duluth,  Minn.,  he  entered  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort  Snelling, 
Minn.,  in  May,  1917,  and  was  commissioned  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant 
in  August,  and  assigned  to  the  41st  U.  S.  Infantry.  In  October,  1917,  he 
was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant.  He  continued  to  serve  with  this  regi- 
inent  until  he  was  ordered  overseas  with  replacements,  in  May,  1919.  He 
landed  at  Brest,  June  14,  and  was  on  duty  at  that  Post  for  a  short  time,  and 
was  then  sent  on  a  tour  of  instruction  with  the  American  Expeditionary 
Forces  in  France  until  August  1,  when  he  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the 
Prisoner  of  War  Escort  Company  No.  13,  and  stationed  at  Gievres,  France. 
On  October  1,  1919,  he  was  detailed  to  accompany  this  Company  to  the  port 
of  Brest,  and  from  there  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Commanding  General, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)         279 

District  of  Paris.  From  Paris  he  was  sent  to  Romaffne-Sous-Montfaucon, 
for  duty  at  the  Argonne  Cemetery. 

On  Saturday,  November  8,  1919,  lie  went  to  Sedan,  Meuse,  France 
During  that  night  he  was  taken  ill  and  was  removed  to  the  French  Military 
Hospital  where  he  died  at  4:45  P.  M.,  November  9,  1919,  of  intestinal  hemor- 
rhage, following  intestinal  obstruction.  He  was  buried  with  full  military 
honours  November  11,  1919,  in  the  United  States  Cemetery  at  Romagne-Sous- 
Montfaucon,  Meuse,  France,  in  Grave  100-3-36. 

The  following  letters  must  give  comfort  to  the  hearts  that  mourn  over 
the  "going  West"  of  this  fine  young  officer  at  his  post  of  duty  in  a  foreign 
land: 

"My  dear  Dr.  Van  Sant: 

"It  is  indeed  with  a  sad  heart  that  I  write  to  tell  you  of  the  death  of 
your  son.  Lieutenant  James  A.  Van  Sant,  yesterday,  November  9,  1919,  the 
offlclal  notice  of  which  you  should  receive  from  the  War  Department  be- 
fore the  receipt  of  this  letter.  Your  son  and  I  had  been  here  together 
on  duty  with  the  13th  Administrative  Company  since  early  in  October.  We 
came  here  together,  had  worked  together,  and  lived  together;  and  in  Lieu- 
tenant Van  Sant  I  had  found  an  able  and  conscientious  officer,  a  willing 
and  helpful  co-worker,  and  a  true  friend.  Your  loss  is  indeed  my  loss,  too, 
and  I  bear  for  you  and  Lieutenant  Van  Sant's  mother  a  profound  sympathy 
which  I  am  unable  to  express  *  *  *. 

(Signed)     W.    C.   Brigham, 
Captain,  U.  S.  Infantry." 

"Mayen,  Germany,  Jan'y  1.  1920. 
"♦     *     *     You  knew  him  as  a  son;    I  knew  him  as  a  real  friend  and 
companion.     Yes,  I  knew  him  as  he  really  was,  and  I  thank  God  for  so  rich 
an  acquaintance.     He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  highest  type.     What  greater 
tribute  could  I  pay  him?    What  higher  honour  could  a  man  attain? 

"He  was  always  ready  to  help,  to  console,  and,  if  need  be,  to  sacrifice 
his  own  desires  for  those  around  him.  Never  have  I  seen  him  shirk  his 
duty  as  an  officer,  and  I  know  for  a  fact  that  the  men  under  him,  without 
ejfception,  greatly  admired  and  respected  him     *     *     *. 

William   D.   Powell. 
1st  Lieut.,  50th  Infantry." 

"Rom.agne-Sous-Montfaucon,   Meuse,   France. 
"*  *  *    This  flower  is  from  the  grave  of  your  dear  boy  buried  here  in 
the   Argonne  Cemetery.     Three   volleys   of  musketry   were  fired,   and    I    am 
enclosing  one  shell  from  each  fire.     When  all  three  were  fired  it  was  like 
one  gun. 

"The  ground  was  covered  with  snow,  and  all  looked  so  white  and  peace- 
ful. The  services  at  the  grave  were  so  impressive.  I  am  sure  all  was  as 
you  would  have  had  it." 

NoKA  Welch  Crump, 
American  Y.  W.  C.  A." 

The  glory  of  death  on  the  battlefield  was  denied  him;  and,  yet,  ho  died 
for  his  Country,  and  his  sacrifice  was  complete. 

First   Lieutenant   J.   RIVES    CHILDS,   Class   1912.     From   Virginia. 

Infantry,  A.   E.   F. 
Here  is  the  record  of  this  brilliant  young  officer: 


280  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Volunteer,  American  Ambulance  in  France,  1915.  Applied  for  examina- 
tion. Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  March,  1917.  Admitted,  First  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp,  3d  Co.,  Fort  Myer,  Va.,  May  15,  1917.  Commissioned  2d  Lt., 
Infantry,  August  15,  1917.  Assigned  to  318th  Infantry,  80th  Division.  Ap- 
pointed aide-de-camp,  C.  0.,  159th  Brigade,  80th  Division,  September  14,  1917. 
Assigned,  War  College  Division,  General  Staff,  21,  1917,  for  course  of 
instruction.  Resigned  as  aide-de-camp,  C.  O.,  159th  Brigade,  80th  Division, 
Nov.  15,  1917,  and  ordered  to  Geneva,  Illinois,  for  an  advanced  course  in 
Intelligence  duty.  Upon  completion  of  these  duties,  ordered  to  report  to 
Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F.,  for  Intelligence  duty. 

Embarked,  New  York  for  Liverpool,  Dec.  24,  1917.  Reported,  G.  H.  Q., 
A.  E.  F.,  Feb.  1,  1918.  Appointed  Chief,  Bureau  of  Enemy  Ciphers,  G  2  A  6, 
Radio  Intelligence  Section,  General  Staff.  At  various  times,  between  Feb. 
1  and  Nov.  11,  1918,  assigned  to  temporary  duty  with  British  War  Office, 
French  Ministere  de  la  Guerre,  French  G.  H.  Q.,  British  G.  H.  Q.,  and 
British  5th  and  6th  Armies. 

Commissioned  1st  Lt.,  Infantry,  October  8,  1918.  Assigned  to  duty  with 
American  Commission  to  Negotiate  Peace,  Dec.  2,  1918.  Relieved  from  duty 
with  American  Commission  to  Negotiate  Peace  and  assigned  to  duty  with 
the  American  Relief  Administration,  April  10,  1919.  From  April  10  to 
Sept.  5,  1919,  in  charge  of  the  C.  R.  B.  ot  the  Amierican  Relief  Administra- 
tion, in  Southern  Serbia,  with  headquarters  at  Salonika,  Greece. 

Decorated  by  Jugo-Slavic  Government  in  August,  1919. 

Returned  to  United  States,  Oct.  4,  1919. 

Discharged,  Oct.  23,  1919. 

T'he  son  of  a  gallant  young  courier  on  the  Staff  of  General  Lee,  who 
saw  service  in  the  world-famed  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  C.  S.  A.,  it  is 
not  surprising  that  this  "Old  Cadet"  proved  true  to  his  tradition.  Patriotism 
was  bred  in  him  and  had  its  fruition  in  his  splendid  service  in  the  World 
War,  which  is  abundantly  attested  by  letters  from  the  Assistant  Chief  of 
Staff  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  A.  E.  F.,  and  the  Secretary  of  the  American 
Peace  Commission. 

He  is  now  on  the  Staff  of  the  Associated  Press  in  Washington,  and 
will  soon  go  abroad  as  a  Foreign  Correspondent. 

First  Lieutenant  JAMES  A.  MILLER,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 
Company  "K,"   47th    (Regular)    Infantry,   4tli  Division,   A.   E.   F. 

He    served    with    the    1st    Virginia    Cavalrj'    on    the    Border    in    191G-17. 

He  was  commissioned  at  Fort  Myer  2d  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  November 
26,  1917,  and  was  assigned  to  the  47th    (Regular)    Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

He  served  at  Camp  Greene,  North  Carolina,  and.  later,  went  to  France 
with  his  command.  He  saw  hard  service  and  won  distinction  for  bravery 
and  efficiency. 

He  was  promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant. 

In  the  Summer  of  1918  he  received  two  wounds  at  one  time,  and  was, 
later,  wounded  again. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstixguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)         281 

First  Lieutenant   RODNEY  WILLARD   POLACK,   Class   1908. 
From    Pennsylvania. 

In  command  of  Company  "D,"  COth  Infantry,  5tli  Division,  A.  E.  P. 
Killed  in  action  in  France. 

He  M^as  commissioned,  November  26,  1917,  1st  Lieutenant,  at  Fort  Ogle- 
thorpe, Georgia,  and  assigned  to  the  60th  Infantry,  5th  Division. 

He  began  his  career  as  a  Mechanical  Engineer;  later,  giving  up  his 
profession  for  mercantile  life.  He  early  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  his 
Country;  received  a  commission,  as  above  shown,  and  sailed  for  France 
with  his  unit.  On  October  14th,  1918,  he  was  killed  by  a  sniper's  bullet 
at,  or  near,  Cunel,  about  twenty  miles  from  Verdun,  while  gallantly  leading 
his  Company.  He  had  previously  fought  at  the  head  of  his  men  at  St.  Mihiel 
and  the  Argonne. 

The  two  letters  that  follow  from  a  Corporal  in  his  Company  and  from 
a  brother-officer  of  his  regiment  are  of  deep  and  pathetic   interest: 

"Co.   'D,'   60th   Inf.,   American   E.   F., 

Dec.   20,    1918,   Esch,    Luxemburg." 
"Dear  Mr.  Polack: 

"Undoubtedly,  you  will  be  rather  surprised  to  hear  from  me,  as  I  do  not 
think  you  know  me,  although  my  home  is  in  York,  Pa.;  however,  I  am 
a  member  of  the  Company  which  your  brother,  Rodney,  was  in  command  of, 
at  the  time  he  met  his  death.  Being  in  the  same  Company  together,  and 
both  coming  from  the  same  City,  we  naturally  became  acquainted,  and  as- 
sociated considerably  with  one  another,  even  though  he  was  an  officer  and 
I  an  enlisted  man. 

"On  October  13,  our  Company  went  up  in  support  of  the  front  line 
South  of  Cunel,  a  town  North  of  Verdun.  That  niglit  we  moved  up  to  the 
front  line  where  we  stayed  in  shell-holes  until  the  following  morning  when 
we  went  'over  the  top,'  directly  in  front  of  the  town  of  Cunel,  8:30  A.  M. 
We  advanced  to  the  towii  and  very  shortly  after  entered  it.  We  met  con- 
siderable resistance  in  the  town,  due  to  machine-gun  fire  from  all  sides;  and, 
while  leading  several  men  in  an  attack  on  a  machine-gun  nest,  on  the  left- 
centre  of  the  town,  your  brother  was  hit  by  a  machine-gun  bullet  in  the  head. 

"At  the  time  he  fell  I  was  only  a  few  yards  away,  on  his  right,  and  by 
the  time  I  reached  his  side  he  was  unconscious.  I  can  not  say  how  often  he 
was  hit  in  the  body,  but  I  know  the  wound  in  his  head  was  the  fatal  one,  as 
life  was  extinct  almost  instantly.  I  had  spoken  to  him  only  a  few  minutes 
before  we  decided  to  wipe  out  the  machine-gun  nest,  and  that  was  about 
how  we  should  advance. 

"The  censorship  doesn't  allow  met  to  enumerate  casualties,  but  Lieu- 
tenant Polack's  loss  wasn't  the  only  one  we  had  that  day,  but  it  was  the 
worst  blow  the  Germans  could  give  the  men  under  his  command.  He  was 
a  fearless  leader  whom  the  men  under  him  would  follow  anywhere.  Every 
man  in  the  Company  had  the  highest  respect  for  him,  and  the  loss  of  him 
to  us — those  of  us  who  still  remain — is  an  occurrence  which  we  shall  never 
forget.  His  career  as  commander  of  Company  'D'  was  one  which  showed  his 
true  American  spirit;  and  in  action,  his  cool,  fearless  leadership  sh/)wed  his 
patriotism  and  earnestness  in  the  cause  for  which  he'  sacrificed  his  life 
His  body  is  buried  South  of  Cunel  where  he  fell,  at  a  place  called  Madeleine 
Farms,  in  a  large  cemetery  where  many  true  Americans  now  rest.  Lieu- 
tenant J.  B.  Crane,  formerly  with  our  Company,  but  now  of  Co.  'B,'  this 
Regiment,  is  sending  you  a  map  of  the  sector  showing  Cunel  and  Madeleine 
Farms. 

"Mr.  Polack,  I  hereby  wish  to  extend  the  most  sincere  sympathy  of 
every  man  in  Company  'D'  to  you  and  the  relatives  of  First  Lieutenant 
Polack  who  will  miss  him  far  more  than  we;  but  in  years  to  come  we  shall 


282  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

remember  his  loyal  leadership,  and  think  of  him  as  one  of  the  heroes  who 
fearlessly  gave  his  life  on  earth  to  continue  it  anew  with  God. 

"On  th«  15  of  October,  I  was  burned  with  mustard  gas  and  was  evacuated 
to  the  Hospital  where  I  remained  four  weeks.  I  am  as  well  as  ever  again, 
and  am  now  awaiting  the  day  I  can  again  set  my  feet  on  the  soil  of  the 
'good  old  U.  S.  A.' 

"This  is  a  considerably  longer  letter  than  I  expected  to  write,  but  I 
thought  possibly  you  would  be  glad  to  get  some  information  from  some- 
one who  v/as  present,  when  Lieutenant  Polack  met  his  death. 

"With  my  sincere  sympathy  for  those  who  mourn  tlie  loss  of  your 
brother, 

I  am  most  respectfully, 

(Signed)     Corporal  Walter  H.  Stout." 

"American   Exp.   Forces,   Dec.   19,   191S. 
"Mr.  Ernest  H.  Polack, 

"Dear  Sir: 

"I  am  writing,  in  answer  to  your  letter  to  the  Chaplain  about  your 
brother.  Lieutenant  Rodney  W.  Polack. 

"On  the  morning  of  October  14,  1918,  this  battalion  advanced  on  Cunel, 
France,  which  is  a  small  village  about  twenty  miles  North-east  of  Verdun. 
This  town  was  held  by  the  Germans  who  put  down  a  terrific  fire  against 
th.e  advance.  Before  reaching  the  town.  Lieutenant  Polack  was  killed  in- 
stantly by  a  sniper's  bullet.  He  was  buried  beside  men  who  followed  him 
that  morning  to  the  extreme  sacrifice.  His  grave  is  near  Madeleine  Farms 
which  is  an  old  farm  house  and  other  buildings,  now  in  ruins,  not  far  from 
Cunel.  ;    :      I       ' 

"I  had  known  your  brother  for  several  months,  being  in  the  same  Com- 
pany since  last  March.  He  was  highly  respected  and  admired  by  his  men 
who  mourn  his  death  as  soldiers  do  quietly,  yet  often  I  have  heard  them 
mention  him  with  words  showing  their  esteem  for  the  man  who  led  them  in 
the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel  and  the  Argonne. 

"I  extend  my  deepest  sympathy  to  his  relatives  and  Miss  Alvord. 

Respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)     John    B.    Crane, 
Lt,  60th  Inf." 
Colonel  Henry  C.  Ford,  of  the  V.  M.  I.  Faculty,  was  a  ship  companion 
of  the  brother  of  First  Lieutenant  Polack,  and  the  latter's  coming  to  the 
Institute  was  due  to  that  chance  association. 

He  was  a  noble  young  man  who  nobly  died  for  God  and  Country. 

First    Lieutenant   AUSTIN   WITHERS   WOOLFORD,    Class    1917. 
From  Virginia. 
307th   Infantry,   77th   Division,  A.  E.   F. 
(Part  of  while  in   different  commands  of  B.   E.    F.) 
Enlisted   at   Plattsburg,  N.   Y.,   May   12,   1917.     Commissioned   2nd  Lieu- 
tenant, Infantry,  U.  S.  R.  C,  August  15,  1917.     Ordered  to  Camp  Upton,  N. 
Y.,  and  attached  to  308th  Infantry,  August  29.     Transferred  and  assigned  to 
307th  Infantry,  September  19,  1917. 

Sailed  for  France,  April  4  (or  6),  1918.  Landed  on  14th  at  Calais.  At- 
tached to  British  near  St.  Omar;  then  attached  to  47th  Canadian  Battalion, 
on  Vimey  Ridge,  South  of  the  town  of  Vimey;  afterwards  attached  to  4th 
Seaforths,  and  then  to  the  Gordons,  in  the  51st  Scotch  Highland  Division. 
B.  E.  F.  In  June,  1917,  he  re-joined  the  307th  U.  S.  Infantry,  77th  Division, 
in  Baccarat,  as  Battalion   Scout  Officer.     Occupied   sector.   Battalion   H.   Q., 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguished  Aluaini  (Cont'd)         283 

in  St.  Maurice.  Burned  by  mustard  gas,  June  18,  1917.  Moved  in  August  to 
Vesle  front,  near  Fismes.  Took  over  August  5.  Advanced  from  Vesle  to 
Aisne  River.  High  explosive  wound  on  September  14,  1918.  Invalided  home, 
and  discharged  from   Service,   May  12,  1919. 

His  mother  wrote: 

"This  is  his  own  account.  He  gives  no  details;  so  I  will  add  that  the 
shell  severed  his  left  hand  from  the  arm,  and,  later,  the  arm  was  amputated. 
A  second  operation  was  necessary,  leaving  the  arm  to  the  elbow.  On  his 
way  back,  after  being  operated  on  at  the  Field  Hospital,  he  was  burned 
very  badly  by  mustard  gas  from  the  knees  up,  was  blind  for  a  week  and 
his  throat  badly  off.  His  sight  has  been  restored,  though  he  still  wears 
glasses,  and  will  have  to  wear  them  for  a  long  time. 

"From  May,  when  discharged,  till  September.  1919,  he  worked  for  the 
Council  of  National  Defense,  placing  discharged  soldiers  on  jobs.  He  is 
now  with  the  Franklin  Trust  Company,  in  New  York  City,  and  studying 
at  Columbia  University  at  night.  I  suspect  his  home  address  (237  Main 
Street,   Suffolk,  Va.)    is   the  most  permanent   one   he  has. 

"I  sincerely  hope  you  can  piece  together  what  you  want  for  your 
record  from  this,  as  it  seems  to  me  a  very  fine  thing  to  have  these  records 
fully  kept." 

An  heroic  son  of  an  heroic  mother! 

First  Lieutenant  .TAMES  A.   PIGUE,   Class   1905.     From  Tennessee. 

Company  "A,"  117th  Infantry,  59th  Brigade,  30th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Killed  in  Action  in  France. 

Having  received  military  training  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute, 
Pigue  entered  the  U.  S.  Marine  Corps  in  1904.  He  was  one  of  six  men  desig- 
nated to  accompany  General  William  C.  Gorgas,  Surgeon-General  of  the  U.  S. 
Army  (then  Colonel  Gorgas),  to  Panama  on  important  work,  incident  to 
the  construction  of  the  Canal.  He  remained  there  for  the  space  of  a  year 
after  which  he  was  ordered  back  to  the  United  States.  He  then  served, 
alternately,  on  land  and  at  sea. 

During  the  Jamestown  Exposition,  Lieutenant  Pigue  was  second  in  com- 
mand of  the  Government  Pier  being  constructed  there.  After  his  service 
there,  he  was  transferred  to  Norfolk,  Virginia,  for  duty,  and  from  there  to 
Annapolis.  Following  this,  he  saw  eighteen  months'  sea  service  with  Admiral 
Badger  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea.  Later,  he  did  Scout  duty  with  the  North 
Atlantic  Fleet,  and  in  1909  he  was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service, 
at  his  own  request.  He  then  determined  to  settle  down  to  peaceful  pur- 
suits.    But  it  was  not  to  be  for  long. 

In  1916,  the  Mexican  Border  trouble  arose.  He  enlisted  at  once  with 
the  First  Tennessee  National  Guard  Regiment  (Nashville  being  his  home  at 
that  time),  and  went  to  Texas.  He  was  soon  made  a  Second  Lieutenant, 
and  it  was  not  long  before  his  promotion  to  First  Lieutenant  followed.  He 
won  two  medals  for  excellent  service  on  the  Mexican  Border,  having  previ- 
ously been  awarded  two  medals,  and  given  a  Panama  badge.  He  came  back 
to  Nashville  with  his  regiment,  and  was  mustered  out  of  Service.  Soon,  the 
First  Tennessee  Regiment  was  recalled  to  Federal  Service,  and  he  again 
joined  it  (having  just  married),  and  remained  with,  the  regiment  during 
its  stay  at  Camp  Jackson,  Nashville,  and  at  Camp  Sevier,  Greenville,  South 
Carolina,  until  the  First  Tennessee  Regiment  became  a  Heavy  Artillery 
Regiment    and    was    designated    as    the    115th    Field    Artillery,    U.    S.    A. 


284  YiEGixiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Lieutenant  Pigue  desired  Infantry  service  and  was,  therefore,  transferred  to 
the  117th  Infantry,  Company  "A,"   59th  Brigade. 

He  left  the  United  States  on  May  4,  1918,  reached  Belgium  on  the  20, 
and  was  given  command  of  British  and  Australian  Artillery,  May  26  (as 
there  was  a  great  shortage  of  officers  with,  these  troops).  He  served  with 
these  outfits  until  July  14,  when  the  30th  Division  of  Americans  was  sent 
to  Belgium  to  reinforce  the  British.  On  July  15,  he  was  given  command 
of  a  battalion  of  the  117th  Infantry,  with  which  he  went  into  action  in 
the  Soissons-Rheims  Sector,  on  July  17,  1918,  and  the  next  day  he  was 
killed,  shot  through  the  heart  by  a  sniper,  while  he  was  making  observa- 
tions, he  being  the  first  officer,  and  the  first  man,  killed  in  the  30th  Division. 

The  NasJiville  Banner,  in  its  issue  of  August  2,  1918,  said: 

"He  was  one  of  the  most  popular  young  men  of  Nashville  and  his  death 
will  come  as  a  shock  to  his  many  friends.  'Jim,'  as  he  was  better  known 
to  those  who  were  numbered  among  his  acquaintances,  was  a  finished  soldier 
and  gentlemen.  He  received  his  education  and  military  training  at  the  Vir- 
ginia Military  Institute,  the  'West  Point  of  the  South,'  and  in  1904  entered 
the  Service,  choosing  to  specialize  in  the  Marine  Corps.  *  *  *" 

Brigadier  General  Reed,  under  whom  he  served  while  in  Panama,  said 
to  the  wife  of  the  hero,  just  before  he  sailed  from  New  York: 

"Your  husband  has  stood  a  test  that  not  one  out  of  a  thousand  could 
stand.     He  is  due  for  a  Major's  commission  *  *  *." 

His  father  said:     "My  boy's  heart  was  in  the  service  of  his  Country." 

There  was  a  Memorial  Service  held  at  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Nash- 
ville, of  which  Lieutenant  Pigue  was  a  devoted  member,  and  fitting  exer- 
cises were  held  in  honour  of  the  martyr. 

An  extract  from  the  last  letter  of  the  deceased  officer  to  h,is  wife,  writ- 
ten July  12,  was  read,  which,  as  his  cousin  and  brother  Alumnus  of  the 
v.  M.  I.,  Weaver  Harris,  of  Class  1904,  said: 

"Revealed  a  new,  regenerated  Jim,  full  of  that  great  soul-spirit  often 
developed  by  the  fire  and  iron  of  War.  As  Coningsby  Dawson,  in  one  of 
his  letters,  says:  'Certainly,  there  are  fine  qualities,  which  War,  despite 
its  unnaturalness,  develops.'  These  men  seem  to  be  lifted,  so  to  speak, 
spiritually  into  a  new  world  of  thought,  and,  with  a  clarified  vision,  view 
the  future  with  new  ideas  and  purposes.  As  Jim  expressed  it:  'We  all 
can't  be  heroes  and  wear  medals  and  get  our  names  in  the  dispatches,  but 
we  can  do  our  full  duty,  and  wear  our  medals  on  our  hearts.'  " 

The  writer  of  this  feeble  sketch  knew  this  gallant  young  officer  who 
was  his  son's  roommate  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  and,  therefore,  he  experiences  a 
personal  grief  in  his  cruel  taking-off. 

First  Lieutenant   J.   VINCIL   STARK,   Class   1910.     From   Missouri. 

Adjutant,    3rd    Battalion,    140th    Infantry,    35th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 

Left  Camp  Doniphan,  in  April,  1918,  for  overseas  service  as  Second 
Lieutenant  and  Supply  Officer  (detailed)  of  his  section.  Was  again  assigned 
as  Supply  Officer  of  his  battalion  on  board  ship,  and  continued  as  such  until 
the  battalion  went  into  position  with  the  remainder  of  the  35th  Division, 
back  of  the  British,  early  in  May,  1918.  He  was  then  assigned  to  the 
British  School  of  Observation  and  Intelligence;  later,  joining  his  regiment 
on  its  way  to  the  Vosges  Mountains,  as  Adjutant  of  the  3rd  Battalion  (under 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstikguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)         285 

Major  Murray  Davis),  having  been  previously  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant. 
His  regiment  suffered  some  casualties  during  its  stay  in  the  mountains,  but 
its  first  major  engagement  was  at  St.  Mihiel,  when  it  served  in  support. 

On  September  26,  the  35th  Division  "went  over"  in  front  of  Vanquols. 
Then  it  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Argonne.  First  Lieutenant  Stark  was  in 
action  three  days  when  he  met  up  with  a  H.  E.  shell,  receiving  two  wounds — 
one  in  the  left  thigh  just  above  the  knee.  (A  fragment  was  removed  from 
the  right  buttock  a  month  later.)  And  he  lost  the  little  finger  of  his  right 
hand.  He  was  placed  in  six  or  eight  Hospitals,  three  in  the  United  States; 
but  after  more  than  a  year,  he  was  still  in  Hospital  in  Fort  Sheridan, 
when  last  heard  from.  He  appeared  before  a  Board  and  was  recommended 
for  the  regular  Service. 

His  record  in  the  War  was  distinguished,  and  it  is  not  strange  that  his 
father  v/rote:  "Of  course,  I  am  proud  of  him,  for  he  did  his  duty  to  his 
Country  and  to  the  V.  M.  I." 

Re-commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,  September,  1920. 

First  Lieutenant  HERBERT  C.  F.  SITWELL,  Class  1919.  From  Virginia. 
First  Pioneer  Infantry,  A.   E.   F. 

In  April,  1917,  he  took  the  leading  part  in  raising  a  battery  of  Coast 
Artillery  at  Hopewell,  Virginia,  with  the  sanction  of  the  Governor  of  Vir- 
ginia and  the  War  Department.  A  fine  battery  was  organized  of  which 
he  was  chosen  Captain.  It  was  learned  that  a  large  majority  of  the  per- 
sonnel were  munition  workers,  and  h.ence  the  War  Department  withdrew 
its  consent  to  the  mustering  in  of  the  battery. 

He,  later,  entered  the  Fort  Myer  Training  Camp  and  received  a  com- 
mission as  First  Lieutenant,  and  was  assigned  to  the  First  Pioneer  Infantry. 
Less  than  a  month  after  his  arrival  in  France,  in  July,  1918,  he  was  very 
severely  gassed  in  action.  He  was  sent  to  Hospital  where  he  remained  some 
weeks.  He  was  the  senior  lieutenant  of  his  Company  and  the  youngest 
officer  In  his  regiment. 

First  Lieutenant  HERBERT  W.   HARRIS,  Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 

Quartermaster    Corps.     Supply    Officer,    316th    Service    Battalion,    U.    S.    A. 

Later,  Personnel   Officer,  Camp   Mills,  N.  Y. 

Few  young  officers  deserve  higher  praise  than  he  for  the  effective  work 
he  performed  during  the  war,  and  especially  in  its  early  stages. 

He  had  served  for  over  five  years  with  the  Virginia  National  Guard 
(R.  L.  I.  Blues),  and,  during  1916-17,  in  t^e  Border  trouble  with  that 
organization. 

He  was  sent  to  Richmond  as  sergeant  to  aid  in  recruiting  a  Company, 
to  be  known  as  the  "Blue  Company."  He  laboured  faithfully  for  many 
months,  and  had  the  gratification  of  raising  a  fine  Company  of  which  he 
was  elected  First  Lieutenant.  The  election,  however,  was  not  confirmed 
by  the  War  Department.  He  returned  to  his  command  at  Anniston,  Alabama, 
and  resumed  his  duties  as  sergeant  of  1st  Virginia  Cavalry  (R.  L.  I.  Blues). 
Later,  he  was  one  of  that  organization  selected  to  attend  the  Officers'  Train- 
ing Sch.ool  at  Camp  McClellan,  and  he  received  his  commission  as  Second 
Lieutenant   April    20,   1918.     He   was   assigned    to   the   Quartermaster   Corps. 


286  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

and  was  stationed  at  Newport  News,  Virginia,  and  Camp  Mills,  N.  Y.  At 
the  latter  Post  he  was  appointed  Supply  Officer,  316th  Service  Battalion, 
and,  later,  served  as  Personnel  Officer.  He  never  got  his  deserts.  He  per- 
formed all  his  duties  with  honour  and  credit,  but  he  was  denied  the  grati- 
fication of  going  to  the  battle  front.  He  has  resumed  his  pre-war  occupation 
of  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Law  and  Equity  Court,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

First   Lieutenant   KARL   MINNIGERODE,    Class   1908.     From   Virginia. 
129th  Machiine-Gun   Battalion,   3.5th   Division,  A.   E.  F. 

Entered  first  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Presidio,  San  Francisco,  May  15, 
1917.  Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917,  and  as- 
signed to  12Sth  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  35th  Division,  Camp  Doniphan, 
Oklahoma.  Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  February  12,  1918,  and  assigned 
to  129th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  35th  Division. 

Left  for  overseas  service,  April  17,  1918. 

Took  part  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  September  12,  1918.  Took  part 
in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive,  September  26-October  2,  1918.  On  March 
29,  1919,  he  was  transferred  to  the  29th  Division  and  made  Division  Athletic 
Officer. 

April  28-June,  1919,  ill  in  Hospital,  Dijon,  France. 

June  9,  1919,  sailed  for  home. 

October  31,  1919,  honourably  discharged  at  Baltimore,  Md.  Re-com- 
missicned  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,  in  September,  1920. 

His  father.  Lieutenant  Charles  M.  Minnigerode,  was  a  gallant  Staff 
Officer  of  Major  General  Fitzhugh  Lee,  C.  S.  A.,  and  in  the  last  battle  of  the 
War  was  maimed  for  life. 

His  grandfather  was  the  Rev.  Charles  Minnigerode,  D.  D.,  the  beloved 
Rector  of  historic  St.  Paul's  Church,  Richmond,  Virginia,  for  thirty  years. 

First   Lieutenant  WILLIAM   B.   YANCEY,   Class   1914.     From   Virginia. 
Machine-Gun  Company,  51st  Infantry,  6th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Enlisted  at  first  Fort  Myer  Officers'   Training  Camp. 
Commissioned  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant,  Regular  Army.     Assigned 
to  51st  Infantry,  Machine-Gun  Company,  6t.h  Division. 

Went  to  France  with  his  Division  and  participated  in  all  its  actions. 
Slightly  wounded  by  high  explosive  shell,  September  15,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  ALEXANDER  H.  ERASER,  Class  1908.     From  Texas. 
Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.     Died  in  the  Service. 
One  of  four  brothers  who  were  Cadets  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  two  graduating. 
He  and  his  brother.  Lieutenant  Douglas  M.  Eraser,  enlisted  in  the  Avia- 
tion   Service   early   in    the  War.     His   service   was   chiefly   at   Kelly   Field, 
Texas,   where  he  earned   the  highest  praise   for   faithfully   discharging  his 
duties. 

He  died  in  the  Service  of  pneumonia  following  influenza,  at   Fort  Sam 
Houston,  Texas,  October  28,  1918. 

First  Lieutenant  SAMUEL  A.  McKTNNEY,  Class  1913.     From  Virginia. 
Adjutant.    1st    Battalion,    110th    Infantry,    29th    Division.    A.    E.    F. 
Served  on  Mexican  Border,  July,  1916-January,  1917,  as  Sergeant,  Com- 
pany "D,"   Ist  Virginia   Infantry    (National  Guard).     Elected   Second   Lieu- 


Some  of  the  Specially  DrsTixonsHED  Alumni  (Cont'd)        287 

tenant,  April  14,  1917.  Mustered  into  Federal  Service,  July  25,  1917.  Pro- 
moted to  First  Lieutenant,  August  4,  1917.  Ordered  to  Camp  McClellan, 
Alabama,  September  2C,  1917.  Assigned  to  Company  "H,"  llGth  Infantry, 
29th  Division.  Sailed  for  France,  .June  10,  1918.  Participated  in  following 
engagements: 

Centre  Sector,  Haute,  ALsace,  .July  25-September  23,  1918;  Argonne- 
Meuse,  October  S-29,  1918. 

Transferred  as  Adjutant,  1st  Battalion.  llCth  Infantry  (G.  M.  Alexander. 
V.  M.  I.,  Major),  October  4,  1918.  Served  in  this  capacity  until  discharged. 
Arrived    in    United    States,    May    21,    1919;     discharged    eight    days    later. 

Nov^r  with   M.  L.   Bowen   Company.  New  York.     Address,   c/o  Alfred   B. 
Percy,  Lynchburg,  Virginia. 
First  Lieutenant  W.  E.  BAUGHAM,  Class  1915.     From  North  Carolina. 
113th   F.   A.,   A.  E.   F. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Battery  "B,"  113th  Field  Artillery,  June  29, 
1917.  On  August  5,  1917,. he  was  promoted  from  the  ranks  to  the  grade  of 
First  Lieutenant,  and  retained  this  rank  until  he  was  discharged,  March 
29,  1919. 

His  regiment  trained  in  light  field  artillery  at  Camp  Sevier,  S.  C,  from 
September  15,  1917  until  the  first  of  May,  1918.  On  the  8  of  May,  1918,  he 
sailed  from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  on  the  transport  George  Washington,  and  landed 
at  Brest,  France,  on  May  18.  After  a  brief  stop  in  the  so-called  "Rest 
Camp"  there,  the  Advance  School  Detachment  of  his  regiment  went  to 
Valdahon,  France,  near  the  Swiss  border,  to  train  in  field  artillery,  there 
awaiting  the  arrival  of  the  rest  of  his  regiment,  which  sailed  three  weeks 
afterwards.  From  Valdahon  he  went  to  Coetquidan,  France,  where  he  trained 
further,  and  was  eventually  equipped  for  service  at  the  front.  Leaving 
Coetquidan  on  the  22  of  August,  as  Commander  of  the  Headquarters  Com- 
pany of  his  regiment,  he,  with  his  Company,  arrived  at  Toul  on  the  25th  of 
the  same  month.  Here  they  unloaded,  and  marched  about  ten  miles  at 
night  to  their  echelon  from  where  they  were  to  take  over  their  defensive 
part  of  the  Toul  Sector.  It  was  here  that  he  received  his  first  experience 
in  war.  He  was  later  relieved  of  the  command  of  the  Headquarters  Com- 
pany, and  was  assigned  to  the  Second  Battalion,  as  Machine-Gun,  Radio  and 
Intelligence  Officer  of  this  battalion.  On  the  12  of  September,  1918,  he  took 
part  in  the  great  Saint  Mihiel  drive.  After  a  few  days  in  this  sector  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Argonne  Sector  where,  on  September  27,  he  assisted  In 
launching  the  barrage  attack  which  paved  the  way  for  the  Infantry.  He 
advanced  in  this  sector  to  Montfaucon  where  he  remained,  holding  his  posi- 
tion for  ten  days.  While  in  this  sector,  his  command  being  divisional  artil- 
lery, it  supported  the  "Rainbow,"  the  33rd,  and  the  37th  Divisions.  From 
this  sector  he  was  transferred  to  the  Meuse  Sector  where  he  remained,  and 
assisted  in  attacks,  until  the  Armistice  was  signed  on  November  11. 

He  went  forward  with  his  Company  into  Luxemburg,  as  a  part  of  the 
Army  of  Occupation,  remaining  in  this  province  for  a  months  From  there 
he  was  sent  to  Le  Mans  which  was  the  Embarkation  Sector,  and,  later,  sailed 
from  St.  Nazaire  on  the  transport  Santa  Theresa,  on  the  4  of  March,  1919, 
arriving  in  this  Country  on  the  18  of  the  same  month.  He  was  discharged 
on  the  29  of  March,  at  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C. 


288  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

He  married,  while  at  Camp  Sevier,  a  young  lady  from  his  home,  and 
found  awaiting  him,  on  his  return,  an  eight  months'  old  girl  baby. 

His  brother  James  who  served  in  the  LaFayette  Escadrille,  was  shot 
down  from  the  air  on  July  1,  1918,  and  died  the  next  day.  He  had  three 
German  Planes  to  his  credit,  and  was  awarded  the  French  Croix  de  Guerre 
and  the  Medaille  Militaire.  Another  brother  served  as  a  corporal  in  his 
regiment,  and  returned  as  luckily  as  he. 

First   Lieutenant    EDWARD    TRAFTOX    HATHAWAY,    Class    1915 

From  Oklahoma. 

Flight  Commander,  90th  Air  Squadron,  A.  E.  F. 

Killed  in  the  line  of  duty. 

Lieutenant  Edward  Trafton  Hathaway,  wh,o  was  killed  in  an  airplane 
accident  in  France,  June  25,  1918,  was  born  in  Denison,  Texas,  Oct.  26, 
1892.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Denison  and  Oklahoma  City, 
the  Military  Institute  at  Roswell,  N.  M.,  and  the  Virginia  Military  Institute. 
He  resigned  his  position  with  the  Texas  Company  at  Houston  in  March^ 
1917,  and  went  to  France  in  command  of  American  Ambulance  L^nit  No.  17. 
His  ambulance  unit  was  cited  for  bravery  under  fire  by  the  French  during 
the  battle  around  Verdun  in  August.  The  latter  part  of  August  he  enlisted 
in  the  United  States  Air  Service  in  Paris.  In  September,  1917,  he  was 
commissioned  First  Lieutenant  and  attached  to  the  Ninetieth  Air  Squadron, 
and  was  later  promoted  to  flight  commander. 

Lieutenant  Hathaway  is  survived  by  his  mother,  Mrs.  Lily  B.  Hathaway, 
and  his  only  brother,  FVank  B.  Hathaway,  both  of  Tulsa,  Okla.  Mrs.  Hatha- 
way received  a  letter  from  an  officer  who  served  with  her  son,  giving  the 
following  account  of  Lieutenant  Hathaway's  death  and  funeral: 

"They  were  starting  out  on  a  mission  over  the  lines  about  8  o'clock  in 
the  morning  of  June  25,  and  were  circling  in  climbing  almost  directly  above 
our  field,  when  in  some  inexplicable  manner  the  machine  became  uncon- 
trollable and  fell  to  the  ground.  Trafton  died  instantly  without  pain,  and 
the  observer  within  an  hour. 

"The  funeral  was  of  necessity  simple  but  extremely  impressive,  a  Captain 
from  another  squadron  being  buried  at  the  same  time  with  our  two  boys. 
The  ceremony  was,  of  course,  military,  and  was  attended  by  the  squadron  in 
a  body,  together  with  such  personal  friends  from  neighbouring  units  as  were 
able  to  be  tliere.  Th,e  grave  itself  lies  in  the  little  cemetery  of  United  States 
Base  Hospital  No.  1,  almost  within  sight  ot  the  lines  and  in  full  sound  of 
the  guns,  and  in  the  same  cemetery  in  which  the  famous  Major  Lufberry 
and  two  pilot  friends  of  Trafton  and  myself  lie  buried." 

First  Lieutenant  JACK  W.   BURRESS,   Class   1918.     From  Virginia. 
371st  Infantry,   A.   E.   F. 
Entered    Second    Officers'    Training   Camp   at   Fort   Oglethorpe,    Georgia. 
August,  1917,  and  ordered  to  Camp  Jackson,  South  Carolina,  where  he  was 
assigned  to  the  371st  Infantry.     He  remained  with  this  organization  through- 
out the  War. 

He  was  ordered  overseas  as  a  Casual  Officer,  the  latter  part  of  March, 
1918,  but  joined  his  regiment,  a  month  later,  in  the  Training  Area  at 
Ear-Ie-Duc,  Department  of  the  Meuse,  where  he  remained  until  early  in  June. 
He  was  then  ordered  to  the  front.     [His  regiment  was  composed  of  negro 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distikguished  Alumxi  (Cont'd)         289 

draftees  from  South  Carolina.!  The  regiment  was  brigaded  with  the  157th 
French  Division,  then  a  part  of  the  Second  French  Army.  From  the  middle 
of  June  to  the  middle  of  September,  he  was  stationed  in  the  Verdun  Sector, 
being  moved  from  one  end  to  the  other,  and  on  the  Champagne  front  also. 
On  September  1.  he  attended  the  French  School  of  the  Line  for  the  first 
group  of  French  Armies,  which  was  held  at  Cousance-aux-Forges. 

About  the  middle  of  September,  his  Division  was  transferred  to  the 
13th  Army  Corps,  then  a  part  of  the  4th  French  Army  which  was  com- 
manded by  General  Gourand.  On  the  morning  of  the  26  of  September,  his 
Division  attacked  the  Enemy  throughout  the  Eastern  end  of  the  Champagne 
Sector,  in  liaison  with  the  1st  American  Army  in  the  Argonne. 

During  the  attack,  the  Division  suffered  very  heavy  casualties  from 
machine-gun  and  artillery  fire;  however,  it  reached  all  of  its  objectives  in 
due  course. 

On  the  morning  of  the  30  of  September,  Lieutenant  Burress  received  a 
slight  flesh  wound  in  his  left  arm;  a  few  minutes  later,  he  received  a  flesh 
wound  in  his  left  leg;  at  the  end  of  an  hour  or  so,  he  received  slight  wounds 
in  the  head  and  shoulder,  and  just  after  this,  he  received  a  wound  in  his 
rigkt  arm,  which  necessitated  his  being  evacuated.  All  his  wounds  were 
from  high  explosive  shell  splinters.  He  was  shifted  from  one  Hospital  to 
another,  and  on  the  6  of  August  was  invalided  home. 

On  January   5,  1919,  he  was  discharged  from  the  Service. 

He  was  one  of  four  brothers,  in  the  Service  during  the  War,  his  eldest 
brother  being  the  gallant  Captain  Withers  A.  Burress,  Graduate  of  Class 
1914.     (See  above.) 

First  Lieutenant  WILLIAM  S.  McCOY,  Class  1909.    From  Missouri. 
355th   Infantry,   89th   Division,  A.  E.   F. 

Attended  flrst  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  Commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917.  Assigned  to  355th  In 
fantry,  89th  Division,  in  which  he  gallantly  served  overseas. 

He  was  severely  wounded  in  the  thigh  by  a  "whiz-bang,"  September 
13,  1918,  the  second  day  of  the  St.  Mihiel  drive.  Sent  to  Hospital  where  he 
was  kept  till  December  19,  1918. 

Honourably  discharged,  and  resumed  his  pre-war  profession  of  Archi- 
tecture, in  Independence  and  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

First  Lieutenant  GILLMAN  K.  CROCKETT,  Class  1912.  From  Virginia. 
9th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  3rd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
Enlisted  at  Plattsburg  Training  Camp  in  May,  1917.  Commissioned 
Provisional  Second  Lieutenant,  and  assigned  to  the  38th  U.  S.  Infantry, 
at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  From  there  he  was  ordered  to  Camp  Greene.  He  was 
transferred  when  the  Machine-Gun  Battalions  were  formed,  and  joined  the 
7th  Machine-Gun  Battalion.  When  this  battalion  was  motorized  C.  and  D. 
Companies  were  sent  to  the  8th  and  9th  Machine-Gun  Battalions,  respec- 
tively.    He  was  attached  to  the  9th  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 

He  went  overseas,  February  28,  1918,  with  the  advance  party  of  the  3rd 
Division  (Regular),  and  went  into  training  until  May  28,  when  his  battalion 
was  ordered   to   Chateau   Thierry,   to  help  hold   the   Marne  crossing.     The 


290  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

battalion  suffered  its  first  casualty,  June  3,  1918.  It  occupied  a  sector  on  the 
direct  path  of  the  last  big  German  drive  of  July  15. 

In  the  counter-attack  of  July  22,  he  was  shot  through  the  hand  by  a 
machine-gun.  He  was  stationed  on  the  Vesle  River,  near  Fismes,  August 
1-12.  His  battalion  acted  as  Corps  Reserve  in  th.e  St.  Mihiel  drive.  It  took 
up  front  line  duty,  and  attacked  October  9,  during  the  Meuse-Argonne 
battle. 

After  his  Captain  and  First  Lieutenant  were  wounded,  he  was  in  com- 
mand of  a  Company  of  Infantry  and  platoon  of  Machine-Guns.  He  was 
wounded,  the  second  time,  a  few  moments  later,  the  bullet  hitting  him  on 
the  left  side  of  the  jaw,  passing  through  his  throat,  and  coming  out  of  his 
right  shoulder.  He  lay  in  a  shell-hole  twelve  hours,  until  it  was  dark 
enough  to  get  back  to  a  dressing-station. 

He  was  invalided  home,  December  18,  1918,  sailing  from  St.  Nazaire, 
and  landing  at  Newport  News  on  the  31.  He  was  sent  to  the  Base  Hospital 
at  Camp  Devens  where  he  underwent  two  operations  on  his  jaw. 

He  was  discharged  as  cured,  June  10,  1919,  and  was  then  assigned  to 
duty  with  the  36th  Infantry. 

He  received  his  permanent  First  Lieutenancy  in  November,  1919.  He 
has  not  positively  decided  yet  whether  he  will  continue  permanently  in  the 
Service,  or  not.  An  older  brother,  Albert  S.  Crockett,  Graduate  of  Class 
1909,  was  an  Ensign  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  R.  F.,  during  the  War,  in  the 
Submarine  Section. 

First  Lieutenant  GEORGE  TAYLOE  BLACKFORD,  Class  1901. 

From  Virginia. 

(One  of  five  brothers  who  served  as  Cadets,  V.  M.  I.,  two  graduating  and 

two  deceased  before  the  War.) 

Engineers,  Railway,  A.  E.  F. 

(Commanding   Detachments    at   times    numbering   several    thousand    men.) 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  17th  Engineers,  Railway,  June  15,  1917. 
Sailed  for  France,  July  28,  1917.  Promoted  to  Sergeant,  First  Class,  Master 
Engineer  (Junior  Grade),  Master  Engineer  (Senior  Grade).  Commissioned 
First  Lieutenant,  Engineers,  Railway,  March  29,  1918.  Commanded  detach- 
ments numbering  thirty-five  hundred  men,  and  including  nine  hundred  Ger- 
man prisoners.  Served  twenty-six  months  overseas.  Recommended  for 
promotion  to  grade  of  Captain  five  times  and  to  grade  of  Major  twice.  Re- 
ceived French  Citation  by  Commanding  General,  Region  of  Docks,  Munition 
Dumps,  Hospitals,  Camps,  etc.  Had  charge  of  Steel  Building  Construction 
at  Montair,  France,  where  five  million,  three  hundred  th,ousand  square 
feet  of  steel  buildings  were  constructed  in  approximately  seven  months. 
Afterwards,  represented  section  of  Engineer  Office  at  Nantes,  France. 

Returned  to  United  States  September  1,  1919. 

Mustered  out  of  Service  at  Washington,  September  21,  1919. 

The  record  of  this  officer  is  superb,  and  why  his  many  recommendations 
for  promotion  were  not  acted  en  cannot  be  explained. 

An  older  brother,  Lt.  Colonel  Charles  M.  Blackford,  Graduate  of  Clasg 
1897,  died  in  the  Service,  at  his  Post,  during  the  War. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alujmxi  (Cont'd)        291 

First  Lieutenant  THOMAS  WHITE  WILMER,  Class  1914,  "Third  Honour." 

From  Virginia. 
19th   F.  A.,   5th,  Division,  and,   later,    Instructor  Artillery   Training  Centre, 

A.  E.  F. 

At  first  OfKcers'  Training  Camp,  Fort  Niagara,  New  York,  May  11- 
August  15,  1917.  Commissioned  Provisional  Second  Lieutenant,  F.  A.  Regular 
Army,  August  15,  1917.  August  15,  1917-February  22,  1918,  duty  with  19th 
Field  Artillery,  San  Antonio  and  Waco,  Texas.  February  22-June  8,  1918, 
with  5th  Division,  Advance  Detachment.  Arrived  at  Bordeaux,  France, 
March  24,  1918. 

Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  F.  A.,  July  3,  1918.  Jung-  8-December  10, 
1918,  Instructor,  Artillery  Training  Centre,  La  Valdahon,  France.  December 
10,  1918-July  13,  1919,  duty  with  19th  Field  Artillery,  Army  of  Occupation 
Arrived  United  States,  July  22,  1919.     Resignation  accepted,  August  27,  1919. 

Returned  to  pre-war  profession  of  Electrical  Engineering,  with  Western 
Electric  Company,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

[First  Lieutenant  Wilmer's  father,  the  Hon.  A.  P.  Wilmer,  has  been 
the  British  Consul  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  for  many  years.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  performed  devoted  service  in  the  Red  Cross,  throughout  the  War, 
being  at  the  head  of  the  "Canteen  Committee,"  which  ministered  to  the 
wants  of  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  soldiers  passing  through,  the  Citj- 
of  Richmond,  during  the  War.] 

First  Lieutenant  JOHN  H.  FECHHEIMER,  Class  1916.    From  New  York. 
Intelligence  Officer,  165th   (old  69th)  Infantry,  42nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

"It  takes  some  of  the  glory  off  War  to  see  the  names  of  a  lot  of  chaps 
who,  just  a  few  years  ago,  you  were  very  close  to,  now  gone.  However,  it's 
coming  to  us  all  some  time.  And  they  died  in  a  way  that  leaves  naught 
behind  but  greatest  respect  and  honour  for  tlieir  memory.  We  who  come 
back  will  very  soon  have  Time  obliterate  our  glory;  and  as  we  commit 
various  follies  during  our  lives,  it  will  be  still  more  forgotten;  so,  it  will 
depend  on  our  course  in  life  what's  thought  of  us;  but  it  will  be  nothing 
compared  with  the  memory  of  our  boys  who  died  on  the  field  of  battle.  To 
me  there  is  no  better  death."  Thus  wrote  this  brave  and  loyal  son  of  the 
V.  M.  I.  (when  asked  to  overlook  the  Casualty  List),  whose  own  record 
"on  the  field  of  battle"  is  so  fine. 

Here  are  the  facts  of  his  service: 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  first  Plattsburg  Officers' 
Training  Camp,  August  15,  1917,  and  assigned  to  Company  "G"  (Machine- 
Gun  Company),  165th  (old  69th)  Infantry,  42nd  Division.  He  sailed  for 
France  in  October,  1917.  He  was  made  Intelligence  Officer,  and  in  this 
capacity  he  served,  among  others,  in  the  action  near  Chalons  where  he  was 
cited  for  bravery.  He  was  in  all  the  engagements  of  his  Division,  but  es- 
caped unhurt,  until  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Drive,  September  13,  1918,  he  was 
slightly  wounded.     On  October  3,  1918,  he  was  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 

He  returned  home  with  his  Division  and  was  honourably  discharged. 
He  then  resumed  his  pre-war  occupation  of  Curb  Broker  in  New  York. 

Residence,  176  West  87th  Street. 


292  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

LThis  letter,  begun  before  his  first  engagement,  and  finished  when  it 
was  over,  but  shows  the  spirit  of  all  our  dauntless  boys:  J 

"France,   July   IS,   1918. 
"Dear  Father:  ij    ■ 

"Well,  my  expectations  for  the  glorious  Fourth  didn't  materialize. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  were  hiking  on  that  day,  an  occupation  in  which 
there  is  not  the  slightest  bit  of  excitement  attached.  However,  to-day,  the 
French  Fourth  of  July,  there  are  all  sorts  of  excitements  to  look  forward  to. 
I  am  writing  this  in  a  dug-out     *     *     *. 

"Every  night,  since  our  arrival  here,  we  have  been  told  to  expect 
great  excitement,  and,  so  far,  it  hasn't  come.  We  usually  retire  at  3  A.  M., 
always  fully  dressed,  and  get  up  about  10  A.  M.  It  is  quite  hard  to  distin- 
guish whether  we  are  eating  breakfast  or  supper. 

"I  v/ish  you  could  hear  the  racket  going  on  outside.  It  is  all  going  the 
other  way,  however,  so  it's  not  at  all  disquieting,  though  I  must  say  that  a 
bedroom  I'ight  along  side  of  the  L  would  seem  to  bear  the  hush  of  a  desert's 
vastness  compared  to  the  noise  I  am  lulled  to  sleep  by,  during  these  days. 
First  the  report,  and  then  the  shells  whistling  (the  only  music  of  its  kind 
in  the  world).  In  addition  to  this  wonderful  orchestration,  we  have  a 
most  marvelous  display  of  fire-works  every  night.  (Don't  tell  little  Charley 
this,  or,  the  first  thing  you  know,  he  will  enUst.) 

"Yesterday  evening  we  dined  a  couple  of  French  officers,  and  celebrated 
their  Fourth  of  July.     I  had  quite  a  nice  time.     *     *     *_ 

"Just  now   h broke   loose.     The   Boche   have   opened   upon   us.     If 

everything  goes  well  you  will  get  this  letter.  If  not,  why — it's  too  bad, 
that's  all.  I'm  going  to  send  it  anyway  because  I  have  the  novelty  of  writ- 
ing under  fire,  with  my  gas  mask  on  and  gas  fumes  all  around  us.  We 
expect  this  to  last  about  two  more  hours,  and  then  the  Boches,  and  I  wish 
they'd  hurry  up. 

"I  have  got  to  go  out  on  the  j6b  now.  S'long,  pop.  My  first  real,  sure- 
enough  shelling;  and,  outside  of  this  uncomiortable  gas  mask,  it  doesn't 
seem  to  phase  me  a  bit,  thank  God! 

"Love  to  the  kid  and  you  all, 

Your  loving  son. 


"P.  s. — Just  time  for  a  line.     It's  over,  pop,  and   we've  knocked  h • 

out  of  'em.     They  didn't  budge  us.     The  boys  fought  like  wild  cats  and  the 
French  can't  praise  them  enough.     Very  soon   I   may   be  able  to  send  you 
home  something  that  will  make  you,  quite  proud.     We  are   now  back  for 
just  a  wee  little  rest  and  expect  to  shoot  up  to  another  front  very  soon. 
Gosh,  how  we've  got  'em  on  the  run!   We  are  now  going  up  to  take  part 
in  the  chasing  of  the  low-lived  bums. 
"Loads  of  love." 
First  Lieutenant  CLARKE  O.  KIMBERLY,  Class  1915.     From  Virginia. 
12th  F.  A.,  Second  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  appointed   Second  Lieutenant,  F.  A.,  August  15,   1917,  and  as- 
signed to  the  12th  F.  A.,  Second  Division.     As  a  member  of  this  unit,  he 
went  overseas,  January  4,  1918. 

He  was  in  five  (5)  battles,  or  series  of  battles:  (1)  Aisne-Marne  De- 
fensive (Chateau  Thierry),  May  27-July  17,  1918;  (2)  Aisne-Marne  Offensive 
(Soissons),  July  18-August  1;  ("3)  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,  September  11-16; 
(4)  Champagne  Offensive  (Mt.  Blanc),  October  1-30;  (5)  Meuse-Argonne  Of- 
fensive, November  1-11. 

He  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  from  December  11,  1918  to  July 
10    1919.     He  was  in  the  A.  E.  F.  a  little  over  eighteen  months.     He  was 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        293 

gassed  on  July  21,  1918,  near  the  town  of  Vierzy,  and  sent  to  Hospital  for 
three  weeks.  He  was  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre,  and  given  two  other 
citations  for  gallantry  in  action. 

Lieutenant  Kimberly  was  not  far  from  his  old  V.  M.  I.  contemporary. 
Lieutenant  John  Murray  McClellan,  U.  S.  M.  C,  when  he  was  literally  torn 
to  pieces  by  a  shell,  near  Vierzy,  France. 

First  Lieutenant  CHARLES  S.  CARTER,  Class  1908.  From  Virginia. 
316th  Infantry,  79th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 
On  the  day  War  was  declared  he  applied  for  service  in  the  Infantry. 
On  May  11,  1917,  he  gave  up  his  position  with  the  Westinghouse  Electric 
and  Manufacturing  Company,  at  Pittsburgh,  and  entered  th,e  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp  at  Fort  Niagara.  At  the  end  of  three  months  he  was  commis- 
sioned Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry.  He  reported  to  Camp  Meade,  Mary- 
land, and  was  assigned  to  the  316th  Infantry,  79th  Division  with  which  unit 
he  served  until  his  discharge  from  the  Army. .  From  September  22  until 
October  22,  he  was  kept  busy  with  the  usual  training  routine.  On  October 
22,  he  went  to  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma,  to  take  a  month's  course  in  the  School 
of  Musketry  and  Small  Arms  there.  On  December  3,  1917,  he  returned  to 
Camp  Meade  and  was  on  duty  with  his  Company  until  January  1,  1918. 
He  was  then  made  Assistant  Instructor  of  the  Sniping  School  of  the  Divi- 
sion School  of  Arms,  which,  position  he  filled  until  the  School  was  discon- 
tinued in  May,  1918.  Then,  for  a  month,  he  was  Range  Officer  for  the 
Division  of  Sniping  and  Observation  Range.  On  April  16,  1918,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  First  Lieutenant.  In  the  early  part  of  June  he  returned  to  his 
Company,  and  from,  that  time  his  work  was  to  help  get  the  Company  ready 
for  overseas  service.  On  July  7,  1918,  his  Company  left  for  France,  arriving 
at  Brest,  July  18.  On  July  24,  the  Company  reached  its  training  area  in  the 
Department  of  Haute  Marne.  The  Company  was  billeted  in  the  small  town 
of  Dardenoy.  Regimental  headquarters  were  at  Choilley  and  Division  head- 
quarters at  Prothay.  He  trained  in  this  area  from  July  24  until  September 
7,  1918,  when  he  started  with  his  unit  to  the  front. 

On  September  12  he  came  under  shell  fire  and  remained  thus  con- 
tinuously until  November  11,  1918. 

He  went  into  th.e  Argonne  Drive,  South  of  Montfaucon,  on  September 
26  and  staid  in  the  Drive  until  the  evening  of  the  30,  when  his  Division  was 
relieved  by  the  3rd  Division.  Then,  he  went  Southeast  to  the  Tryon  Sector 
where  his  Division  took  over  part  of  the  new  line  that  had  been  made  hy 
the  St.  Mihiel  Drive.  While  here  his  Colonel  received  orders  to  send  sis 
officers  back  to  one  of  the  Corps  Schools;  and,  since  Lieutenant  Carter  had 
not  been  to  school  in  France,  he  was  the  officer  selected  from  his  battalioo 
to  attend  this  scliool.  When  chosen  for  this  duty,  he  was  the  only  officer  left 
with  his  Company,  as  they  had  suffered  severely  from  the  German  shell 
fire  every  day.  His  Captain  and  one  of  his  brother  Lieutenants  had  made 
the  supreme  sacrifice,  and  the  other  Lieutenant  was  still  in  Hospital  as  the 
result  of  their  first  Drive.  An  officer  was  detailed  from  another  company  to 
relieve  First  Lieutenant  Carter,  on  October  10,  and  he  was  killed  a  few 
days  later. 


294         Virginia  Military  Instituie — World  War  Iiecord 

He  reached  the  School  October  15  and  was  there  until  after  th. 
Armistice  had  been  signed.  On  October  28  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  the 
Grand  Montagne  Section,  North  of  Verdun  and  re-entered  the  Argonne-Meusc 
Offensive,  and  remained  there  until  the  end  came. 

The  losses  of  Lieutenant  Carter's  regiment,  both  here  and  during  th.-" 
first  part  of  the  Drive,  were  very  heavy.  Doubtless,  his  life  was  spar^^d 
by  his  transfer  to  the  Corps  School,  though,  at  the  time,  it  was  a  grievous 
disappointment  to  him  to  be  taken  from  his  command  iu  the  midst  of  it3 
victorious  fighting. 

On  December  12  he  was  ordered  back  to  his  regiment,  quartered  in  an 
old  German  Camp,  about  twenty  miles  North  of  Verdun.  Until  March  28, 
1919,  it  was  quartered  in  areas  that  had  been  under  shell  fire,  at  some  time 
or  other,  and  then  the  regiment  started  towards  the  coast.  On  January 
20,  1919,  First  Lieutenant  Carter  was  made  Assistant  Adjutant  of  the  Rsgi- 
ment,  and  he  held  this  position  until  he  left  the  Service.  The  Regiment 
sailed  from  St.  Nazaire  on  May  16,  1919,  reached  Philadelphia  on  May  29, 
and  was  demobilized  at  Camp  Dix,  N.  J.,  June  9. 

Lieutenant  Carter  returned  to  his  pre-war  duties  upon  his  discharge 
from  the  Service. 

It  is  doubtful  if  any  officer  of  his  grade  served  with  greater  efficiency 
and  greater  bravery  in  the  World  War  than  did  this  gallant  son  of  the 
V.  M.  L 

First    Lieutenant    H.    G.    GARLAND,    Class    1902.      From    Virginia. 
61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Entered  Fort  Myer  Training  Camp,  August  25,  1917.  Commissioned  First 
Lieutenant,  November  27,  1917,  and  assigned  to  314th  Infantry,  79th  Divi- 
sion, Camp  Meade,  Md.,  December  1,  1917.  Transferred  to  55th  Pioneer 
Infantry,  Camp  Wadsworth,  S.  C,  February  1,  1918. 

Sailed  with  this  organization  for  France,  September,  1918.  Transferred 
to  61st  Infantry,  5th  Division,  in  France,  October,  1918,  and  served  with-  it 
until  July,  1919. 

Discharged,  August  2,  1919. 

*The  glorious  Fifth  (the  Division  that  contained  so  many  heroic  V.  M.  I. 
men)!  How  it  fought  and  won  those  last  days,  particularly  from  the  14  to 
the  20  of  October,  in  the  successive  assaults  on  Rappes  Wood,  in  the  Meuse- 
Argonne! 

Relieved  by  the  90th  Division  on  the  21,  for  a  brief  rest  in  the  Corps 
Reserve,  it  returned  to  the  fray  on  November  1.  It  had  become  masters 
of  BrieuUes  and  Aincreville,  and  on  the  3  it  entered  Clery-le-Petit,  a  mile 
down  the  river  from  BrieuUes,  and  cleaned  up  the  "Punch  Bowl."  On  the 
4  it  began  to  cross  the  Meuse,  amid  a  hurricane  of  macliine-gun  and  rifle 
fire.  At  four  in  the  afternoon,  it  started  to^lay  a  pontoon;  bridge  across  the 
river  at  Clery-le-Petit,  where  it  was  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  wide  and 
ten  feet  deep.  The  pontoons  were  blown  up  almost  as  fast  as  they  were 
put  in  the  water;  but,  finally,  the  bridge  was  completed,  and  two  battalions 


♦Reference  to  "Our   Greatest  Battle"  by  Lt.   Col.  Frederick   Palmer,  of 
Staff  of  Commander-in-Chief.  A.  B.  F. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        295 

made  a  rush  to  cross.  At  6:20  another  party  of  the  Fifth  succeeded  in  cross- 
ing the  canal  and  the  river  at  Brieulles:  and  lower  down  another  battalion 
effected  a  crossing  by  rafts  and  ropes  and  by  swimming.  Before  morning, 
the  left  brigade  on  the  Noith  crossed  a  battalion  on  pontoons.  Th,e  Fifth 
had  taken  to  heart  the  Corps  order — "The  crossing  will  be  effected  regard- 
less of  loss."  Never  should  it  be  said  that  it  had  held  up  the  Army! 
At  eight,  two  brigades  had  detachments  across  th.e  river.  "Take  Dun-Sur- 
Meuse  and  the  Hill  North  of  292,  and  from  there  go  to  the  East,"  was  the 
order  of  the  Division  Commander  to  one  brigade  of  the  Fifth.  "Do  not 
wait  for  the  other  brigade.  Keep  pushing  up  with  that  one  battalion,  and 
take  that  place."  "Keep  shoving  your  battalions  through,"  he  told  the  other 
brigade.  "Don't  stop,  but  go  through  Dun.  Take  the  shelling,  and  take  the 
machine-gun  fire,  and  push  things  along.  You  are  to  go  to  Dun,  unless  the 
other  fellow  gets  there  first."  And  so  the  Fifth  took  Dun  and  th,e  heights 
that  day! 

First  Lieutenant  LEROY  C.  WILSON,  Class  1912.     From  Maryland. 

Front  Line  Instructor  of  American  Divisions,  A.  E.  F. 
He  entered  the  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Myer  in  August,  1917. 
where  he  was  offered  the  choice  between  a  provisional  Second  Lieutenancy 
in  the  Regular  Army  and  a  First  Lieutenancy  in  the  Reserve  Corps.  He 
accepted  the  former,  but,  through  some  misunderstanding  or  mistake,  never 
received  the  Regular  Army  commission  until  June,  1920.  He  reached 
France,  December  24,  1917,  and  attended  the  British  Lewis-Gun  School,  the 
British  Bayonet  and  Physical  School,  the  American  Automatic  Weapon 
School,  and  the  37  M.  M.  School.  He  also  received  front  line  training  with 
the  Canadians  and  the  Australians.  He  was  then  used  as  front  line  In- 
structor with  the  American  Divisions  training  with  the  British. 

He  contracted  rheumatism  in  September.  1918,  and  was  returned  to 
the  States,  after  three  months  in  the  Hospital   overseas. 

He  fought  at  Lens,  with  the  Canadians,  January-February,  1918.  He 
fought  at  Amiens  and  Villers  Brettenaux,  with  the  Australians,  June- July, 
1918  (at  the  latter  fight,  July  31,  1918,  killing  h,is  first  Boche),  and  at 
Albert,  with  the  British,  in  August,  1918. 

He  was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service,  at  Camp  Meade, 
INJarch  21,  1919.  Later,  he  was  re-appointed,  and  in  June,  1920,  received  his 
First  Lieutenant's  Commission. 

First  Lieutenant  RICHARD   B.   HAGER,   Class   1909.     From   Kentucky. 
115th  Field  Artillery,  30th  Division.     Later,  89th,  37th,  32nd, 
79th   and   33rd   Divisions,  A.    E.   F. 
Volunteered  for  military  service,  October  15,  1917.     Enlisted,  ll.^th  Field 
Artillery,  30th  Division,  as  a  private,  and  assigned^  to  Battery  "F,"  at  Camp 
Sevier,  Greenville,   S.   C.     Made  Sergeant.   October   27,   1917.     Commissioned 
Second    Lieutenant,    November    ';0,    1917.      Promoted    to    First    Lieutenant, 
March  1,   1918.     Assigned  to  Battery  "F,"   May   2,   1918;    ordered  to   Camp 
Mills,  N.  Y. 

Sailed  in  H.  M.  S.  Mauretania,  June  4,  1918;  arrived.  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land, seven  days  later.  Trained  at  Camp  Coetquldan,  Brittany.  Assigned 
to  Pattery  "C-"    Weut  into  action,  August  28,  1918,  n^ear  B^roecourt  in  TquI 


296  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Sector  with  S9th  Division.  In  St.  Miliiel  Offensive,  September  12-15,  witn 
same  Division.  In  Argonne-Meuse  Offensive,  September  26-October  9,  with 
37th  Division,  and,  later,  with  32nd  Division,  near  Avacourt,  Montfaucon, 
October  10-November  11,  with  79th  Division,  on  Heights  of  Meuse,  near 
Vignneles. 

With  33rd  Division  in  Army  of  Occupation.  Marched  to  Luxemburg. 
Left  Luxemburg,  January  8,  1919.  Marched  to  Toul,  arriving  January  18, 
1919.     At  Le  Mans. 

Embarlced,  St.  Nazaire,  March  14,  1919. 

Arrived,  Charleston,   S.  C,  March  27. 

Paraded  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  and  Knoxville,  Nashville,  Memphis  and 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Mustered  out.  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia,  May  1,  1919. 

Present  occupation.  Manager,  The  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Company, 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

First  Lieutenant  EDWARD  G.  MAXWELL,  Class  1915.     From  Virginia. 
Signal  Officer,  Headquarters  Company,  317th  Infantry,  80th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Appointed  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917;  promoted  in 
France  to  First  Lieutenant  and  Signal  Officer,  Headquarters  Company,  317th 
Infantry. 

As  a  boy  he  developed  a  fondness  for  wireless  telegraphy,  and  came  to 
be  proficient.  It  was  because  of  his  knowledge  of  and  proficiency  in  this 
science  that  he  was  selected  to  be  Signal  Officer  of  his  regiment.  His  duty 
was  to  erect  and  maintain  the  telephone  and  signal  sei'vice  connecting  head- 
quarters with  the  battle  line,  and  his  post  was  manifestly  one  of  constant 
danger.  He  was  under  heavy  fire  in  the  Argonne,  and  in  other  engage- 
ments, and  lost  five  of  his  platoon,  but  escaped  injury  himself,  during  his 
entire  service  abroad.  He  was  highly  commended  for  initiative  and  courage 
under  fire  by  his  Colonel  (Kellar)  who  was  one  of  the  ablest  regimental 
commanders  in  the  A.  E.  F.,  as  his  regiment  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the 
best.  [This  regiment,  composed  of  strapping  men  from  the  Mountain  Region 
of  Southwest  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania,  paraded  in  Norfolk  before  its 
demobilization   and   called   forth   the   greatest  admiration.] 

Upon  his  discharge.  Maxwell  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States 
Shipping  Board,  and  sailed  shortly  for  Marseilles,  France,  aboard  the  steamer 
"Liberty  Glo,"  as  Wirelessing  Officer. 

First  Lieutenant  JAMES  M.  ANGLE,  Class  1906.     From  Pennsylvania. 
Commanding    Company    "A,"    545th    Engineers,    and    also    Battalion 

Personnel  Adjutant,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  First  Lieutenant  in  Engineers'  Section,  Officers'  Reserve 
Corps,  August  IG,  1917.  Assigned  to  active  duty  with  the  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey,  October  1,  1917,  and  reported  at  Ridgeland,  South  Carolina,  on  Octo- 
ber 12,  1917.  Relieved  from  duty  with  the  U.  S.  G.  S.  and  assigned  to  duty 
at  Camp  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Virginia,  with  the  45th  Engineers,  April  16,  1918. 
Relieved  from  duty  with  th,o  45th  Enginerrs  and  assigned  to  the  Standard 
Railway  Operatirg  School,  July  4,  1918.  Relieved  from  that  assignment  and 
assigned  to  the  6th  Engineers'  Training  P'^giir.ent,  August  15,  1918,     Re- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       297 

lieved  from  that  assignment  and  assigned  to  the  545th  Engineers,  August 
19,  as  Commander  of  "A"  Company  and  as  Battalion  Personnel  Adjutant, 
in  addition  to  his  other  duties. 

Sailed  from  Camp  Merritt,  N.  J.,  September  23,  1918,  and  landed  at  St. 
Nazaire,  France,  October  6,  1918.  Contracted  influenza  during  the  voyage 
and  was  sent  to  Base  Hospital  No.  8,  Savanay,  France,  on  debarkation 
"While  there  a  condition  developed  wliich  necessitated  an  operation  for 
which  he  was  returned  to  the  States,  landing  at  Hampton,  Virginia,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1918.  Operation  successfully  performed  at  United  States  General 
Hospital  No.  2,  Fort  McHenry,  Baltimore,  Md.,  November  26,  1918. 

Honourably  discharged  from  the  Service  at  Camp  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Vir- 
ginia, March  25,  1919. 

Present  occupation.  Engineer  with  Morris  Knowles,  Inc.,  Consulting 
Engineers,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.     Residence,  5728  Baum  Boulevard,  same  city. 

First  Lieutenant  JOHN  C.  PARKER,  .JR.,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 
Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 

Enlisted,  July  17,  1917,  as  Private,  First  Class,  Aviation  Section,  Signal 
Enlisted  Reserve  Corps.  Assigned  to  active  duty,  U.  S.  School  of  Military 
Aeronautics,  Princeton,  N.  J.,   August  20,  1917. 

Ordered  overseas  for  flying  training,  October  27,  1917.  Began  flying 
training  at  Second  Aviation  Instruction  Centre,  A.  E.  F.,  Tours,  France, 
May  1,  1918.  Promoted  First  Lieutenant.  Transferred  to  Third  Aviation 
Instruction  Centre,  A.  E.  P.,  Issoudun,  France,  October  1,  1918.  Assigned  to 
duty  as  Flying  Instructor,  Field  Nine,  Third  Aviation  Instruction  Centre, 
November  11,  1918. 

Ordered  for  embarkation  to  United   States,  January  23,   1919. 

Discharged,  February  8.  1919,  at  Air  Service  Depot,  Garden  City,  Long 
Island. 

He  was  in  overseas  Service  from  October  27,  1917  to  February  6,  1919. 

He  served  as  Assistant  Adjutant,  Second  Aviation  Centre,  A.  E.  F., 
August  1  to  October,  1918. 

Was  Cadet  Instructor  of  Military  Topography  at  the  Training  School 
for  Flying  Cadets,  at  Air  Service  Concentration  Barrack  No.  3,  St.  Maixent, 
March  1  to  April  15,  1918. 

Was  in  Hospital,  and  on  inactive  list,  June  18  to  August  1,  1918,  as 
result  of  Aeroplane  accident  at  Pont  Levoy,  France. 

A  younger  brother  who  was  graduated  in  Class  of  1918,  and  was  Valedic- 
torian, served  also  in  the  World  War — in  the  Aviation  Section  of  the  U.  S. 
Marine  Corps. 

First   Lieutenant   LLOYD   N.    NASH,   Class   1912.      From    Texas. 
Air  Service,  A.  E.  F. 
He  completed  tlie  course  at  the  School  of  Military  Aeronautics  at  Austin, 
Texas,  in  September,  1917,  and  sailed  for  overseas  Service,  October  13,  1917, 
as  Aviation  Cadet. 

He  had  flying  training,  first  at  Foggia,  Italy.  He  was  then  with  the 
British  at  Vendome,  France;  then  with  the  American  Air  Service  at  Issoudun, 


298  Virginia  Military  Institute— Wohid  War   Rkc  ord 

France,  and  again  with  the  Italians  in  Italy.  Finally,  he  was  promoted  and 
made  Instructor  at  Issoudun,  where  he  served  most  efficiently  until  the  end. 

After  his  return  home  and  discharge  from  the  Service,  he  entered  the 
Oil  Business,  at  Eastland,  Texas    (Box  237). 

His  home  address    (permanent)    is   401   Percida?t,   San   Antonio,   Texas. 

Only  a  few  Second  Lieutenants  of  the  hundreds  in  the  Army  are  here 
specially  mentioned,  for  want  of  details: 

Second  Lieutenant  DE  LANCY  A.  DeGRAFF,  Class  1916.  From  New  York. 
Battery  "E,"  16th  Field  Artillery.  A.  E.  F. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  1917.  He  arrived  in  France  in  March,  1918. 
He  was  in  action  at  Chateau  Thierry  (Defensive),  Aisne-Mame  (Offensive), 
and  in  the  Vesle  Sector.  He  was  sent  to  Saumur  Artillery  School  to  take 
the  course  in  Field  Artilery. 

He  received  his  commission  after  the  Armistice;  but  then  he  had  already 
won  undying  honour,  in  the  ranks. 

Permanent  address,  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Second  Lieutenant  ARNOLD  H.  RICH.  Class  1916.     From  Virginia. 
313th  Machine-Gun   Battalion,   80th  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

He  was  with  the  1st  Virginia  Infantry  (National  Guard)  on  the  Mexican 
Border,  1916-1917.  Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  at  Fort  Myer, 
November  26,  1917.  Assigned  to  313th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  80th.  Divi- 
sion, at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia. 

Married,  May  18,  1918,  and  sailed  with  his  Division  for  overseas  Service, 
six  days  later.  He  was  with  his  Division  in  all  th«  actions  in  which  it 
participated.  As  a  reward  for  his  fine  conduct  he  was  transferred  to  Paris 
in  March,  1919,  to  take  a  special  course  in  French,  and  Electrical  Engineering 
at  Sorbonne  University,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Government. 

Second  Lieutenant  THOMPSON  HART  GETZEN,  Class  1914.  From  Florida. 
13th  Field  Artillery,  4th.  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Infantry,  August  15,  1917.  Trans- 
ferred to  13th  Field  Artillery,  4th  Division,  and  served  with  that  Division 
at  Camp  Greene,  U.  S.  A.,  and  in  France  throughout  the  War.  He  behaved 
with  gallantry  in  all  its  engagements— on  the  Vesle,  at  St.  Mihiel  and  in 
the  Argonne. 

After  the  Armistice,  he  served  with  the  Division  in  Germany — Army  of 
Occupation,  remaining  there  until  the  latter  part  of  July,  1919.  He  is  at 
present  completing  his  Law  Course  at  the  University  of  Florida.  Home, 
Webster,  Florida. 

His  younger  brother,  William  L.  Getzen,  of  Class  1916,  was  also  in  the 
Service  and  was  sailing  for  France  a  short  time  before  the  Armistice. 

Second   Lieutenant  T.   CHILTON   SMITH,  Class   1915.     From   Alabama. 
Battery  "D."   57th  Coast  Artillery,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  a  private,  casual,  87th  Division,  November  20,  1917  to  January 
;5.  1918.    Private,  3n4  Bat:tery,  3rd  Queers'  Training  Carop.  Leon  Springs, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       299 

January  5  to  April  5,  1918.  Sergeant,  casual,  April  6  to  May  17,  1918.  Ser- 
geant, Saumur  Artillery  School,  A.  E.  F..  May  18  to  July  12,  1918. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant;  served,  Saumur  Artillery  School,  July 
12  to  August  12,  1918.  Heavy  Artillery  School  at  Angers,  France,  August 
1  to  September  IG,  1918.  Tractor  Artillery,  Replacement  Battalion,  Septem- 
ber 16  to  October  22,  1918.  Battery  "D,"  57th  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  Octo 
ber  23,  1918  to  January  22,  1919. 

In  Argonne-Meuse  Campaign  with  57th  Artillery. 

Mustered  out  on  return  home. 

Second   Lieutenant  JOSEPH   H.   GARNETT,  JR.,   Class   1910.     From  Texas. 

Air  Service,  U.  S.  A. 

Volunteered,  though  married,  and  occupying  the  position  of  Claim  Ad- 
juster of  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Sante  Fe  Railway.  Entered  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp,  May  8.  1917.  Transferred  to  Aviation  Service,  July,  1917.  Com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant  (Flyer),  March  28,  1918.  Served  as  Instructor 
in  trick  flying  (Acrobatics)  at  Ellington  Field,  Houston,  Texas.  On  July 
31,  1918,  he  fell  nearly  six  hundred  feet  in  his  Plane,  and  sustained  serious 
injuries,  his  right  arm  having  been  badly  shattered. 

In  Walter  Reed  General  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C,  as  late  as  December, 
1920. 

Second  Lieutenant  JOHN  McANERNEY,  II,  Class  1917.  From  New  York  City. 
Company   "B,"  107th  Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

During  the  entire  period  of  the  War  he  was  attached  to  this  regiment. 
In  June,  1918,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant. 

On  September  29,  1918,  while  in  action  on  the  Picardy  front,  near  the 
town  of  Le  Catalet,  France,  he  was  wounded  twice,  the  same  morning,  one 
of  the  wounds  by  a  machine-gun  bullet  causing  him  to  lose  his  left  eye,  and 
the  other,  from  a  shell  splinter,  piercing  his  neck.  This  last  wound  caused 
great  suffering  for  a  while,  but  finally  healed. 

This  grandson  and  namesake  of  a  gallant  Confederate  officer  from 
Alabama,  nobly  maintained  the  traditions  of  his  name. 

Second   Lieutenant  JOHN    D.    CRITTENDEN,    Class   1909.     From   Missouri. 

Company  "C,"   165th    (old   69th)    Infantry,  42nd  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

Enlisted  as  a  private  in  165th  Infantry,  October  9.  1917,  from  New  York 
City.     Served  in  the  A.  E.  F.  as  private,  corporal  and  sergeant. 

He  was  one  of  two  of  his  Company  selected  to  attend  the  Army  Can- 
didates' School  in  France.     Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  June,  1918. 

He  was  in  the  following  actions:  Luneville,  Baccarat,  Chateau  Thierry, 
Champagne.     Discharged,  February  12,  1919. 

From  sheer  merit  he  rose  from  the  ranks  to  a  lieutenancy.  All  honour 
to  him! 

Civilian  occupation,  Dealer  in  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Address,  Security  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


300  ViKGiNiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Second  Lieutenant  STEPHEN  YATES  McGIFFERT,   Class   1917. 
From  Minnesota. 
Company   "H,"   319th   Infantry,   80th   Division,   A.    E.    F. 
Captain,    Corps    of    Cadets,    in    his    graduating    year,    and    assigned    as 
Senior  Cadet  Officer  in  charge  of  the  first  "Rookie"  Training  Camp  at  the 
V.   iVI.   I.,   April-June,    19 J 7.     Upon   graduation,    he   wished    to   volunteer    for 
service  abroad,  but  lacked  a  few  months  of  the  required  age  for  a  commis- 
sion.    He  was  at  once  appointed  an  Assistant  Professor  and  Tactical  Officer 
at  the  V.  M.  I.  where  he  served  until  he  attained  his  majority,  in  January, 
1918.     He  then  entered  the  Officers'  Training  School  at  Camp  Lee,  and  was 
graduated  in  April.     Served  as  Sergeant,  Company  "G,"  319th   Infantry,  at 
Camp  Lee,  April  to  June.     Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  June.  191S, 
and  immediately  sailed  for  France  with  his  Division. 

On  October  4,  1918,  he  was  severely  wounded  in  action  at  the  Bois-des- 
Ogons,  near  Nantillois,  France.  After  spending  some  months  in  Hospital 
overseas,  he  was  invalided  h.ome  and  remained  in  Hospital  until  June,  1919, 
when  he  returned  to  duty,  as  Adjutant,  First  Battalion,  17th  Infantry,  in 
which  command  he  seryed  until  he  left  the  Service,  in  August,  1910. 

His  Company  (commanded  by  Captain  R.  P.  Keezell,  Class  1914,  V.'M.  1.) 
was  in  all  the  engagements  of  the  SOtli  Division,  losing  tv/enty-seven  killed 
and  twenty-eight  wounded. 

[This  Chronicler  can  not  forbear  paying  tribute  to  the  noble  mother  of 
this  splendid  young  officer.  Lineal  descendant  of  one  of  the  greatest  Gover- 
nors of  New  York,  patriotism  with  her  was  a  religion,  and  as  soon  as  War 
came,  she  dedicated  all  her  wonderful  energies  and  abilities  to  the  cause 
so  dear  to  her  heart.  From  the  beginning  to  the  end,  she  w^as  foremost  in 
every  women's  movement  in  her  adopted  State  to  further  the  success  of 
American  Arms.  Freely,  she  gave  her  first-born  to  her  Country,  regretting 
that  she  had  but  this  one  son  to  give.  And  when  the  dreadful  news  was 
flashed  that  her  gallant  son  was  wounded  nigh  unto  death,  she  did  not  lose 
faith  and  hope  and  courage,  but  trusted  in  God  and  re-doubled  her  efforts 
for  the  success  of  the  cause. 

Hoping,  praying,  yet  ever  working,  she  passed  through^he  terrible  ordtal 
of  suffering,  and  was  rewarded  by  the  safe  return  of  her  mangled  boy,  and 
his  ultimate  recovery,  and  the  fulfillment  of  all  her  hopes,  and  the  answer 
to  all  her  prayers.] 

Second  Lieutenant  GEORGE  A.  DERBYSHIRE,  Class  1899,   "Honour 

Graduate"  and  "First  Captain,"  Corps  of  Cadets.     From  Virginia. 

U.  S.  Army,  Retired.     Returned  to  Service,  World  War. 

Assigned  to  active  duty,   April   19,  1917,   and   ordered  to  Fort  Thom'as. 

Kentucky,  on  general  recruiting  service.     This  order  revoked,  April  23,  1917. 

and  a  new  order  published  assigning  him  to  duty  as  Assistant  Professor  of 

Military   Science  and   Tactics  and  Acting  Quartermaster,  Virginia  Military 

Institute. 

July  1,  1917,  appointed  Commandant  of  Cadets,  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute. September  12,  1917,  detailed  as  Professor,  Military  Science  and 
Tactics,   Virginia  Military   Institute.     Instructor,   Reserve   Officers'   Training 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       301 

Corps  Camp,  Plattsburg,  New  York,  June-July,  1918.  Examining  Officer,  Can- 
didates for  admission  to  Central  Officers'  Training  Scliools,  August  to  No- 
vember, 1918.  Relieved  from  active  duty,  and  of  the  detail  of  Commandant 
of  Cadets  and  Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics,  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute, February  14,  1919. 

[It  was  many  years  before  the  World  War  that  this  officer  was  retired 
for  disability  incurred  in  the  Service.  It  was  a  misfortune  for  the  Service, 
for  had  he  been  permitted  to  continue  in  the  profession  of  his  choice  and 
his  love,  it  is  believed  there  is  no  height  to  which  he  might  not  have  climbed 
by  sheer  merit.  But  handicapped,  though  he  was  by  deafness,  it  can  be  said 
in  all  truth  that  few  officers  of  any  grade  rendered  more  valuable  service 
than  he  gladly  gave  during  the  War.  In  every  position  in  which  h.e  was 
placed,  he  served  with  consummate  efficiency,  but  as  the  Commandant  of 
Cadets,  and,  later,  as  Executive  Officer,  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  his  services  were 
specially  valuable  in  fitting  the  Cadets  under  him  for  the  duties  that  were 
soon  to  be  devolved  upon  them  as  soldiers  of  their  Country. 

A  born  soldier,  he  loves  the  profession  of  Arms,  and  he  possesses  the 
rare  gift  of  knowing  how  to  inspire  in  those  under  him  a  like  love. 

Endowed  by  nature  with  mental  and  moral  qualities  of  a  high  order, 
and  with  unusual  physical  excellencies;  with  a  keen  sense  of  justice,  and, 
yet,  with  a  heart  full  of  the  milk  of  human  kindness,  Lieutenant  Derbyshire 
is  the  beau  ideal  of  an  officer.  That  he  may  continue  his  loving  and  faithful 
service  to  his  Alma  Mater,  his  State  and  his  Country,  is  the  hope  of  all 
y.  M.  I.  Men  who  know  him.] 

Second  Lieutenant  FRANK  CUTCHINS,  Class  1914.     From  Virginia. 

309th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F.    Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 
Lieutenant  Cutchins  served  in  the  Virginia  National  Guard    (Richmond 
Light  Infantry  Blues),  and  was  with  that  organization   (as  Cavalry)   on  the 
Mexican  Border,  and  went  with  it  to  Anniston,  Alabama. 

In  February,  1918,  he  received  a  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant  of 
Engineers,  and  was  assigned  to  the  309th  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  and  went 
with  his  command  to  France,  in  August,  1918.  This  branch  of  the  Army 
commanded  the  admiration  of  the  world  by  its  superb  gallantry  in  every 
battle. 

The  subject  of  this  brief  notice  is  known  to  have  performed  his  duty 
like  the  good  and  well-trained  soldier  he  was  until  he  was  called  to  make 
the  supreme  sacrifice,  on  December  26,  1918,  dying  at  his  post  of  duty  of 
pneumonia. 

An  older  brother,  the  gallant  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  A.  Cutchins, 
General  Staff,  A.  E.  F.,  served  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  War, 
and  a  younger  (V.  M.  I.)  brother  was  preparing  to  enter  the  Service  wheu 
the  Armistice  came. 

Second  Lieutenant  GEORGE  E.  PICKETT,  III.,  Class  1916.     From  Virginia. 
Quartermaster  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
This  son  and  grandson  of  gallant  soldiers  gloriously  up^^eld  his  honoured 
name. 


302  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Hia  father,  a  beloved  old  V.  M.  I.  "boy,"  gave  his  life  to  his  Country 
in  service  in  the  Philippines,  as  Major,  U.  S.  A.  And  all  the  World  knows 
of  the  undying  fame  won  by  his  grandfather  at  Gettysburg. 

Handicapped  by  that  strange  malady,  "colour  blindness,"  it  was  only 
by  th,e  most  persistent  efforts  of  himself  and  his  friends  that  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Military  Service  at  all.  Of  course,  his  preference  was  for  the  Line 
(for  he  is  a  natural-born  fighter),  but  he  was  thankful  to  receive  a  com- 
mission in  the  once-despised,  but  now  honoured.   Quartermaster   Corps. 

This  admirable  young  officer  did  not  disappoint  his  friends  when  he 
went  overseas.  He  was  ready  and  anxious  to  get  into  every  clash  with  the 
Boche,  but  his  duties  would  not  permit  that.  However,  he  saw  much  hard 
service;  and  at  the  last,  on  the  very  eve  of  returning  home,  he  received  an 
injury  in  the  line  of  duty  that  almost  proved  fatal  and  that  will  maim  him 
for  life.  It  came  about  in  this  manner:  just  the  day  before  he  was  ordered 
to  Le  Mans  to  embark  for  the  United  States,  he  was  driving  a  truck,  in  an 
emergency.  It  was  a  defective  truck,  and  he  had  requested  its  repair.  The 
brake  refused  to  work  and  the  car  became  unmanageable  and  ran  into  a  tree. 
It  crashed  to  pieces,  broke  the  leg  of  an  interpreter  riding  in  it  and  smashed 
Pickett's  knee  to  powder.  It  was  a  wonder  he  was  not  killed.  TTie  Surgeons 
were  going  to  remove  his  leg,  but  he  made  such  a  howl  they  refrained;  but 
his  knee  is  gone,  and  his  right  leg  will  be  stiff  for  life,  and  several  inches 
shorter  than  the  other. 

He  was  in  the  Base  Hospital  at  Camp  Merritt  until  September,  1919,  and 
then  was  brought  to  the  Walter  Reed  Hospital  in  Washington.  The  first 
operation  in  France  was  a  complete  failure.  He  was  moved  very  soon  to  the 
train  and  thence  to  the  ship,  off  and  on,  and  so  it  was  little  wonder  that 
he  snent  three  months  in  bed  with  no  benefit  at  all.  The  last  operation  (in 
the  late  fall  of  1919)  seemed  to  be  successful,  for  the  bones  began  then  to 
knit.  But  long,  weary  months  more  he  was  confined  to  his  bed.  It  was 
hard  lines  on  him,  but  harder  on  his  heroic  mother  who  so  patriotically  gave 
hi9r  two  sons  to  her  Country.  Both  were  commissioned  officers  and  covered 
themselves  with  glory,  the  younger  serving  in  the  line  and  returning  un- 
scathed. 

Poor  Pickett,  the  true  and  ever  loyal  "Old  Cadet"!  Our  hearts  go  out 
in  tenderest  sympathy  to  him  and  to  his  noble  mother. 

All  honour  to  the  noble  Enlisted  Personnel  who  bore  the  brunt  of  the 
fighting  in  this  awful  War,  as  always!  V.  M.  I.'s  quota  was  small,  but  every 
member  added  glory  to  her  name.  It  is  regretted,  however,  that  the  full 
records  of  most  of  these  Alumni  have  not  yet  been  received. 

Sergeant  JOSEPH  RATHBORNE  CUSHMAN,  Class  1915.     From  New  York. 

Company   "K,"   107th   Infantry,  A.  E.  F. 

Killed  in  action. 

When  War  came  he  had  been  three  years  a  member  of  the  7th  Infantry, 

New  York  National  Guard,   Company  "K."     He  went  with  his  regiment  to 

the  Border  in   191G,  and  was  stationed  at  McAllen,  Texas.     In  early  June. 

1917,  he  was  on  furlough,  attending  the  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Platts- 

burg    N.  Y.     For  some  reason  he  failed  to  receive  a  commission,  and  he  re- 


Some  of  the  Speciaij.y  Distixgulsiied  All-.mm   (ContM)       M)3 

enlisted  as  a  non  commissioned  officer  in  Company  "K,"  107th  Infantry.  He 
was  stationed  at  Camp  Wadsworth,  S.  C,  as  late  as  February,  1918.  He  went 
to  France  later,  and  was  killed  in  action  near  Coulet.  September  29,  1918. 

He  was  the  eleventh  generation  from  Robert  Cushman  who  chartered 
the  Mayflower,  whose  son,  Thomas  Cushman,  married  Mary  Alberton,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  ninety-two,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Mayflower. 

His  father  was  Joseph  Wood  Cu?hman,  Manager  of  the  Cus'  man  Estate, 
and  member  of  the  firm  of  Cushman  and  Denison  Manufacturing  Company, 
240  W.  23rd  Street,  New  York. 

(Residence,   59  W.  51st  Street.) 

His  mother  was  Fanny  Rathborne,  born  in  New  York  City,  daughter  ot 
Captain  Richard  Rathborne,  of  the  English   Lancers. 

I  It  is  a  grief  to  th,e  Historiographer  that  he  has  so  far  been  unable 
to  hear  from  the  family  of  this  young  martyr.  I 

Sergeant  ANDREW  S.  PATTERSON,  Class  1917.     From  Virginia. 
GG7th  Aero  Squadron,  Air   Service,   A.  E.   F. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Aviation  Service,  October  2.3,  1917. 

Graduated,  Prir.ceton  University,  School  of  Aeronautics,  as  Private  1st 
Class,  February  9,  1918.  Promoted  Corporal,  G67th  Aero  Squadron.  Sailed 
for  France.  Promoted  Sergeant.  He  passed  the  examination  for  2nd  Lieu- 
tenant a  few  days  before  the  Armistice  was  signed. 

It  was  a  great  disappointment  to  him  not  to  get  his  commission  which 
he  so  well  deserved  and  which  he  was  so  near  securing. 

It  was  learned  that  he  had  been  cited  for  bravery.  His  mother  wrote 
him  to  know  about  it.  His  reply  was:  "It  was  nothing;  I  only  captured  a 
suspicious  character  and  took  him  to  the  Guard  House.  The  Citation  was 
only  from  a  Major  for  doing  the  right  thing  at  the  right  time."  But,  all 
the  same,  he  was  commended  for  bravery  in  the  line  of  duty. 

He  was  still  in  France  in  June,  1919,  but  has  now  returned  home,  and 
^een  discharged,  with  a  most  honourable  record  in  his  Country's  foreign 
service,  during  the  World  War. 

Home,  Brownsburg,  Virginia. 

Sergeant  f'lyer  R.   R.  BROOKS,   Class   1914.     From   Montana. 

Air   Service,   IT.   S.    A.,    A.   E.    F. 

Enlisted,  May  21,  1917.  in  Aviation  Service,  Signal  Corps,  as  a  private. 

Sailed    for   overseas    Service,    August    22,    1917,    on    S.    S.    Baltic    which    was 

torpedoed  outside  of  Liverpool  harbour,  but  made  port.     His  outfit,  the  First 

Reserve   Aero   Squadron,   landed    in    France,    September    18,   1917,   where   he 

served    twenty    months,    being    successively    corporal,    mechanic,    sergeant, 

sergeant  (first  class),  sergeant-major  and  sergeant  flyer,  with  rating  R.  M.  A. 

Discharged  at  Mitchell  Field,  Long  Island,  April  26,  1919. 

Sergeant  WALTER  STATON  GODDARD,  Class  1910.     From  North  Carolina 
Company    "I,"    119th    Infantry,    30th    Division,    A.    E.    F. 
Killed  in  action  in  France. 
His  Company  Commander  wrote  his  uncle,  N.  S.  Fulford,  Esq.,  of  Green- 
ville, N.  C.  as  fQlJows; 


304  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War   Record 

"I  will  gladly  give  you  the  information  you  desire,  concerning  your 
nephew,  Sergeant  Walter  S.  Goddard,  Co.  "I,"  119th  Infantry,  30th  Division, 
A.  E.  F. 

"Sergeant  Goddard  was  killed  in  action,  September  1,  1918,  in  the  Canal 
Sector  at  Ypres,  Belgium,  in  the  first  actual  offensive  participated  in  by 
our  Division.  It  was  called  the  battle  of  Ypres  in  Regimental  Records;  it 
was  a  minor  offensive.  The  town  of  Voormezeele,  several  machine-guns  and 
other  small  arms,  and  fifteen  Germans  were  captured.  The  engagement  V<e- 
gan  the  morning  of  August  31  and  ended  September  1,   1918. 

"He  died  a  painless,  as  well  as  heroic,  death,  his  brain  being  pierced 
by  a  single  machine-gun  bullet. 

"I  can  not  say  where  he  is  buried;  but  if  you  will  write  the  Graves 
Registration  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  I  am  sure  it  will  gladly  supply 
the  information. 

Yours  truly, 

Ernest   H.    Bell. 
(His   Company   Commander), 
Edenton,   N.    C." 

Master  Engineer  HENRY  M.  VENABLE,  Class  1912.  From  West  Virginia. 
23rd  Engineers,  A.  E.  P. 

When  War  was  declared  he  was  engaged  in  general  contracting,  open- 
ing and  operating  coal  mines,  etc. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private.  September,  1917,  in  the  23rd  Engineers,  as  soon 
as  a  call  was  made  for  men  to  fill  its  ranks.  In  November,  1917,  he  was 
promoted  to  Sergeant.     On  June  5,  1918,  his  unit  was  ordered  overseas. 

After  considerable  service  In  France,  he  stood  an  examination  for  promo- 
tion to  a  lieutenancy;  but  there  seemed  to  be  no  time,  in  the  rush  of  events, 
to  give  consideration  to  recommendations  for  promotion.  He  was  until  the 
middle  of  June,  1918,  stationed  North  of  Toul,  in  the  St.  Mihiel  region. 
When  operations  began  in  earnest,  he  went  with  Lis  command  to  Chateau 
Thierry  and  helped  in  the  drive  until  the  crossing  of  the  Vesle  River  waa 
effected.  In  putting  in  a  bridge  near  there  he  was  struck  and  knocked  down 
by  a  sharpshooter,  but,  owing  to  th«  good  quality  of  his  helmet,  he  was  not 
seriously  hurt.  His  command  was  then  shifted  quickly  over  to  the  St. 
Mihiel  Salient,  and  he  assisted  in  that  well-executed  work.  He  was  then 
sent  back  to  the  region  just  South  of  Grand  Pre  and  the  Argonne  Forest, 
through  which  the  enemy  was  finally  driven.  Moving  rapidly  North  after 
this,  the  Eleventh  of  November  and  the  Armistice,  found  his  command  in 
front  of  Sedan,  the  suburbs  of  which  had  been  entered  by  the  American 
forces,  when  hostilities  were  suddenly  ordered  to  be  stopped.  He  had  been 
promoted  to  Master  Engineer,  but  his  commission  of  Lieutenant  was  never 
received.  He  was  set  to  work  to  repair  bridges  and  roads  in  that  region, 
and   was  thus   engaged   when   orders   came  to   return   to  the  United    States. 

He  reached  home  in  June,  1919  (just  as  his  sister  who  had  been  in  the 
A.   E.  F.  as  an  Army   Nurse  since  June,   1917,  arrived). 

This  gallant  "Old  Cadet"  experienced  a  curious  turn  in  the  "whirligig 
of  Time."  When  he  reached  Sedan,  France,  he  found  himself  at  the  birth- 
place and  home  of  his  Huguenot  ancestress  who  had  fled  from  France  in 
1685,  and  settled  in  America,  at  old  "Manikintown"  in  Goochland  County, 
Virginia.  As  many  as  fifty  of  her  lineal  descendants  were  among  the  Amer- 
icans who  went  to  help  save  France  from  her  enemies  in  the  World  War. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguisited  Alumni  (Cont'd)       305 

Ambulance  Driver  BRYAN  W.  SCHWARTZ,  Class  1920.     From  Pennsylvania. 
Ambulance  Company  No.  13,  A.  E.  F. 

Resigned  Cadetship  in  March,  1917,  on  account  of  an  attack  of  inflam- 
matory rheumatism.  Enlisted  in  May,  and  sailed  for  France,  June  9,  1917. 
Attached  to  Ambulance  Company  No.  lo. 

"Only  a  Private,"  but  with  a  record  to  be  proud  of. 

Nothing  is  known  of  him  since  April  18,  1918.  On  January  1,  1918,  he 
suffered  from  a  broken  wrist,  the  accident  having  been  received  in  the  line 
of  duty. 

After  one  month  he  was  back  again  at  his  post  of  danger.  He  had 
already  been  highly  commended  for  bravery  in  the  face  of  an  aerial  bombard- 
ment, while  on  detached  service  with  the  B.  E.  F. 

Below,  are  inserted  two  letters  from  this  young  hero — newsy,  spirited, 
bright  letters — which  show  so  plainly  the  fine  personality  of  the  writer,  and 
his  lofty  Ideals  and  ambitions,  that  no  excuse  will  be  offered  for  giving 
them  here: 

"Sept.   24,   1917. 
"Brig.  Gen.  E.  W.  Nichols,  Supt., 
V.  M.  I. 

"Dear  Sir: 

"Perhaps  you  have  forgotten  me,  but  I  have  not  forgotten,  and  never 
will  forget,  you,  or  dear  old  V.  M.  I.  It  happens  that  on  this  bright  Monday 
morning  my  thoughts  are  unusually  keen  in  thinking  of  the  old  School.  So 
I  thought  I  would  drop  you  a  few  lines  and  ask  about  the  School  and  my 
friends. 

"I  found,  as  officers  in  the  Marine  Corps,  Messrs.  Goodman,  Nash,,  Gum- 
ming, Shephard  and  Robinson,  and  we  have  had  many  good  talks  of  the 
Institute  and  the  'Rats.'  It  happened  that  my  Company  was  situated  not 
very  far  from  their  own  Companies,  so  I  saw  them  quite  often ;  but  now 
things  are  changed. 

"We  are  all  anxiously  looking  forward  to  active  service,  and  then  a 
triumph  march  Home.  Even  while  I  wTite  this  upon  a  maneuvre  field,  I 
hear  the  boom  of  the  big  guns;  and,  when  I  look  at  my  watch,  I  can  almost 
hear  Dulaney  sounding  'Class  Call,'  as  it  is  five  minutes  to  ten. 

"My  one  ambition  now  is  to  become  an  Army  Officer,  and  the  sooner  I 
can  return  to  V.  M.  I.,  and  graduate,  the  sooner  my  ambition  will  be 
realized.     I  am  coming  back  when  the  War  is  over,  if  you  will  let  me  in. 

"I  hear  the  Institute  has  quite  a  large  Fourth  Class  this  year.  I  am 
glad,  as  it  will  mean  so  many  more  real  men  for  the  Country. 

"Has  E.  Y.  Waller,  of  Bonham,  Texas,  returned?     Let  me  know,  please. 

"Please  give  my  regards  to  the  School  as  a  whole,  and  especially  all 
those  who  remember  me. 

"Pardon  my  pencil,  as  ink  was  not  to  be  had. 

"Anything  I,  can  do  for  you,  or  the  School,  will  be  done  as  soon  as  you 
ask  it. 

"I  would  be  greatly  pleased  to  hear  from  you.     I  am. 
Yours  most  sincerely, 

Bryan  W.  Schwartz," 
"Ambulance  Co.  No.  13  (of  Reading,  Pa.),  American  Forces,  France." 

In  a  letter  to  his  mother,  dated  April  18,  1918,  he  describes  some  of  his 
experiences,  as  follows: 

"Dear  Mother: 

"I  am  on  detached  service  again.  Matters  are  very  lively.  The  other 
morning  I  was  sent  over  'No  man's  Land.'     The  Huns  were  after  me  with 


306  ViiiGrxiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

th:.ir  machine-guns,  but  I  was  going  so  fast  that  they  had  to  be  good  shots 
to  hit  my  car.  When  I  was  given  my  new  car,  the  commanding  officer  let 
me  pick  my  orderly;  so  I  selected  my  old  pal,  Tidwell.  We  get  along  finely 
cogether.  You  should  see  the  different  nationalities  at  this  place,  Italians, 
Chinese,  French,  English,  Belgians,  Japanese,  Americans  and  others.  Just 
think  of  one  walking  along  a  street,  and  hearing  all  kinds  of  language 
spoken.  It  sounds  very  funny.  I  was  talking  to-day  with  some  boys  from 
different  Colleges  in  Pennsylvania,  and  they  knew  lots  of  boys  from  Reading 
who  had  been  in  High  School  with  me.  It  surely  was  good  to  talk  about 
places  and  people  we  "know. 

"We  have  been  kept  busy  transporting  patients  from  the  regimental  in- 
firmaries to  the  larger  Hospitals,  as  the  troops  are  going  back  to  the  trenches 
again.  I  expect  to  be  relieved  from  detached  service  this  afternoon,  as  mv 
car  will  have  to  be  overhauled  and  repainted;  then,  I  will  be  ready  to  move 
again.  I  just  had  a  delicious  pieces  of  fruit  cake  that  was  given  me  by 
the  Chaplain  of  our  regiment.  He  is  one  of  the  finest  men  I  have  ever  met. 
When  I  get  back  to  camp  I  spend  my  time  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  The  Y.  is  fine 
and  they  are  doing  wonderful  work.  When  we  are  in  camp  we  have  it  fine; 
good  things  to  eat,  sleeping  quarters  restful,  good  books  to  read,  victrolas 
with  tuneful  records.  It  is  a  relief  to  be  at  camp  and  out  of  the  hearing 
of  the  big  guns,  and  not  have  to  wear  gas  masks  and  iron  helmets.  At  the 
present  moment  the  boys  are  playing  the  victrola.  It  makes  you  feel  like 
dancing.  I  have  changed  since  you  saw  me  last.  I  am  more  settled.  I  have 
seen  so  much  that  I  have  become  very  serious. 

"I  want  to  tell  you  a  little  about  the  last  trip.  We  left  our  base  at  4:30 
P.  M.  The  clouds  were  heavy,  and  we  had  not  been  out  long  before  it  started 
to  rain.  We  had  returned  from  one  front.  On  the  second  day  it  was  clear 
(and  we  feel  so  much  better  when  the  sun  shines).  Things  went  wrong,  and 
we  had  to  run  late.  At  about  11  P.  M.  my  car  stopped  on  a  hill  and  abso- 
lutely refused  to  go.  The  town  we  were  to  stay  in  was  10  miles  away;  every- 
one was  hungry  (as  you  only  get  two  meals  a  day  when  moving),  and  we 
were  also  very  sleepy.  The  rest  of  our  Company  went  to  unload,  and  said 
they  would  come  back  for  me.  It  did  not  make  any  difference  to  me,  as  we 
always  sleep  in  the  car  when  on  the  move,  so  I  went  to  sleep.  The  next 
morning  at  8  o'clock  a  lieutenant  awoke  me,  and  asked  if  I  thought  I  could 
repair  the  car,  so  that  we  might  get  back.  So  I  got  the  car  going  and  we 
got  back  to  our  town.  This  town  is  called  'the  deserted  village,"  due  to  the 
fact  that  only  three  families  live  here.  We  stayed  here  10  days,  then  started 
for  the  front.  The  Captain  asked  me  how  my  car  was  working.  I  told  him 
fine.  He  said,  'Get  your  gas  masks  and  helmets  and  we  will  start.'  An  in- 
terpreter rode  in  front  with  me,  while  the  officers  rode  inside  of  the  ambu- 
lance. After  about  one  and  a  quarter  hour's  drive  we  reached  the  zone 
where  we  put  on  our  helmets  and  masks.  The  shells  were  bursting  righ.t 
and  left  of  us.  I  eased  up  my  car  to  th^.  point,  then  opened  as  wide  as  1 
could,  and  that  Ford  just  jumped  like  a  scared  rabbit,  and  down  the  road 
we  went  aflying.  Several  shells  had  brought  down  the  wires  to  the  ground, 
and  some  hung  so  low  that  I  barely  missed  them.  I  was  running  the  gaunt- 
let. Just  then,  a  shell  hit  in  the  middle  of  the  road,  right  in  front  of  me. 
I,  could  not  stop  my  car,  so  I  tried  to  straddle  the  hole,  but  my  rear  wheel 
was  hit;  then  my  engine  stopped.  It  did  not  take  long  to  find  the  trouble, 
and  I  went  as  fast  as  I  could.  I  arrived  safe  in  town,  but  when  I  got  there 
the  Huns  were  shelling  the  town,  so  I  placed  my  car  in  front  of  a  low  brick 
building,  and,  getting  between  the  car  and  the  building,  I  felt  fairly  safe. 
Shells  were  dropping  lively  and  went  past  the  building;  so  I  was  very  glad 
when  the  order  came  to  go  back.  On  our  way  back,  the  shells  had  almost 
stopped  coming,  and,  passing  a  certain  point,  we  took  off  our  helmets  and 
masks,  and  felt  safe  again. 

"Oh,  what  a  mistake  we  made.  Wc  had  just  rounded  a  bend  in  the 
road  when  the  big  shells  started  dropping  again,  just  a  little  way  to  the 
right  of  the  road.     We  were  running  for  3  ditch  for  shelter,  so  I  slowed  down, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       307 

not  caring  to  place  our  lives  in  danger.  The  interpreter  asked  if  I  was 
afraid.  That  got  me  sore,  and  I  opened  up  wide,  and  went  down  the  hill 
as  fast  as  I  could  go.  The  shells  were  dropping  so  close  that  I  pulled  for 
the  bank  and  hugged  it,  trying  to  make  a  turn,  and  get  out  of  range.  The 
last  two  shells  threw  mud  all  over  the  car,  but  we  got  by  safely. 

"This  is  a  great  life,  never  lacking  excitement.  One  learns  to  think 
clearly  and  quickly.  I  will  tell  you  more  in  the  next  letter.  I  recently 
worked  from  3  o'clock  one  morning  until  4  o'clock  the  next  morning  under 
gas  fire.  I  hate  gas  more  than  bullets.  It  is  rumored  that  if  one  is  in 
service  in  this  country  from  a  year  to  10  months,  he  might  get  a  leave  of 
absence  for  a  month,  provided  he  has  sufficient  money  saved  to  take  a  trip 
to  the  States.  It  is  only  a  rumour,  but  we  are  hanging  on  to  the  rumour. 
I  am  well,  and  would  be  perfectly  happy  if  I  could  see  you.  I  received  the 
money  order  you  sent  me.  Do  not  send  me  any  more  money.  I  have  suf- 
ficient, and  I  thank  you  very  much  for  what  you  have  sent  and  done  for  me. 
I  also  received  a  big  box  of  candy  from  the  Women's  Bible  Class  of  Trinity 
Church,  for  which  I  am  very  grateful,  and  I  wish  you  would  express  my 
thanks  to  them,  personally.  I  also  received  a  fine  box  from  Raymond  Bard. 
Please  convey  my  thanks  to  him.  It  will  be  one  year,  on  the  12th  of  May, 
since  I  left  home  for*  Service.  Please  do  not  worry  about  me,  if  you  should 
not  hear  from  me  for  a  time,  as  we  can  not  write  often  when  on  duty  and 
on  the  move;  but  keep  on  writing  to  me. 

"With  love,  and  best  wishes  to  you  and  all  of  mine,  I  am,  as  ever,  your 
loving  son, 

Bryan." 

His  superior  officers  urged  Inm  to  stand  the  examinations  for  a  com- 
mission, but  it  is  not  known  whether  or  not  he  was  promoted,  or  even  that 
he  returned  home  alive. 

Private  EDMUND  L.  RAPKIN.  Class  1919.     From  New  Jersey. 

Company  "L,"   107th   Infantry,  27th  Division,  A.   E.   F. 

Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 

He  resigned  h,is  Cadetship  as  he  entered  the  Third  Class  to  go  into 
Military  Service.  Enlisted  in  Company  "L,"  107th  Infantry,  as  a  private. 
He  went  to  France  with  his  Division,  and  was  in  all  the  actions  on  the  front 
in  August  and  September,  1918,  with  the  27th  Division,  serving  with  great 
gallantry. 

He  was  seized  with  pneumonia  and  died  at  the  Army  Hospital  at  Blnis, 
France,  on  October  31,  1918.  He  was  a  son  of  Mr.  Clarence  Rapkin  (born 
in  London,  England),  Treasurer  of  the  Central  and  South  American  and 
Mexican  Telegraph  Companies  for  over  thirty  years,  and  his  wife,  Marion 
Edith  Cole,  of  Pennsylvania.     His  home  was  at  Montclair,  New  .lersey. 

His  young  life  was  sacrificed  in  the  cause  of  God  and  Humanity,  and  we 
have  no  doubt  it  was  a  willing  sacrifice  that  he  made.  Peace  to  his  ashes! 
His  memory  will  be  cherished  for  all  time  by  those  who  knew  and  loved  him. 

Private   HARRY   B.    WELBORNE,    Class   1906.     From    New   Jersey. 
Company   "B,"   104th  Engineers,   29th   Division,   A.   E.   F. 

He  went  into  service  with  Company  "F,"  2nd  Regiment,  National  Guard 
of  New  Jersey,  at  the  time  of  the  trouble  with  Mexico,  and  was  stationed  at 
Anniston,  Alabama.  When  the  regiments  there  were  re  organized,  he  was 
transferred  to  Company  "B,"  104th  Engineers,  and  went  to  France  wit'n 
that  organization  which  was  a  part  of  the  29th  Division.     He  was  in  action 


308  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

with  his  Division  on  three  different  fronts.     While  cutting  entanglements  in 
the  Argonne  Forest,  he  was  slightly  gassed. 

Upon  his  discharge,  he  returned  to  his  home  at  Murray  Hill,  N.  J. 

Private   AL.DEN    BELL,    Class    1880.     From   Virginia. 
116th  Infantry  and  104th  Engineers,  A.  E.  F. 

At  the  age  of  fifty-seven,  this  Alumnus  enlisted  in  the  Service,  November 
16,  1917,  and  foughit  as  a  private  in  the  ranks  at  Verdun,  at  St.  Mihiel  and 
in  the  Argonne  Forest.  He  was  twice  gassed,  and  blinded  for  four  months. 
He  contracted  rheumatism  at  Verdun,  which  greatly  disabled  him;  and,  yet, 
he  faithfully  served  his  Country  to  the  last,  being  honourably  discharged  at 
Camp  Meade,  Md.  He  was  given  fine  letters  by  his  Commanders,  praising 
him  highly  for  his  patriotism,  and  gallantry  in  action.  But  soldiering  was 
not  new  to  him,  for  he  had  served  in  the  Spanish-American  War  as  a  First 
Sergeant. 

All  these  facts  are  certified  to  in  his  discharge  papers,  relating  to  the 
World  War.     His  discharge  was  dated  April  18,  1919. 

While  suffering  from  rheumatism  contracted  at  Verdun,  he  was  sent  by 
the  Red  Cross  to  London,  Paris  and  Rome  (and,  later,  to  points  in  th,e 
United  States),  to  deliver  his  lecture  entitled — "The  Patriotism  of  the  Ameri- 
ican  Soldier."  This  lecture  was  highly  praised  by  the  European  and  Amer- 
ican Press,  the  London  Times,  Paris  Matin,  and  Liverpool  papers,  and  the 
European  edition  of  the  New  York  Herald,  calling  especial  attention  to  it. 

Comrade  Bell  has  had  a  notable  career.  For  years,  he  lived  in  Texas: 
and,  while  there,  was  a  State  Legislator,  Judge  and  District  Attorney. 
After  his  return  to  his  old  home,  Culpeper,  Virginia,  he  served  four  times 
as  Mayor  of  that  town,  and  was  four  times  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  Virginia  from  his  County. 

He  has  been  all  over  the  World,  except  to  Asia,  serving  as  a  Special 
Correspondent  of  newspapers  and  magazines.  He  was  in  Africa  for  some 
time  in  this  capacity. 

Withal,  this  old  V.  M.  I.  Alumnus  is  loyal  to  his  Alma  Mater  who  will 
ever  lovingly  cherish  his  memory. 

The  Glorious  Marines!  Here  follow  some  who  greatly  distinguished 
themselves: 

Major  MATTHEW  HENRY  KINGMAN,  Class  1913,   5th  Cadet  Captain. 

From  Iowa. 
U.   S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned   Second  Lieutenant,   U.   S.   Marine  Corps,   August 
20,  1913,  without  training  at  an  Instruction  Camp. 

He  arrived  in  France  in  June,  1917.  He  was  wounded  at  Belleau  Wood, 
June  6,  1918,  by  a  machine-gun  bullet,  while  Captain,  commanding  his  Com- 
pany in  the  6th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  attached  to  the  Second  Division. 
For  gallantry  in  this  action,  he  was  awarded  the  "Croix  de  Guerre."  He 
was,  later,  in  the  battle  of  Soissons. 


Some  of  thk  Specially  Dlstixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       309 

In  September,  1918,  he  was  promoted  Major,  and  placed  in  command 
of  the  Cth  Machine-Gun  Battalion.  Ho  went  with  tl^e  Marines  to  Germany, 
after  the  Armistice,  and  remained  there  until  August,  1919,  when  he  was 
ordered  back  to  the  United  States. 

Captain  GEORGE  GILLIAM  MUNCE,  Class   1914.     From  Virginia. 
U.   S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  June,  1917,  and,  later,  First  Lieu- 
tenant,, and  was  with  his  Company  in  a  number  of  the  famous  battles  of 
the  War. 

On  June  11,  1918,  he  wrote  his  father: 

"I  know  that  these  days  are  anxious  ones  for  you  and  — ,  and 

so  I  am  dropping  you  a  line  at  my  first  stop-off  to  Berlin.  You.  of  course, 
have  seen  in  the  papers  about  what  we  are  doing  every  day,  and  where  we 
are  doing  it. 

"When  we  arrived,  at  ,  the  French  were  not  expecting  us  and 

were  much  surprised  to  see  us.  We  came  seventy-two  miles  in  fifty-four 
hours;  and,  without  rest,  were  sent  forward.  On  the  road  we  met  any 
number  of  French  who  told  us  to  turn  around,  that  the  Boches  were  too 
many  for  us;  but  you  know  that  never  stopped  us.  Our  first  position  was 
taken  on  the  side  of  a  densely-wooded  hill,  with  a  wheat  field  about  800 
meters  wide  between  it  and  the  next  wood ;  against  one  strip  of  wood  was 
a  ploughed  field  about  50  meters  wide.  We  had  taken  up  this  position  about 
three  hours  when  the  Huns  came  out  of  the  opposite  woods  in  four  columns, 
each  of  them  two  men  wide,  columns  about  100  meters  apart. 

''We  waited  until  they  had  advanced  about  500  meters  and  then  opened 
up,  and  I  never  saw  such  work  in  my  life.  We  had  a  low  grazing  fire  and 
just  mowed  them  down  like  so  much  of  the  wheat  they  were  advancing 
through.  Not  a  single  man  reached  our  lines,  or  even  the  ploughed  ground. 
We  held  the  woods  we  were  in  during  the  night,  and  the  next  morning, 
with  the  artillery  to  help  us,  advanced  two  kilometers,  taking  prisoners, 
machine-guns,  and  mortars.  Our  casualties  were  large,  but  the  men  fought 
like  man-cate'-s,  never  gave  the  Boches  a  chaiico.  The  prisoners  said  they 
thought  we  were  Australians,  or  Canadians,  and  were  much  surprised  when 
we  told  them  who  Ave  Avere.  In  our  new  position,  we  put  up  small  barricades 
and  hid  ourselves  as  best  we  could,  but  in  the  afternoon  they  opened  on  us 

again  with  high  explosives  and  shrapnel  and  gave  us  h .     I  went  up  to 

see  th,e  Captain  about  the  new  advance  we  were  to  make  and  get  my  work 
straight.  When  I  returned  both  of  my  guns  (machine-guns)  had  been  de- 
stroyed and  all  my  men  killed  or  wounded,  and  I  was  out  of  a  job.  So  that 
night  when  we  went  forward  I  went  with  bayonet  and  rifle,  and  it  was 
'some'  night — so  black  that  you  could  hardly  see  who  was  beside  you;  yet, 
we  never  faltered,  only  stopping  when  we  reached  our  objective  which,  was 
two  kilometers  more  than  we  had  taken. 

"That  night,  or  rather  at  daylight,  1  received  orders  to  report  at  regi- 
mental headquarters.     When  I  went  there  I  was  ordered  to  report  to  Major 

M ,  and  he  put  me  in  charge  of  the  trains  of  small  arms  ammunition 

of  our  regiment,  and  ever  since  I  have  been  hauling  ammunition  to  the  boys 
at  the  front.  Night  before  last,  when  we  took  the  town  they  told  us  to  get 
ammunition  to  the  town,  as  the  men  were  about  out.  So,  forward  I  went 
with  it.  Two  of  the  wagons  arrived  O.  K.,  the  other  two  were  blown  to 
pieces:  and  on  my  way  out  of  town  my  horse  was  hit,  and  I  had  to  kill  him, 
rs  his'  leg  was  broken.  Every  night,  I  go  forward  with  food,  ammunition 
and  pyrotechnics,  and  I  have  lost  men  and  animals  every  night;  but  they 
can   never   say   I   failed   to  start   with   them.     *     *     * 

"I  ran  full  tilt  into  sneezing  gas  the  other  night  and  received  an  awful 
fright,  but  it  soon  wore  off,  and  I  am  all  right  now.     *     *     * 


310  ViRGiisriA  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"Don't  worry  about  me.  I  am  doing  all  one  man  can  do  for  his  Coun- 
try; and  if  I  get  hit,  it  will  be  because  the  Germans  want  at  least  one  of  us 
for  ten  of  them.     That  is  the  percentage  to-date." 

Later,  he  was  hit.  It  was  in  the  battle  of  St.  Etienne,  on  October  8, 
1918.  that  he  received  his  wound.  But  before  this,  he  received  from  the 
French  Commander-in-Chief  the  "Croix  de  Guerre"  for  remarkable  courage 
in  action  with  the  Sixth  Marines.  He  was,  later,  made  Adjutant  of  the  First 
Replacement  Depot  at  Mehers,  France,  and  received  his  promotion  to  a 
Captaincy. 

Upon  his  return  to  the  United  States,  he  was  honourably  discharged 
from  the  Service. 

Captain  SAMUEL  L.  HOWARD,  Class  1912.  From  District  of  Columbia. 
U.   S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Service  during  the  War: 

Junior  Officer,  Marine  Guard,  U.  S.  S.  Wyoming.  Commanding  Marine 
Guard,  U.  S.  S.  Georgia.     Commanding  Marine  Guard,  U.  S.  S.  New  Mexico. 

At  sea  two  years  and  a  half.  On  duty  in  U.  S.  A.  at  Marine  Recruiting 
Stations,  after  the  Armistice. 

Captain  ALLAN  CARLISLE  PERKINSON,  Class  1914.  From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Passed  examination  for  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps,  July  5,  1917,  and  ordered  to  Quantico  for  a  three  months'  course  in 
the  Student  Officers'  Training  Camp  there;  but  in  three  weeks  he  was  de- 
clared proficient,  and  was  commissioned,  and  assigned  to  the  Sixth  Regiment 
of  Marines,  awaiting  orders  to  embark  for  France.  This  Regiment,  with 
the  Fifth  Regiment  of  Marines,  were  to  form  the  Fourth  Brigade,  of  the 
Second  Division,  U.  S.  A.  Embarked  for  France  on  October  24,  1917,  on 
the  Von  Steuben,  which  was  hit  by  a  U-Boat  and  arrived  at  Brest  on  Novem- 
ber 12  following.  The  first  work  of  this  Regiment  was  the  construction  of 
American  Docks  at  Rassens,  France,  near  Bordeaux.  From  this  place  hia 
organization  was  ordered  to  the  Vosges  Mountains  for  its  final  training. 

In  early  March,  1918,  the  Division  went  into  "line"  as  two  Brigades, 
each  brigaded  with  a  French  Division.  This  was  in  the  Toulon  Sector,  near 
Verdun.  Lieutenant  Perkinson's  Division  held  this  sector  until  the  latter 
part  of  May,  1918.  It  was  then  ordered  to  the  rear  for  intensive  training 
in  "Open  Warfare,"  which  was  to  last  only  one  week,  for  the  Boche  had 
broken  through  for  thirty-five  kilometers  and  had  reached  the  town  of 
Chateau  Thierry,  and  the  Marines  were  called  for.  [French  warfare  had  now 
become  obsolete,  as  General  Pershing,  with  his  clear  vision,  had  known  it 
would  be  very  soon,  and  had  given  instructions  that  the  men  preparing  for 
overseas  service  should  be  specially  instructed  in  Open  Warfare.]  It  was 
while  Lieutenant  Perkinson  was  in  this  sector  that  he  first  met  th«  Enemy 
and  proved  his  mettle.  He  was  charged  with  defending  with  his  platoon  a 
village  in  this  sector  where,  one  morning  early,  he  was  attacked  by  a 
Company  of  Germans.  He  repelled  the  attack  in  magnificent  style,  inflicting 
.severe  losses  on  the  Enemy,  with  the  loss  of  but  one  man  wounded.  It  was 
for  this  splendid  performance  that  his  Regimental  Commander,  in  his  Report 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       311 

to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Fourth  Brigade,  of  the  repulse  of  this 
raid,  commended  him  so  highly,  and  for  this  that  General  Tarrant,  the 
French  Commander  of  the  Thirty-third  Division,  decorated  him  with  thi! 
"Croix  de  Guerre,"  in  the  name  of  France. 

Colonel  Catlin  endorsed  on  the  Report,  dated  April  28,  1918  (copy  of 
which  was  sent  to  Lieutenant  Perkinson  the  next  day),  these  words: 

"In  the  opinion  of  the  Regimental  Commander  the  conduct  of  Second 
Lieutenant  Allan  C.  Perkinson,  Company  84,  in  his  first  encountre  with  the 
Enemy  was  marked  by  special  coolness,  courageousness  and  gallantry  under 
most  difficult  conditions.  His  handling  of  platoon,  his  personal  bravery  and 
his  success  in  repelling  the  raid  of  picked  troops  on  the  most  exposed  portion 
of  our  line,  in  Sub-Sector  Bonchamp,  resulted  in  holding  his  position,  with 
the  loss  of  but  one  man  wounded,  while  he  inflicted  severe  losses  upon 
the  Enemy. 

"Corporal  *  *  *.  The  conduct  of  Private  *  *  *.  It  is  believed  that  the 
above  officer  and  men  are  deserving  of  special  commendation  for  their 
actions  under  fire,  and  that  the  Fourth  Platoon  of  Company  84  should  receive 
some  form  of  recognition  for  their  splendid  conduct  on  the  night  of 
April  ." 

And  wrote  him: 

"In  this  connection,  Regimental  Commander  wishes  to  take  the  oppor- 
tunity of  expressing  to  you  his  sincere  appreciation  of  the  manner  in  which 
the  defense  of  'Villers'  was  conducted  by  you  and  the  platoon  under  your 
command.  The  fact  that  the  Enemy  was  repulsed  with  severe  losses,  and 
that  the  small  garrison  of  'Villers'  suffered  only  a  loss  of  one  man  wounded, 
is  a  tribute  to  the  efficiency  and  discipline  of  the  platoon  under  your  com- 
mand. Only  a  high  state  of  efficiency  and  discipline  could  have  resulted 
in  the  successful  conduct  of  the  defense  of  this  strong  point. 

"The  Regimental  Commander  requests  that  you  advise  all  the  members 
of  your  platoon  as  to  the  contents  of  the  endorsement  quoted,  and  of  his 
appreciation  of  the  bravery  and  efficiency  with  which  all  members  of  your 
platoon  conducted  themselves  in  their  first  contact  with  a  highly-trained 
enemy. 

Albeetus  W.   Catlix. 
Col.,  U.  S.  M.  C." 
"Frank  E.  EJvans, 

Maj.,   U.    S.    M.   C, 
Adjutant." 

Lieutenant  Perkinson  went  into  the  Chateau  Thierry  and  Bois  de  Belleau 
Sector  in  May,  1918,  and  remained  there  until  his  regiment  was  relieved  and 
ordered  to  the  Soissons  front,  on  July  15,  1918. 

He  received  a  slight  wound  in  the  wrist  in  the  Belleau  Wood,  June  6, 
1918,  and  another  (serious)  wound  in  the  groin,  July  19,  in  the  attack  on 
the  heights  South  of  Soissons.  After  leaving  the  Hospital,  he  was  placed 
in  Class  B  2  (unfit  for  fighting,  but  able  to  perform  light  duty),  and  was 
temporarily  attached  to  the  First  Depot  Division  of  the  Army,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  return  to  the  United  States.  He  was  given  the  assignment 
of  "Town  Major"  and  put  in  charge  of  billetting  work  (assigning  troops  to 
quarters,  etc.),  and  his  lot  was  (at  last)  cast  in  pleasant  places,  first  at 
Poultenoy  and  then  at  St.  Aignon  and  then  at  Sambin,  a  famous  summer 
resort,  where  the  devoted  French  residents  turned  over  to  the  Americans 
their  beautiful  and  palatial  homes  for  billets  for  their  soldiers  coming  in 
thousands  every  day  to  help  their  cause.     It  was  a  haven  of  delight  to  the 


312  Virginia  Military  Institute— "World  War  Eecord 

wounded  officer,  worn  almost  to  a  frazzle  by  suffering,  though  never  once 
had  he  murmured.  Soon  after  the  Belleau  Wood  battle,  Perkinson  was  ad 
vanced  a  grade,  and  a  few  months  later  was  promoted  to  a  Captaincy. 

He  was  honourably  discharged  from  the  Service  as  Captain,  on  his  re 
turn  home,  in  October,  1919j 

f  Extracts   from   letter   dated    April   2S,    1918.     His   own    account   of   his 
gallant  perform.ance  is  modestly  related  in  this  letter:! 

"We  are  behind  the  lines  again,  having  served  two  hours  in  the  first 
line  trenches.  We  have  seen  and  done  some  actual  fighting.  My  platoon 
held  an  advance  position  for  over  a  week.  It  was  a  small  village,  somewhat 
in  advance  of  our  first  line.  The  Germans  at  a  critical  hour,  early  in  the 
morning,  recently,  put  down  a  terrific  barrage  on  my  post.  At  the  explosion 
of  the  first  shell  I  knew  what  was  coming.  I  knew  'AH  Hell'  was  turned 
loose.  The  Germans  kept  up  their  barrage  for  one  hour  and  five  minutes. 
They  needed  not  to  wait  for  their  barrage  to  lift,  and  then  attack,  because 
they  left  two  posts  clear  of  their  barrage  and  tried  to -raid  one  of  these  two. 
So,  soon  after  they  put  up  their  barrage,  they  came  up  attacking  our  men, 
at  a  post  clear  of  the  barrage.  Our  men  did  wonderful  work.  About  12 
Marines  (at  this  post)  held  off  and  drove  back  what  was  estimated  as  one 
Company  of  Germans.  Of  course,  we  called  for  a  barrage  from  the  French 
and  American  batteries.  The  French  opened  up  first  and  then  the  American 
batteries.  So,  at  one  time  there  were  French,  American  and  German  bat- 
teries firing  at  the  same  time.  What  do  you  imagine  it  sounded  like?  No 
doubt  our  barrage  played  a  large  part  in  driving  the  Germans  back.  We 
killed  some  Germans.  They  came  as  close  as  35  yards  of  our  trench.  One 
man  of  my  platoon  was  wounded.  I  have  been  recommended  for  'coolness, 
courage  and  gallantry.'  Three  of  my  men  have  been  recommended  for 
bravery.  Two  of  them  volunteered  to  run  this  German  barrage,  as  all 
communication  from  me  to  my  Captain  and  to  th,e  Battalion  Commander 
was  cut.  They  got  through  all  right.  One  was  about  a  ten  seconds  man; 
he  left  the  slow  one  by  the  wayside.  The  slow  one  became  exhausted  on 
reaching  his  objective.  The  fast  man  returned.  Everything  went  wrong 
that  night.  All  signals  proved  defective.  Of  course,  it  was  the  Almighty 
who  enabled  us  to  become  victorious.     I  could  write  a  long  story  about  it." 

[Extracts  from  his  letter  of  May  2:] 

"I  have  been  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre  by  the  French  Divisional 
Commander.  I  can't  wear  it  until  he  decorates  me  with  it,  though.  I  expect 
he,  being  a  Frenchman,  will  kiss  me.  Isn't  that  awful?  I  wish,  he  would 
send  his  daughter,  instead. 

"I  will  inclose  a  letter  from  our  Colonel  (given  above),  stating  what 
we  did.  All  the  names  of  villages  are  omitted;  otherwise,  it  is  an  exact 
copy  of  his  letter.  I  have  received  two  letters  from  a  French  Captain  and 
a  French  Colonel  (or  General,  I  don't  remember  which).  I  don't  think  I 
deserve  it,  to  be  honest  with,  you;   I  did  nothing  but  keep  cool." 

[Another  interesting  letter:] 

"Aug.  23,  1918. 
"Dear  Father  and  Mother: 

"My  arm  is  practically  well  now.  I  have  not  much  streneth  in  it  yet 
and  It  looks  a  little  crooked;  but,  otherwise,  it  is  all  right  Inlfact  I  expect 
to  leave  the  Hospital  next  Monday  It  was  awfullv  warm  here  vesterday 
about  the  only  hot  day  we  have  had.  This  is  a  fine  place  to  be— in  hot 
weather.  There  are  about  400,000  people  here,  and  the  city  is  very  rich 
I  very  often  run  into  V.  M.  I.  boys,  just  landing.  Troops  come  in  here 
every  day  by  thousands.  We  surely  need  them.  You  see  we  only  had  four 
Divisions  at  the  front  until  July.     Those  four  are  worn  to  a  frazzle     They 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       313 

stayed  at  the  front  for  six  months.  Just  think,  those  four  Divisions  did 
every  bit  of  America's  fighting  until  July.  Two  of  these  Divisions  (one 
being  mine)  were  used  for  attacks  (shock  troops),  and  both  are  practically 
wiped  out.  The  famous  "Princess  Pat'  Regiment  has  not  been  hit  much 
harder  than  those  two  Divisions.  At  the  Bols  de  Belleau,  I  started  with  47 
men  and  ended  with  24;  lost  23  in  one  afternoon  and  night.  T'hat  was  con- 
sidered very  good,  very  light;  so  you  can  imagine  how  hard  hit  the  others 
were.  Twice,  I  had  a  rifle  which  1  carried  (after  my  first  men  dropped) 
shot,  as  I  held  it  in  my  hand.  One  bullet  hit  the  trigger  guard,  glanced  and 
tore  the  hooks  off  my  blouse  collar,  changed  my  voice  for  about  an  hour, 
but  never  even  scratched  my  throat.  That  was  in  June.  We  were  also  called 
to  make  the  July  attack.  Then  came  help.  Divisions  and  Divisions  have 
since  come,  and  the  original  four  American  Divisions  have  at  last  been  taken 
out.  Six  straight  months  of  rest  couldn't  give  those  Divisions  what  they 
deserve.  Most  of  the  men  have  been  wounded,  many  have  been  killed,  and 
the  rest  are  war-worn  to  the  last  degree.  To-day,  one  American  Division 
is  as  good  as  another.  Of  course,  my  Division  are  all  regulars,  the  first  is 
a  regular  Division;  but  regular  or  National,  they  are  all  Americans.  To 
the  American  there  is  no  such  word  as  'retreat' — there  is  no  falling  back 
with  him.  It's  all  one  wild  dash  'forward.'  To  him  it's  all  'straight  foot- 
ball'— one  continuous  series  of  line  bucking.  When  that  dying  Captain  said, 
"Lieutenant,  the  command  is  'Forward';  see  them  through,'" — Who  could  go 
but  forward?  Every  American  who  comes  over  here  comes  with  the  greatest 
pride.  He  knows  that  the  eyes  of  the  world  are  upon  him,  he  is  worshipped, 
and  is  looked  upon  as  a  Saviour  of  Europe.  He  knows  the  reputation  of  his 
predecessors,  and  he  knows  he  must  at  least  keep)  it  a  standard.  Especially 
are  the  eyes  of  the  world  on  the  Lieutenant.  As  the  English  describe  it— 
'it's  a  Lieutenant's  War.'  The  people  about  Paris  call  the  Marines  the 
Saviours  of  Paris.'  You  see,  we  hit  the  Germans  when  they  made  the  35 
kilometer  drive  on  Paris  to  Chateau  Thierry.  TTiere  were  no  troops  in 
front  of  us  when  we  arrived.  The  Germans  had  a  clear  road— not  a  soul  to 
stop  them.  We  drove  them  back  two  kilometers  on  a  front  of  eight  kilo- 
meters and  shattered  three  of  their  Divisions.  It  was  a  direct  drive  on 
Paris,  and  it  seemed  as  if  'all  hell'  couldn't  stop  them.  The  Alpine  Chasseurs 
are  called  the  'Blue  Devils,'  the  Scotch,  'Ladies  from  Hell,'  and  the  Marines, 
'Devil  Dogs.'  The  Germans  have  given  those  three  names  to  these  three 
fighters.  '      '    \sM'%\ 

"Well,   I   must  close  now.     I   am  feeling  very  well.     With   love, 

Al." 

Captain  CHARLES  ANTONIO  ETHERIDGE,  Class  1915.  From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  in  the  fall 
of  1916;  was,  later,  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant.  He  was  with  his  Corps 
in  all  the  fighting  in  which  it  was  engaged,  and  was  severely  wounded  in 
action  in  the  battle  at  Belleau  Wood.  It  is  well  known  how  modest  brave 
men  are  in  telling  about  their  own  achievements,  and  yet,  have  an  inordinate 
desire  to  tell  what  their  comrades  accomplished.  It  is  in  this  way  one  corre- 
spondent learned  how  Etheridge,  seeing  some  German  machine-gunners  creep- 
ing through  a  gap  in  the  line,  gathered  eight  privates  of  the  Engineers, 
and  charged  the  Enemy,  killing  or  capturing  all  of  them,  and  bringing  two 
of  their  machine-guns  back  to  the  American  lines.  The  dispatch  from  the 
headquarters  of  the  American  Army  on  the  Marne  Sector,  which  tells  of 
this  exploit  of  this  gallant  V.  M.  I.  boy,  classes  it  among  the  big  deeds  of 
that  terrific  struggle  the  Marines  put  up,  when  they  went  into  the  fray,  with 
orders  to  stop,  the  Huns  from  getting  to  Paris.  How  well  they  stopped  them 
all  the  World  knows. 


314         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Lieutenant  Etheridge  was  commended  by  his  Commanding  Officer  "for 
inborn  ability,  cool  courage  and  unerring  judgment,"  and,  later,  was  pro- 
moted to  a  Captaincy. 

Captain  JOSEPH  ADDISON  HAGAN,  Class  1916.     From  Virginia. 

U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  May,  1917,  and 
reported  shortly  afterwards  at  the  U.  S.  Marine  Rifle  Range,  Winthrop, 
Maryland.  After  a  few  days  he  was  ordered  to  the  first  Officers'  School  at 
Quantico,  Virginia,  where  he  served  through  a  two  months'  course,  after 
the  completion  of  which  he  received  orders  to  report  to  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment, U.  S.  Marines,  which  had  been  in  France  since  June.  He  embarked 
in  the  U.  S.  S.  Von  Steuben  at  Philadelphia,  and  reached  New  York,  en 
route  to  France,  October  26,  1917.  [This  ship  was  formerly  in  the  Service 
of  Germany  and  did  much  evil  as  a  pirate  ship  on  the  coast  of  North  Caro- 
lina, sinking  many  craft  and  stealing  much  cargo,  during  the  one  hundred 
days  it  committed  its  devilish  crimes.]  On  the  voyage  from  New  York,  there 
was  nothing  eventful,  worthy  of  record,  except  a  collision  his  ship  had  with 
a  sister  ship  of  the  convoy,  when  three  days  from  France.  He  reported  as 
soon  as  possible  to  his  Regiment  in  the  Vosges  District,  undergoing  intensive 
training,  under  the  direction  of  the  151st  Regiment  of  French  Infantry;  and 
through  that  hard  winter  the  training  was  continued,  becoming  more  in- 
tense, the  colder  the  weather;  however,  the  men's  spirits  never  flagged,  and 
their  proficiency  became  more  marked  every  day.  They  were  learning  the 
lessons  which  all  too  soon  they  were  to  put  in  practice  on  the  battlefield — 
the  real  stage  of  War. 

His  Captain  was  a  V.  P.  I.  man,  Lloyd  W.  Williams,  of  Berryville,  Vir- 
ginia, and  he  said — "A  finer  soldier  and  gentleman  never  lived;  it  was  a 
great  loss  to  the  Company,  Battalion  and  Regiment  when  he  was  killed 
at  Belleau  Wood,  June  11."  On  the  15  of  March,  1918,  his  command 
started  for  the  famous  Verdun  front  and  took  post  near  the  little  town  of 
Esparges  which  will  ever  be  remembered  by  the  French  people  for  the  loss 
of  eighteen  thousand  of  their  noble  sons  who  gave  their  lives  to  hold  back 
the  Army  of  the  Crown  Prince  in  his  vigorous  attack  in  1915.  It  was  not 
far  from  the  famous  ports,  Vaux  and  Douamont  which  he  had  the  good  for- 
tune to  visit. 

It  was  on  this  (then)  quiet  front  th.at  he  saw,  for  the  first  time,  the 
terrible  devastation  the  War  had  brought  upon  France,  and  learned  from 
experience  the  fundamentals  of  the  great  game — trench  life— patrolling, 
putting  up  wire  entanglements  in  "No  Man's  Land,"  outpost  duty  and  raids 
He  said:  "I  shall  never  forget  my  first  view  of  'No  Man's  I..and.' 
Standing  on  Montgiermont  and  looking  across  the  Woevre  plain,  I  counted 
twenty-six  French  towns  that  did  not  have  a  wall  standing  higher  than 
two  feet." 

He  remained  on  this  front  until  about  the  20  of  May,  when  his  Bat- 
talion was  taken  out  for  what  was  believed  to  be  a  month's  rest. 

Few  realized  what  was  really  to  happen  when  a  few  days  later  a  rumour 
came  that  they  would  move  very  soon.  It  proved  true,  for  on  May  30,  about 
3  A.  M.,  they  entered  their  camions  for  what  destination,  they  knew  not  then. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguisiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)        315 

but  were  not  long  in  doubt.  On  June  1,  the  Battalion  took  position  in  sup- 
port of  the  French.  About  4  P.  M.  the  Boche  made  a  vigorous  attack  which 
the  French  could  not  withstand;  and  so  they  passed  through  the  Marines, 
going  to  the  rear.  Their  first  real  attack  occurred  on  June  6  from  which 
he  fortunately  escaped.  On  June  11  his  Battalion  made  an  attack  on  the 
Northern  end  of  Belleau  Wood.  It  advanced  across  a  wheat  field  in  front 
of  the  Wood,  "and  the  Boche,"  said  he,  "gave  us  merry  sand."    He  continued: 

"I  was  about  twenty-five  yards  from  the  edge  of  the  Wood  when  I 
espied  a  machine-gun,  and,  raising  the  rifle  I  carried,  took  a  shot  at  it. 

"I  don't  know  whether  I  got  it  or  not,  for  as  I  brought  my  rifle  down 
to  throw  the  shell  out,  I  got  one  in  the  hip;  it  knocked  me  down,  and  I  was 
unable  to  move  my  leg.  I  lay  there,  until  about  five  and  a  half  hours  later 
a  Marine  came  back  with  four  German  prisoners,  and  they  carried  me  to 
the  little  town  of  Lucy-le-Bocage,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  back,  where  I  was 
placed  in  an  ambulance  and  sent  to  Evacuation  Hospital  No.  8.  I  did  not 
arrive  there  until  six  in  the  afternoon  (I  had  been  hit  about  four  in  the 
morning).  And  this  closed  my  fighting  career,  to  begin  at  once  my  Hospital 
life.  I  was  in  seven  different  Hospitals  until  September  24,  1918,  when  it  was 
decided  that  I  would  be  of  no  further  military  value,  and  was  sent  home, 
sailing  from  Brest,  and  arriving  in  the  United  States  on  October  6.  I  was 
retired  with  the  grade  of  Captain  in  July,  1919.  I  was  cited  in  G.  O.  No.  40, 
2nd  Division,  and  received  a  Citation  Certificate  from  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  A.  E.  F."   [It  is  said  he  was  recommended  for  the  "Medal  of  Honour.'"] 

The  dear  boy's  wound  has  crippled  him  for  life  (in  all  probability) ; 
and,  yet,  it  is  not  as  serious  a  wound  as  one  the  little  god  Cupid  gave  h,im; 
but  that  is  completely  cured  now;  and,  that  "they  may  ever  live  happily" 
is  the  wish  of  all  who  know  this  gallant  son  of  the  V.  M.  I. 

Captain  Hagan  is  one  of  four  brothers  who  are  "V.  M.  I.  boys,"  three 
having  graduated  and  the  fourth  a  First  Classman  now.  His  second  brother, 
William  C.  Hagan,  just  a  short  time  after  graduating  in  1915,  was  killed  by 
an  electric  shock,  while  engaged  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  at  an 
Electrical  Power  Plant.  His  eldest  brother.  First  Lieutenant  John  M.  Hagan, 
U.  S.  A.,  served  throughout  the  War  in  the  Ordnance  Department,  where  his 
techjiical  knowledge  was  of  great  value  to  the  Service. 

Captain  JESSE  HONAKER  FUGATE,  JR..  Class  1916.     From  Virginia. 

U.    S    Marine   Corps. 

Died  in   the  Service  at  his  Post. 

This  young  and  able  OflScer  was  an  honour  to  the  Service. 

It  was  a  grief  to  him  that  he  was  not  permitted  to  share  the  glory  of 
his  comrades  in  his  splendid  Corps,  whose  good  fortune  carried  them  to 
France.  But,  like  the  fine  soldier  he  was,  h,e  never  murmured,  but  strove 
to  perform  all  the  better  every  duty  assigned  him  at  his  Island  Post;  and 
the  testimony  of  those  who  knew  him  best— bis  beloved  step-mother  and  his 
brother  officers — shows  that  he  was  a  young  man  of  the  loftiest  character. 
This  testimony  is  given  here.  His  step-mother  (never  known  but  ad  his 
own  mother)  tells  of  their  mutual  devotion  from  the  time  his  own  mother 
died  and  slie  took  her  place;  of  her  seeing  him  receive  his  diploma,  and 
witnessing  the  happy  result  of  her  careful  and  loving  training  in  the  years 
that  went  before;  of  the  delight  he  felt  (in  which  she  joined)  when  he  re- 
ceived his  commission;  of  the  beautiful  and  affectionate  letters  he  wrote  her 


316  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

(so  often  containing  checks  "for  your  dear  self") ;  of  his  spiritual  condition — 
his  beautiful  piety  and  perfect  trust;  and  of  the  sorrow  and  desolation,  when 
the  crushing  tidings  of  his  death  came  to  her.  She  tells  of  the  comforting 
words  in  the  letter'  his  Chaplain  and  friend,  Lieutenant  Dyer,  wrote  to  her: 
that  he  repeatedly  said,  before  he  died  of  heart  failure  (the  result  of  his 
pneumonia)  that  he  was  not  afraid  to  go — that  he  had  a  bright  hope  for  the 
future,  his  last  words,  when  Chaplain  Dyer  asked  him  to  try  to  rest,  being 
"I  am  going  to  take  a  good  long  rest." 

And,  so,  the  young  soldier  bravely  and  peacefully  died. 

The  tributes  of  the  Editor  of  the  Southivest  Times,  of  Radford,  Virginia, 
and  Captain  Fugate's  Colonel  and  Adjutant  follow: 

"Captain  Fugate  graduated  from  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  June, 
1916,  and  for  a  short  while  engaged  in  Electrical  Engineering.  On  Septem- 
ber 29,  1916,  he  enlisted  in  the  Marine  Corps  and  was  commissioned  as 
Second  Lieutenant.  Early  in  1917  he  was  promoted  to  Captain  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  about  to  receive  further  promotion.  His  remains  were 
brought  to  Washington  and  laid  to  rest  in  Arlington  Cemetery  with  full 
military  honours.  The  first  part  of  the  service  was  conducted  at  the 
'Maine  Vault'  by  Rev.  J.  Harry  Whitmore,  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Radford.  From  the  vault  the  casket,  draped  with  an  American  flag  and 
covered  with  beautiful  floral  designs,  was  borne  to  the  grave,  preceded  by 
the  Marine  Band  and  followed  by  a  Company  of  Marines.  At  the  grave, 
Chaplain  Frazier,  of  Washington,  took  charge  of  the  military  part  of  the 
service  which  concluded  with  the  sounding  of  taps  and  the  flring  of  the 
salute.  Happy  the  lot  of  him  who  has  so  lived  in  life  that  he  is  privileged 
to  sleep  among  the  Nation's  honoured  dead  in  beautiful  Arlington. 

"All  of  those  who  knew  Captain  Fugate  loved  and  admired  him.  The 
principles  which  governed  his  life  were  well  set  fortli  by  the  branch  of 
Service  which  he  selected,  it  being  a  well  known  fact  that  the  Marin*^ 
Corps  is,  perhaps,  the  most  exacting  branch  of  Service  in  the  armed  forces 
of  the  U.  S.  He  proved  himself,  however,  capable  of  meeting  these  demands, 
and  by  his  ability  and  devotion  to  duty  he  had  won  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  his  superior  officers  and  his  men.  Below  are  published  two  letters  which 
admirably  set  forth  this  fact.  Captain  Fugate  is  survived  by  his  father,  step- 
motlier  and  two  younger  brothers  who  mourn  the  loss  of  a  devoted  son  and 
brother.  He  will  ever  live  in  their  memories,  leaving  behind  the  fragrance 
of  a  noble  life. 

"With   us  their   names  shall   live, 
Through  long  succeeding  years. 
Embalmed  with  all  our  hearts  can  give — ■ 
Our  praises  and  our  tears." 

"Santiago,  D.  R.,  Jan.  10,   1919. 
"Dear  Mr.  Frigate: 

"As  Commanding  Officer  of  the  regiment  of  which  your  son  was  one 
of  the  senior  officers,  I  wish  to  express  to  you  th,e  sympathy  and  condolence 
of  all  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  regiment,  and  not  only  the  mem- 
bers of  the  regiment,  but  also  of  the  people  of  Santiago  by  whom  your  son 
was  loved  and  endeared. 

"As  Food  Control  Officer  of  this  section  of  the  country,  your  son  was 
worshiped  by  market  poople  who  brought  their  produce  from  the  country, 
and  also  by  the  poor  people  who  bought  their  food  at  a  price  fair  to  every- 
one. The  officers  and  men  honoured  your  son  who  played  'fair  and  square' 
with  everyone  of  them.  He  looked  after  the  food  of  his  men  and  had  one 
of  the  best  companies — if  not  the  best — in  the  regiment.  I  had  known  your 
son  for  more  than  a  year.  I  valued  his  services  so  highly  that  I  granted 
his  request  to  stay  in  Santiago,  although  he  was  offered  the  command  of  an- 
other Post. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Coiit'd)       317 

"Captain  Jesse  H.  Fugate,  awaiting  promotion  (to  which  he  was  entitled) 
to  Major,  was  an  officer  and  a  gentleman. 

"You  have  lost  a  son.  We  have  lost  a  friend  and  brother  officer.  Please 
accept  the  deepest  sympathy  and  condolence  of  us  all.  Your  son's  last 
wishes  were  to  be  buried  in  Arlington  Cemetery. 

Yours  very  truly, 

William   N.   McKelvy, 
Colonel,  U.  S.  Marines." 
"Headquarters,  4th  Regiment,  U.   S.   Marines,   Santiago,   D.  R. 
"Mr.  J.  H.  Fugate, 

Radford,  Va. 
"Dear  Sir: 

"Kindly  accept  our  heartfelt  sympathy  in  the  loss  of  your  beloved  son. 
Captain  Jesse  H.  Fugate.  Captain  Fugate  was  one  of  the  most  beloved  of- 
ficers in  this  regiment  and  we  feel  his  loss  keenly.  It  was  with  great  sorrow 
that  w"e  had  to  part  with  him.  He  was  an  inspiration  and  a  model  by  which 
nmny  officers  and  men  strove  to  better  th,emselves,  and  their  command,  by 
adopting  his  standard  for  their  work.  He  was  a  kind  and  gentlemanly  of- 
ficer who  had  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him;  and  it  is  such  men  as  he 
who  have  been  the  foundation  upon  which  the  Marine  Corps  lias  built  the 
famous  organization  it  is  to-day. 

"The  officers  and  men  of  this  regiment  extend  to  you,  in  your  great 
bereavement,  their  utmost  sympathy. 

Sincerely  yours, 

J.  C.  Pai.mer, 
Regimental  Adjutant." 
Captain    Fugate    died    of    pneumonia    following    influenza   at   his    Post, 
Santiago,  D.  R.,  January  9,   1919,  while  av/aiting  his  promotion   to  Major. 

Captain  NATHANIEL  HARDEN  MASSIE,  Class  191G.     From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Served  with  the  Second  Battalion,  Fifth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marines,  Second 
Division,  A.  E.  F.,  for  twenty-two  months. 

Participated  in  the  following  engagements: 

Chateau  Thierry  (Bois  de  Balleau),  June  1  to  July  5,  1918;  Soissons, 
July    18-25,    1918;    and    Champagne    (Blanc    Mont),    Argonne-Meuse. 

Awarded  "Croix  de  Guerre"  for  a  Citation  during  battle  of  Blanc  Mont, 
Champagne.  Promoted  Captain,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.  Resigned  from  the 
Service,  September  30,  1919.  Chosen  to  write  the  History  of  the  Second 
Battalion,  Fifth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marines,  which  duty  he  has  performed 
with  great  satisfaction  to  all  concerned. 

Captain  GEORGE  B.  LOCKHART,  Class  1917.  From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant.  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  in  June, 
1917,  a  few  days  after  receiving  his  diploma.  He  went  at  once  in  training 
at  Quantico,  Virginia.  On  September  20  he  married  Miss  Al-Willie  Ward,  of 
Richmond,  Virginia.  Soon  after  this  event  he  sailed  for  France,  and  joined 
his  comrades  of  the  Marine  Corps  who  had  preceded  him.  He  took  part  in 
the  famous  drive  of  the  first  two  weeks  in  June,  1918,  in  which  he  was 
wounded.  He  rejoined  his  regiment,  September  5,  1918,  and  served  with 
honour  and  distinction  wit'.i  it  until  it  returjiod  to  the  United  States. 


318  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Captain  MORGAN  REAGAN  MILLS,   JR.,  Class   1917.     From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Sailed  from  United   States,   September  16,   1917,  as  Second  Lieutenant, 
Sixth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.    Arrived  St.  Nazaire,  France,  October  5, 

1917.  Attached  to  95th  Company.  On  duty  of  various  kinds  in  the  rear, 
until  March  22,  1918.  Then,  at  the  front,  just  South  of  Verdun.  Platoon 
Com.mander,  95th  Company,  1st  Battalion,  6th  Regiment.  Trench  duty  till 
middle  of  May,  1918.  Then,  to  Offensive  training  at  Outrepont  and  Serens. 
Ordered  to  Chateau  Thierry  with  regiment.  June,  1918,  duty  at  front  "with 
Company  between  Torcy  and  Lucy-le-Bocage.     Wounded  slightly,  June  3-7, 

1918,  hand,  head  and  leg.  Belleau  Wood,  June  10-14.  Gassed  and  evacuated, 
June  14,  to  Evacuation  Hospital  No.  16,  thence  to  Evacuation  Hospital  at 
Jouey,  thence  to  Red  Cross  Hospital  No.  2,  Paris.  Evacuated  to  Army  Base 
Hospital  No.  6,  Bordeaux,  July  8;  sent  to  Officers'  Convalescent  Pavilion, 
Beechville,  Saronne.  Returned  to  Base  Hospital  No.  6.  Classified  as  C-2 
by  13isability  Board.  Ordered  to  Casual  Officers'  Depot.  Blois  Loire  et  Char, 
August,  1918,  ordered  to  Tours,  thence  to  St.  Aignan.  Made  Commanding 
Officer,  Prisoner  of  War  Escort,  Company  15.  Ordered  to  Central  Prisoner 
of  War  Enclosure,  A.  P.  0.  717,  near  Tours.  September,  1918,  detached  from 
P.  W.  E.  Co.  15  and  assigned  as  Asst.  Supply  Officer,  C.  P.  W.  E.  Also  Mesa 
Officer,  Paymaster,  for  Marne  personnel  on  post.  October,  1918,  re-classified 
A-1.  Received  official  notification  of  First  Lieutenancy.  November,  1918- 
March,  1919,  Prison  officer:  C.  O.,  P.  W.  W.  Camp  1,  Camp  Fire  Marshall. 
C.  P.  W.  E.  No.  1.  February  17,  1919,  decorated  by  French  at  Tours, 
France,  "Croix  de  Guerre."  March,  1919,  re-classified  by  Disability  Board 
as  C-2.     Ordered  to  United  States,  via  Brest.     Sailed,  April  1,  1919. 

Trench  duty.  South  of  Verdun,  March,  April  and  May,  1918.  Platoon 
Commander,  95th  Co.,  6t.h  Regiment. 

Entered  Service  May  23,  1917.     Discharged  May  1,  1919. 

(Citation) 
"Lieutenant  Morgan  R.  Mills,  U.   S.  Marines: 
Au  Grand  Quartier  General, 
le  28  Octobre,  1918. 

Le   General    Commandant   en    Chef. 

(Signed)       Petain." 

"In  the  course  of  a  lively  attack  by  the  enemy  he  held,  with  quiet 
coolness  and  remarkable  ability,  two  platoons  of  his  Company,  weakened  bj' 
the  loss  of  its  captain  and  second  in  command.  By  the  accuracy  of  his  Com- 
pany's fire,  whose  morale  he  had  rallied,  by  his  example,  he  repulsed  the 
Enemy's  attack,   inflicting  upon   them  terrible   losses." 

Promoted  Captain,  U.  S.  M.  C. 
Resigned  on  return  to  United  States. 

Captain  JAMES  L.  DENHAM,  Class  1910.     From  District  of  Columbia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Commissioned  May  20,  1917.  Lieutenant  U.  S.  M.  C.    Promoted  to  Captain. 
Service  at  Paris  Island,  S.  C,  and  Quantico,  Virginia,  until  February  5,  1918. 
In  Foreign  Service  from  last  date  to  February  12,  1919 
With  6th  Regiment,  2nd  Division,  in  all  its  actions. 
After  February,   1919,  at  New  York  Navy  Yard. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       319 

Captain  FREDERICK  W.  CLARKE,  JR.,  Class  1917.  From  Georgia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  B.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  April  11, 
1917  (before  graduation).  He  was  stationed  at  Paris  Island  for  several 
months  and  then  transferred  to  Quantico,  Virginia  He  sailed  for  France  in 
September,  1917.  On  April  13,  ]91S,  he  received  a  slight  wound  in  action. 
He  was  again  wounded  in  action  near  Vierzy,  July  19,  1918,  and  was  in 
Hospital  for  some  weeks.  But  h,e  made  light  of  both  wounds.  He  was 
awarded  the  "Croix  de  Guerre  with  silver  star,"  and  was  recommended  for 
the  "D.  S.  C."  In  none  of  his  letters  home  did  he  mention  the  distinguished 
service  he  performed,  but  Major  General  Barnett,  Commandant  of  the  Marine 
Corps,  tells  of  it  in  the  following  letter  to  his  wife: 

"I  am  pleased  to  inform  you  that  I  have  received  a  copy  of  a  com- 
munication from  the  Commanding  Officer,  Sixth  Regiment  of  Marines  to 
th,e  Commander  of  the  Second  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  dated  July  28,  1918,  which 
mentions  among  other  things  the  fact  that  your  husband,  Captain  Frederick 
W.  Clarke,  Jr.,  Marine  Corps,  has  been  commended  for  distinguished  service 
in  action,  and  also  recommended  for  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross.  The 
Citation  is  as  follows: 

'Captain  Frederick  W.  Clarke,  Jr.,  in  action  near  Vierzy  on  July  19, 
led  his  Company  to  the  advance  through  terrific  machine-gun  and  artillery 
fire,  and,  although,  his  Company  suffered  severe  losses,  advanced  until  it 
was  impossible  to  move  another  foot.  There  he  consolidated  and  held,  en- 
couraging his  men  and  showing  great  resourcefulness  in  using  the  guns  in 
abandoned  tanks  to  stand  off  the  Enemy.' 

"News  of  such  a  nature  is  always  pleasant  to  impart  to  others,  and 
I  know  you  will  be  proud  to  learn  that  your  husband  so  performed  his 
duty  as  to  call  forth  such  hjgli  commendation  on  the  part  of  his  Com- 
manding Officer." 

Captain  SAMUEL  CALVIN  GUMMING,  Class  1917.    From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E,   F. 

Appointed  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  April  7,  1917.  Pro- 
moted to  First  Lieutenant,  August  11,  1917.  Arrived  in  France,  June  28, 
1917,  as  Platoon  Commander,  51st  Co.,  5th  Regiment.  Served  as  Battalion 
Adjutant,  January  to  June  1,  1918. 

Wounded  by  machine-gun  at  Chateau  Thierry,  June  11,  1918. 

Returned  to  Service,  August  1,  1918,  and  assigned  to  duty  as  Regimental 
Intelligence  Officer.  Promoted  to  Captain  of  51st  Company,  5th  Regiment, 
U.  S.  M.  C.,  September,  1918.  With  Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany.  Won 
an  official  Citation.  Decorated  with  the  "Croix  de  Guerre"  for  deeds  of 
bravery,  performed  in  the  attack  on  Belleau  Wood. 

"In  this  battle  which  will  go  down  in  history  as  one  of  the  decisive 
battles  of  the  War,  Captain  Cumming's  platoon  was  completely  wiped  out, 
with  the  exception  of  one  man  and  himself.  He  was  so  severely  wounded  with 
machine-gun  bullets  that  he  was  confined  to  the  Hospital  for  a  period  of 
seven  weeks.  Recovering  from  this  wound,  he  was  again  ready  for  action. 
and  took  an  active  part  in  every  battle  that  the  Marines  were  engaged  in 
during  the  War.  He  led  his  men  to  victory  at  St.  Mihiel,  on  the  Champagne 
front,  in  the  battle  of  Mont  Blanc,  in  the  Argonne  Forest  drive,  and  his 
Company  was  one  of  the  first  to  cross  the  river  Meuse  and  establish  an 
American  front  line  trench  on  the  other  side,  tlie  night  before  the  Armistice 
was  signed." 


320  Virginia  Military  Institute — EWorld  War  Record 

Captain  H.  P.  Mason,  Jr.,  U.  S.  M.  C,  h,is  Classmate  and  fellow-towns- 
man, himself  a  Croix  de  Guerre  hero,  thus  wrote  of  him,  December  29,  1918: 

"I  saw  Calvin  about  two  weeks  ago  and  had  a  long  talk  with  him.  He 
had  quite  an  interesting  time  on  the  day  the  armistice  was  declared. 
Two  battalions  of  the  5th  succeeded  in  crossing  the  Meuse  River  on  the  night 
of  Nov.  10,  with  very,  very  heavy  losses.  They  fought  very  hard  all  that 
night  and  the  next  day,  until  about  2:30  in  the  afternoon,  when  two  German 
officers,  with  a  flag  of  truce,  came  across  'No  Man's  Land,'  and  asked  to  see 
the  Commanding  Officer.  As  the  Major  was  wounded,  the  men  took  the 
officers  to  Calvin.  The  Germans  spoke  good  English,  and  one  of  them  askert 
Calvin  if  he  did  not  know  that  an  Armistice  had  been  declared  to  take  effect 
at  eleven  o'clock  that  morning,  and  asked  why  the  Americans  were  still 
fighting.  Calvin  had  no  communication  with  the  rear,  and  did  not  know 
about  the  Armistice;  but  he  also  did  not  want  the  Boches  to  know  that  he 
was  cut  off;  so,  he  said  they  would  stop  fighting  at  four-thirty,'  and  sent 
the  Boches  home." 

In  this  connection,  the  following  extract  from  a  letter,  dated  January 
30,  1919,  from  Captain  Cununing,  will  be  found  interesting: 

"I  had  pushed  ahead  too  far  with  my  outfit,  fighting  all  night  long, 
and  the  morning  of  the  11th  found  me  with  my  back  to  the  Meuse  River,  and 
surrounded  by  the  Huns — a  wbiole  regiment  of  Infantry,  besides  machine-gun 
companies,  between  me  and  my  nearest  reinforcements.  So  I  gave  orders 
to  'dig  in'  and  consolidate  the  position,  as  we  were  going  to  fight  to  the  last 
man.  The  wounded  were  carried  down  into  a  cellar  *  *  *.  I'll  tell  you  the 
story  of  the  fight  sometime.     We  did  not  know  about  the  Armistice." 

His  aunt  wrote: 

"I  am  very  proud  of  him — kept  up  the  V.''ar  for  three  hours  and  a  half, 
after  the  Germans  surrendered!" 

The  letter  following  is  taken  from  The  Japan  Advertiser,  published  in 
Tokio,  October  16,  1918,  and  will  be  found  to  be  a  graphic  narrative  of 
historical  events,  written  by  Captain  Gumming: 

"A  number  of  letters  recently  received  from  'Japan  Boys'  in  the  War 
are  given  below.  The  first  is  from  First  Lieutenant  S.  Calvin  Gumming,  of 
the  United  States  Marine  Corps.  Lieutenant  Gumming  is  the  son  of  the 
Rev.  C.  K.  Gumming  (Presbyterian  Church,  (J.  S.  A.,  South),  Toyohashi. 
He  was  born  in  Kobe  23  years  ago.  He  joined  up  as  soon  as  America  entered 
the  War  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  go  over  to  France  in  June,  1917.  He  was 
wounded  at  Chateau  Thierry  in  the  advance  on  Belleau  Wood.  Lieutenant 
Cumming's  letter  is  not  only  a  narrative  of  an  unforgettable  personal  experi- 
ence; it  is  of  great  value  as  showing  that  those  first  American  troops,  when 
put  to  the  test,  were  worthy  of  their  Country  and  their  comrades. 

'U.  S.  Army  Hospital  No.  1,  June  20,  1918. — While  lying  here  in  bed, 
waiting  for  a  machine-gun  hole  through  my  right  leg  to  get  patched  up, 
I  am  going  to  write  to  you.  The  Hospital  in  which  I  am  now  is  located  at 
Vichy,  in  Southern  France.  There  are  two  Captains  in  the  ward  with  me, 
and  we  figure  that  we  are  about  the  luckiest  people  in  the  world,  as  there 
are  but  few  left  of  the  old  outfit  which  has  gotten  credit  from  General  Foch 
for  greatly  assisting  in  stopping  the  Hun  drive  on  Paris.  We  stopped,  cut 
to  pieces  and  were  driving  back,  two  Divisions  from  Baden,  when  the  Huns 
threw  against  us  two  Divisions  of  Prussian  Guards,  which  they  had  in- 
tended using  in  th«  drive  against  Campiegne.  We  drove  them  back  also  until 
wo  gained  all  objectives,  which  gave  us  a  commanding  position  over  im- 
portant places  held  by  the  Huns. 

'I  will  tell  you  a  few  instances  and  take  the  chance  of  the  censor's 
letting  them  get  by.  This  fighting  was  all  in  open  country — through  woods, 
wheat  fields  and  towns — the  country  being  hilly.     The  Hun  Infantry  is  not 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       321 

what  we  call  Infantry,  in  that  it  is  armed  with  the  light  Maxim  machine-gun 
weighing  about  fifty  pounds  (a  wonderful  gun),  and  the  ammunition  car- 
riers are  armed  with  rillcs.  They  also  have  a  well  organized  sniping  system. 
Because  of  this  kind  of  fighting  it  was  very  hard  to  get  anything  up  to  the 
Infantry;  and  we  often  had  to  roll  over  our  dead  for  food  and  ammunition, 
and  dig  holes  for  water  in  the  ravines.  We  could  get  water  at  a  depth  of  two 
feet  or  so.  During  our  ten  days'  fighting  there,  I  never  saw  a  man  buried — 
either  Marine  or  Hun,  so  it  got  to  be  very  disagreeable,  after  the  first  few 
days. 

'One  afternoon  I  was  told  to  take  up  a  position  across  a  certain  ravine, 
as  a  counter-attack  was  expected.  In  choosing  the  position  I  noticed  in  a 
very  good  natural  ridge  that  the  Huns  had  dropped  several  shells  there. 
So  I  decided  not  to  use  it,  but  had  the  men  crawl  out  to  an  imaginary  line 
in  the  grass  about  a  hundred  yards  in  advance  of  this  position;  and  then  lay 
still  until  night — about  four  hours.  The  Huns  did  not  fire  because  they  did 
not  want  us  to  know  that  we  were  observed.  The  counter-attack  did  not 
come  that  night,  so  the  men  dug  in  little  individual  holes,  striking  water  at 
from  twelve  to  eighteen  inches. 

'At  3:15  A.  M.  the  Huns  dropped  a  heavy  artillery  and  machine-gun 
barrage  just  in  the  rear  of  us,  and  where  th.ey  thought  we  ought  to  be. 
At  3:30  A.  M.  they  attacked  and  we  did  not  fire  a  shot  until  they  were 
within  a  hundred  yards  of  us.  Well,  not  one  Hun  got  near  us,  and  I  lo:st 
only  one  man,  while  the  ground  in  the  rear  of  us  was  all  churned  up. 

'Skipping  now  to  a  few  days'  later.  At  four  A.  M.  on  June  11  a  whistle 
blew  and  the  arm-motion  "forward"  was  given;  and  line  after  line  moved 
off  towards  a  woods,  six  hundred  meters  away,  across  an  open  and  level 
field,  covered  with  grass  about  six  inches  high.  TTie  ground  became  covered 
with  a  sheet  of  machine-gun  bullets  from  a  Prussian  Guard  machine-gun 
battalion  and  their  supporting  Infantry,  which  was  placed  to  hold  the  woods, 
as  it  was  an  important  position.  We  moved  forward  at  a  slow  pace,  keeping 
perfect  line.  Men  were  being  mowed  down  like  wheat.  A  "whiz-bang"  (high 
explosive  shell)  hit  on  my  right,  and  an  automatic  rifle  team  which  was 
there  a  moment  before  had  disappeared;  while  men  on  the  right  and  left 
were  armless,  legless,  or  tearing  at  their  faces.  We  continued  to  advance 
until  about  50  yards  from  the  v/oods,  when  something  hit  me  and  I  spun 
around  and  hit  flat.  I  did  not  know  where  I  was  hit,  and  so  jumped  up  to 
go  forward  again,  but  fell.  I  crawled  to  a  shell-hole  nearby.  I  don't  see  how 
I  ever  got  there,  as  the  ground  was  being  plowed  up  by  the  machine  guns. 
I  heard  later  that  my  Company  had  one  officer  and  29  men  left,  when  they 
reached  the  objective.  We  had  gone  to  this  sector  with  eight  officers  and 
250  men.  The  shell-hole  in  which  I  found  myself  happened  to  be  one  made 
by  a  trench-mortar,  and  was  about  six  feet  deep  and  ten  feet  across.  I  put 
on  a  first-  aid  dressing,  and  started  figuring  on  how  to  get  back  to  a  first-aid 
station.  Shells  of  fire  were  still  lighting  around,  shrapnel  bursting,  mach.ine- 
gun  bullets  passing  overhead;  and  these  sounds,  mingled  with  the  cries 
of  the  wounded  and  the  dying,  made  it  an  unpleasant  place  to  be  in. 

'In  cleaning  out  the  woods  a  sniper  (who  was  undoubtedly  up  a  tr^e. 
at  that  time),  had  been  left  behind.  From  the  sound  of  his  rifle  I  figured 
that  he  w^as  about  50  yards  away,  and  was  picking  off  any  wounded  who  were 
moving  around,  and  had  not  yet  reached  cover.  I  had  lost  the  rifle  I  was 
carrying,  so  I  decided  to  try  my  Colt  45  on  him.  I  crawled  up  to  the  edge 
of  the  shell-hole  and  heard  a  "ping."  T  looked  at  my  pistol  and  found  it 
minus  a  front  sight.  That  ball  had  knocked  it  off.  A  few  minutes  later, 
I  heard  someone  running,  and  another  'crack'  from  the  Hun  and  a  Marine 
came  rolling  in.  However,  h,e  kindly  brought  his  Springfield  rifle  with  him. 
After  his  rifle  had  spoken  three  times,  the  way  was  clear,  and  I  started 
crawling  to  a  First-Aid  Station,  leaving  all  equipment  behind,  but  a.  blanket 
(so  that  when  I  got  weak  I  could  roll  up  and  keep  warm),  a  canteen  and 
my  trusty  45. 


322  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

'I  got  picked  up  later  by  stretcher-bearers,  and  went  through  battalion 
and  regimental  dressing-stations,  and  then  in  an  ambulance  when  we  were 
taken  to  the  Evacuation  Hospital  which  I  reached  at  1  P.  M.  Was  operated 
on.  Stayed  there  three  days,  was  put  on  a  Hospital  train  and  came  straight 
through  to  this  Hospital  at  Vichy  where  I  now  am. 

S.  Calvin  Gumming, 
1st  Lieutenant,  5th  Regiment, 
51st  Company,  U.   S.  Marines." 

Captain  Cumming  was  appointed  (with  his  Classmate,  Captain  L.  C. 
Shepherd,  Jr.,  U.  S.  M.  C,  and  a  few  others)  on  a  Commission,  under  Major 
Charles  D.  Barrett,  to  return  to  France,  in  August,  1919,  and  make  a  Relief 
Map  of  the  battlefields  on  which  the  Marines  fough,t. 

Captain  LEMUEL  CORNICK  SHEPHERD,  JR.,   Class  1917. 

(Graduated  May  3rd).     From  Virginia. 

U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  M.  C.  Reserve,  April  11,  1917. 
Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  regular  Service,  August  10,  1917. 
The  next  day  he  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant.  On  June  11,  1917,  he 
was  sent  to  France  with  a  section  of  the  Marine  Corps  attached  to  the  55th 
Company,  and  billetted  in  the  Training  Area,  in  the  vicinity  of  Gondrecourt 
(Meuse).  He  was  in  the  Trencb,es,  Verdun  Sector,  from  March  15  to  June 
1,  1918,  and  entered  the  line  in  Chateau  Thierry  Salient,  June  1,  1918.  On 
July  1,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  Captain,  U.  S.  M.  C.  He  had  gallantly  led 
his  platoon  at  Chateau  Thierry  and  Belleau  Wood,  June  1-7,  1918.  In  the 
terrific  fighting  in  this  Sector,  he  received  two  wounds.  On  June  3,  he  was 
clipped  in  the  neck  by  a  machine-gun  bullet.  Receiving  first  aid  from  the 
nearest  of  his  comrades,  he  wont  steadily  on.  For  almost  four  days  he  car- 
ried a  bullet  in  his  neck,  fighting  all  the  time.  On  June  7,  a  big  shell  burst 
and  a  fragment  struck  him  on  the  left  thigh,  and  knocked  him  unconscious, 
while  in  a  skirmish  on  th,e  edge  of  Bois  de  Belleau.  He  was  carried  to  the 
nearest  dressing-station;  but  the  Surgeons,  thinking  his  wound  was  ex- 
tremely serious,  sent  him  to  one  of  the  big  Red  Cross  Hospitals  in  Paris. 
He  soon  began  to  recuperate,  responding  at  once  to  treatment,  the  bones 
not  being  shattered,  and  returned  to  his  Company,  in  the  55th  Regiment, 
2nd  Division,  August  24,  1918. 

For  his  gallantry  in  action  he  received  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross, 
August,  1918,  with,  this  Citation  from  the  General  Commanding,  A.  E.   F.: 

"Lemuel  C.  Shepherd,  Jr.,  First  Lieutenant,  5th  Regiment,  United  States 
Marine  Corps.  On  June  3,  1918,  near  the  Lucy-Torcy  Roads,  he  declined 
medical  treatment,  after  being  wounded,  and  continued  courageously  to 
lead  his  men." 

Major  General  Barnett,  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps,  wrote  his 
family,  August  31,  1918,  as  follows: 

"It  is  indeed  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  write  you  that  your  son,  Lieutenant 
Lemuel  C.  Shepherd,  Jr.,  Marine  Corps,  has  been  awarded  the  Distinguished 
Service  Cross  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  American  Expeditionary 
Forces  in  France  for  gallant  and  conspicuous  service  in  action  (as  set  forth 
in  the  Citation  above  given).  He  displayed  exceptional  bravery  in  organiz- 
ing and  leading  a  party  of  volunteers  through  heavy  machine-gun  fire,  for 


Some  of  tpie  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       323 

the  purpose  of  rescuing  two  wounded  men  on  the  Lucy-Toicy  Roads,  June 
6,  1918.  News  of  this  nature  is  always  pleasant  to  impart,  and  I  am  sure 
you  will  be  glad  to  learn  that  your  son  has  maintained  himself  so  gallantly 
in  the  presence  of  the  Enemy  as  to  have  called  forth  the  commendation 
of  his  commanding  officers,  and  the  awarding  of  the  highest  honours." 

The  French  Commander-in-Chief,  recognizing  Lieutenant  Shepherd's  gal- 
lantry in  action  also  decorated  him  with  the  "Croix  de  Guerre  with  gold  star." 

Another  honour  given  him  was  a  Commission  of  Captain,  on  July  1, 
1918,  as  stated  above.     He  was  also  awarded  the  "Navy  Cross." 

He  participated   in  the  St.  Mihiel  Offensive,   September   12-14,  1918. 

On  September  13,  he  wrote  his  parents: 

"*  *  *  I  got  through  this  last  push  all  0.  K.  We  are  out  now  behind 
the  lines  in  camp,  in  a  woods.  It  was  'fruit' — the  'push'  at  Mt.  Mihiel,  I 
mean.  The  weather  conditions  before  it  were  hard  on  us.  For  two  weeks 
we  were  on  the  march  at  night,  and  lay  in  the  woods  all  day.  It  rained 
the  whole  time,  and  the  night  before  we  'went  over'  was  the  worst  I  have 
ever  seen.  We  couldn't  get  anything  to  eat  for  three  days.  Outside  of  that, 
and  some  pretty  heavy  artillery  fire  to  which  we  were  subjected,  everything 
went  along  O.  K.  *  *  *." 

He  participated  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  Offensive  (Champagne  Sector) 
and  in  the  taking  of  Blanc  Mont  Ridge,  October  1-10,  1918;  and  on  October  8, 
was  wounded  the  third  time.     He  wrote  his  parents,  October  12: 

"Well,  I  am  back  in  the  Hospital  again,  with  another  wound,  but  I  was 
as  lucky  this  time  as  before — only  a  piece  of  shrapnel  in  my  right  thigh. 
It  was  just  a  small  piece  and  went  around  the  bone,  not  breaking  it.  The 
doctor  cut  through  from  both  sides  to  clean  the  wound  and  get  the  piece  out; 
and,  as  soon  as  it  heals  up,  I  will  be  O.  K. 

"I  guess  you  want  to  know  how  and  where  I  got  my  third  wound.  We 
were  up  in  the  Champagne  Sector.  It  is  North  of  Chalons  and  West  of  the 
Argonne  Forest — an  awful  sector,  one  of  the  worst  on  the  entire  front,  so 
the  French  say.  We  were  with  the  Fourth  French  Army,  General  Gourade. 
When  the  French  wouldn't  go  any  farther,  they  shoved  us  in.  You  know 
the  Second  Division,  which  is  mine,  is  supposed  to  be  the  best  American 
Division.  We  ran  a  salient  into  the  German  line,  and  held,  and  this  caused 
the  general  retreat  in  the  Rheims  Sector,  thus  delivering  the  famous  City 
from  gun  fire.  In  the  second  day's  attack,  in  which  my  regiment  led,  we 
were  only  two  Companies  wide.  This  was  a  most  dangerous  position,  as 
th«re  were  Boche  on  all  sides  ot  us  and  we  were  likely  to  be  cut  off  at  any 
time.  We  held  there,  though,  and  it  was  worth  it,  for  the  praise  we  got 
from  General  Gourade.  He  said  we  had  done  something  wonderful,  etc.,  etc. 
It  sounded  great  afterwards,  but  those  were  seven  awful  days  we  spent 
in  the  front  line. 

"If  there  ever  was  a  hell  on  earth,  it  was  up  there.  In  one  attack,  in 
fact,  most  of  the  time,  there  were  Boche  on  all  four  sides  of  us.  The  coun- 
try is  full  of  small  trees  and  shrubs  and  they  would  hide  in  there  with 
machine-guns,  and,  when  we  passed,  open  up;  our  salient  was  so  narrow 
and  with  no  protection  on  the  sides,  they  easily  filtered  in  around  us,  and 
they  gave  us  all  the  artillery  they  had.  I  never  have  seen  so  much.  My 
Captain  was  wounded,  but  I  took  the  Company  through  all  right.  We  were 
in  a  reserve  position,  another  outfit  having  relieved  us,  when  a  shell  dropped 
beside  me  and  laid  me  out.  It  is  very  funny,  indeed,  as  I  had  been  through 
those  eight  or  nine  days  without  even  getting  touched.  Our  losses  were 
quite  heavy.  I  was  the  only  officer  left  in  my  Company,  and  the  others  had 
only  one  or  two  in  each. 


324  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"Here  is  an  extract   (found  on  a  German  officer)   from  an  Order  from 
a  higher  German  command:  'You  must  hold  on  the  right,  at  all  costs,  as  the' 
Second  Division,  American,  is  on  our  left,  and  ground  captured  by  them  can 
never  be  retaken.' 

"Please  don't  worry  over  me  one  bit,  as  I  will  be  all  right  soon;  I  shall 
not  be  laid  up  over  two  months,  at  the  most." 

On  December  7,  he  wrote  the  Historiographer  that  he  had  fully  re- 
covered, and  expected  to  join  his  regiment  in  the  Army  of  Occupation  very 
soon. 

On  January  9,  1919,  he  returned  to  duty  with  his  regiment  at  Segendolph, 
Germany,  and  commanded  the  55th  Company,  from  February  1  to  July  1, 
1919.  On  the  last  date  named,  he  was  detailed  as  Assistant  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral, 4th  Brigade,  Headquarters,  and  served  as  such  until  the  Brigade  was 
broken  up. 

Captain    JAMES    ARCHIBALD    NELMS,    Class    1917,    Fifth    Cadet    Captain. 

•  From  Virginia. 
5th  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  was  commissioned  as  soon  as  he  graduated.  Second  Lieutenant,  and 
then  First  Lieutenant,  and  went  to  France  with  his  battalion.  In  June,  1917. 
He  was  engaged  in  every  big  battle  fought  by  the  Americans,  and  yet  ho 
emerged  unhurt  from  every  one,  as  far  as  his  record  is  known.  For  his 
gallantry  he  received  the  French  "Croix  de  Guerre  with  gilt  star,"  and  was 
promoted  to  be  Captain.  Unusual  "qualities  of  leadership"  and  "confident 
courage"  displayed  in  battle,  under  trying  conditions,  won  for  Captain  Nelms 
a  recommendation  by  his  Colonel  that  he  be  promoted  to  the  grade  of 
Major  (Temporary),  U.  S.  M.  C.  This  was  made  in  a  Citation  to  the  Com- 
manding General  of  the  Second  Division  by  Colonel  Logan  Feland,  Regi- 
mental Commander,  in  the  following  communication: 

"Due  to  the  failure  of  friendly  troops  to  keep  up  with  our  advance,  the 
regiment  was  almost  surrounded,  and  in  the  necessary  withdrav/al  under 
the  heaviest  fire,  some  confusion  and  disorder  resulted.  Major  George  W 
Hamilton,  in  conjunction  with  Captain  J.  A.  Nelms,  with  absolute  disregard 
of  personal  safety,  controlled  the  situation,  organized  and  consolidated  the 
position,  and  tenaciously  held  on  to  the  advance  won.  I  recommend  that 
Major  Hamilton  he  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  (Temporary), 
U.  S.  M.  C. 

"Captain  James  A.  Nelms.  This  officer,  a  Graduate  of  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  has  been  with  the  regiment  since  its  organization,  serv- 
ing as  platoon  commander  and  second  in  command  of  the  regimental  ma- 
chine-gun Company  to  August  9,  1918,  and  since  that  date  in  command  of 
the  Company.  He  has  borne  a  brilliant  part  in  every  engagement  in  which 
the  regiment  has  participated,  and  is  noted  for  his  cool  courage,  devotion 
to  duty  and  control  of  men.  On  the  critical  occasion,  Oct.  4,  1918,  men- 
tioned above.  Captain  Nelms  was  the  first  to  see  the  danger,  and  was  the 
first  to  act.  He  immediately  ran  out  into  the  fire-swept  space,  forced  to  halt 
at  tile  point  of  his  revolver  the  men  who  were  retreating,  selected  positions 
for  them,  and  had  them  dig  in.  He  was  joined  in  this  task  by  Major 
Hamilton  and,  later,  by  other  officers;  but,  in  my  opinion.  Captain  Nelms's 
prompt  gra^p  of  the  situation,  immediate  action  without  regard  to  risk  in- 
curred, and  confident  courage,  were  the  deciding  factors  in  enabling  the 
regiment  to  hold  the  ground  gained,  and  to  stand  off  the  desperate  counter- 
attacks thrown  against  it  by  th,e  Enemy.  He  displayed  qualities  of  leader- 
ship which  I  have  never  known  to  be  excelled. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       325 

"Without  hesitation  I  recommend  that  Captain  Nelms  be  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Major   (Temporary),  U.  S.  M.  C." 

In  November,   1918,  he  wrote  his  parents  as  follows: 

"On  the  East  Bank  of  the  Meuse. 
"Just  finished  one  of  the  worst  jobs  imaginable,  namely,  crossing  the 
Meuse  River  by  night.  It  was  a  bloody  adventure,  and  I  don't  see  how  I  got 
out  of  it.  Your  son  is  very  proud  this  day,  for  he  has  been  through  every 
big  battle  of  the  American  War,  every  minute  and  part  of  it,  and  is  here, 
alive  and  well,  to  tell  the  tale." 

Captain  CHARLES  PATTERSON  NASH,  Class  1917,  Third  Cadet  Captain. 

From  West  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Major  General  George  Barnett,  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps,  had 
personally  visited  the  V.  M.  I.  and  selected  a  large  number  of  Cadets  to  be 
commissioned  (as  soon  as  graduated)  in  his  Corps.  The  Class  of  1917  was 
graduated  one  month,  or  more,  ahead  of  the  usual  time,  to  comply  with  the 
request  of  the  War  Department,  and  to  gratify  the  impatient  members  who 
all  longed  to  join  the  A.  E.  F.  in  the  World  War. 

Nash  was  one  of  the  men  commissioned,  and  he  sailed  for. France,  June 
13,  1917,  with  the  Fifth  Regiment,  U.  S.  M.  C.  He  was  detached  from  his 
regiment,  December  8,  1917,  and  assigned  to  the  U.  S.  Air  Service  for  flying 
duty.  On  September  13,  1918,  while  participating  in  a  raid  on  a  German 
aerodrome,  he  was  shot  down.  He  fell  behind  the  Enemy's  line,  and  was  a 
prisoner  until  December  1.  1918.  He  had  accomminied  his  Squadron  in  a 
raid  on  a  German  aerodrome,  with  orders  to  scour  the  St.  Mihiel  territory 
for  Enemy  Planes  and  engage  them.  This  was  on  the  second  day  of  the 
St.  Mihiel  battle.  He  was  in  a  Scout  Plane,  and  the  weather  was  rainy  and 
cloudy. 

With  others  of  the  Squadron,  he  had  penetrated  the  area  protected  by 
fire  from  the  anti-aircraft  batteries,  and  had  pushed  forward  against  the 
resistance  of  German  opposing  Planes.  He  was  flying  at  a  height  of  2,009 
feet,  and  had  become  separated  from  his  Squadron,  when  a  German  Plane 
dropped  down  on  him  from  the  clouds  above,  firing  as  it  came,  and  he  was 
struck  by  a  bullet  in  the  shoulder.  Though  numbed  by  the  ball,  he  shut  off 
his  power  and  glided  down  to  the  earth,  alighting  inside  the  German  lines, 
near  Rezonville. 

He  was  picked  up  and  carried  to  a  dressing-station — an  old  school-house — 
where  his  left  arm  was  amputated  by  a  German  Surgeon. 

Captain  Nash  who  is  extremely  reticent  about  relating  his  thrilling 
experience  stated  that  he  really  did  not  know  whether  he  was  given  an 
amaesthetic  or  not,  as  he  was  practically  unconscious  from  the  time  he  was 
wounded,  at  eleven  o'clock,  until  the  next  morning,  when  he  recalls  his 
first  utterance  was  for  water. 

He  said  smilingly:  "It  was  the  only  German  word  I  could  speak,  and 
I  thanked  Heaven  for  that.  Did  I  get  it?  No,  not  at  that  time.  The 
German  muttered  something,  and  went  on  about  his  work.  There  were 
about  twenty  wounded  Germans  in  the  station;  I  was  the  only  American. 
After  two  or  three  hours  the  orderly  brought  me  some  water."     After  two 


326  Virginia  Military  Institute — AYorld  War  Eecord 

weeks,  he  was  removed  to  another  place.  "I  never  knew  where  I  was  going, 
or  whether  I  was  going  to  have  my  head  cut  off,  when  I  got  there,  or 
not,"  he  said. 

As  the  wounded,  under  heavy  guard,  were  removed  to  the  big  German 
Hospital,  at  Mayence  on  the  Rhine,  Nash  happened  to  glance  upward  and 
saw  several  members  of  his  own  Escadrille  in  the  air  above  him  (the  num- 
bers on  the  machines  being  visible).  The  feelings  of  the  young  officer  may 
well  be  imagined  at  that  moment — his  comrades  flying  home,  unaware  that 
he  was  near,  a  prisoner  and  desperately  wounded  (it  had  been  reported  that 
he  was  dead),  and  he  being  taken  further  back  into  Germany! 

After  spending  three  weeks  in  the  Hospital,  he  was  taken  to  Carlsruhe 
Prison  Camp,  and  there  he  met  First  Lieutenant  John  C.  Nelson,  his 
old  V.  M.  I.  contemporary,  who  was  also  a  prisoner.  It  goes  without  saying 
that  it  was  a  joyous  meeting.  He  remained  at  this  distributing  camp  two 
weeks.  From  there  he  was  sent  to  Villigen,  the  American  Officers'  Camp. 
He  remained  there  until  the  Armistice  was  signed.  Although  he  had  been 
treated  very  well  in  prison,  the  attitude  of  the  Germans  changed  per- 
ceptably  now;  they  were  at  great  attention  to  convey  him  safely  to  Swiss 
territory,  where  he  was  turned  over  to  the  officials  there  for  transporta- 
tion to  France.  "And  when  I  got  back,  oh,  boy,  I  would  meet  some  fellow 
I  knew  and  his  mouth  would  gape  open  and  he  would  tell  me  I  was  a  sport. 
I  emphatically  denied  it."  It  was  not  until  he  came  from  France  that  he 
knew  he  had  been  promoted  to  a  Captaincy,  and  had  beeen  awarded  the 
D.  S.  C. 

The  first  month  of  his  imprisonment  Captain  Nash  almost  starved,  until 
the  Red  Cross  found  him  at  the  Prison  Camp.  His  clothing  was  stolen  when 
he  fell,  but  the  British  Red  Cross  sent  him  clothing.  He  suffered  many 
hardships,  having  his  wound  dressed  only  once  a  week.  He  was  bruised  all 
over  from  the  fall,  and  his  face  was  cut  in  many  places.  He  carries  a  scar 
on  his  sh,oulder  where  the  incendiary  bullet  burnt  him.  He  suffered  greatly, 
but  he  says  little  about  it.  His  health  is  fully  restored  now,  and  only  the 
empty  sleeve  indicates  the  sacrifice  he  made. 

In  May,  1920,  Captain  Nash  married  Miss  Lydia  Taylor,  of  Norfolk,  Va., 
whose  brother  is  an  "Old  Cadet,"  and  whose  grandfather,  the  gallant  Major 
Richard  C.  Taylor,  C.  S.  A.,  was  a  Graduate  of  the  Class  of  1854. 

Captain  THOMAS  SPADY  WHITING,  Class  1917.     From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  M.  C,  April  7,  1917.  Promoted 
First   Lieutenant,   August   11,    1917.     Promoted    Captain,   July    1,    1918. 

Embarked  for  France,  January  21,  1918.  Arrived  at  St.  Nazaire,  Febru- 
ary 5,  1918.  In  training  at  Neuf  Chateau,  Verdun  Sector,  Paris,  and  Chateau 
Thierry,  from  February  to  June,  1918.  Went  into  action  first.  March  23, 
1918,  Verdun  Sector.  Participated  in  following  engagements:  Verdun,  1918; 
Belleau  Wood,  June,  191S;  Champagne  Offensive,  September,  1918.  Wounded 
by  high  explosive  shell  at  Belleau  Wood,  June  2.  1918.  Received  French 
"Croix  de  Guerre,"  April  7.  1919,  through  Admiral  Fechteller,  at  Marine 
Barracks,  Norfolk,  Virginia,  on  citation  from  the  French  War  Office  that 
he  was  thus  h.onoured  for  leading  his  men  into  action,  in  the  face  of  heavy 


Some  of  the  SrEciAu.Y  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       327 

fire  at  Chateau  Thierry  where  he  received  eight  shrapnel  wounds,  and  for 
showing  conspicuous  bravery. 

His  Colonel's  Citation  to  the  Major  General  Commandant,  U.  S.  M.  C. 
was  this: 

"First  Lieutenant  Thomas  S.  Whiting,  Company  G,  was  an  example  to 
his  men  in  his  absolute  devotion  to  duty  and  courageous  bearing  under  fire, 
and,  even  after  receiving  eight  sliJ-apnel  wounds,  inspired  them  by  his 
splendid  courage." 

At  French  and  English  Hospital  at  Suilly,  June  3,  1918;  American  Red 
Cross  Hospital  No.  3,  Paris,  June  G-July  19,  1918;  Base  Hospital  No.  13. 
Limog-s,  July  ll'-August  18,  1918;  permanently  disabled— stiff  elbow  joint 
of  right  arm — part  of  bone  gone. 

Returned  to  United  States,  December  29,  1918.  Discharged  from  Service. 
Permanent  Officer  in  Marine  Corps,  retaining  rank  as  Captain. 

The  circumstances  of  his  wounding  are  these:  His  Company  went  into 
battle,  June  1,  at  Chateau  Thierry,  after  a  36-hour  ride  in  motor  trucks; 
he  was  wounded  late  in  the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  June  2,  during  heavy 
artillery  firing.  They  had  been  fighting  at  close  range  all  day,  and  late 
in  the  afternoon  the  artillery  attack  began.  His  Captain  received  a  slight 
wound,  and,  seeing  him  stagger,  he  ran  to  him  to  see  how  seriously  he  was 
hurt;  and,  just  as  he  got  back  to  his  platoon,  he  was  hit  by  a  high  explosive 
shell  which  killed  6  and  wounded  26  of  his  men.  He  gave  orders  to  his 
men,  and  walked  about  a  hundred  yards  towards  the  field  dressing-station, 
before  he  became  unconscious.  Later  in  the  night,  he  was  moved  farther 
back,  and  while  on  the  way,  his  ambulance  which  had  no  lights  was  hit  by 
a  French  car  and  turned  over  into  a  ditch.  When  he  finally  reached  the 
surgeon  and  nurses,  they  believed  he  would  die. 

He  had  five  serious  wounds  and  many  smaller  ones.  One  was  an  open- 
ing 6  inches  long  and  4  inches  wide — an  eighth  of  an  inch  closer  would 
have  killed  him  instantly.  A  number  of  operations  had  to  be  performed  on 
account  of  his  many  wounds.  The  surgeons  at  first  determined  to  put  him 
in  Class  "D,"  and  send  him  home;  but  he  urged  them  to  put  him  in  Class 
"C-2,"  and  let  him  stay  oversees;  and  he  was  so  classified.  Five  days  after 
he  was  so  badly  wounded,  he  dictated  to  his  faithful  nurse  a  short  letter 
home,  saying,  "I  have  been  lying  in  bed  now  for  five  days  in  one  position, 
flat  on  my  back  *  *  *.  j  was  hit  on  the  righ.t  arm  just  over  the  elbow 
joint  by  a  piece  of  shell,  also  on  the  left  arm  near  the  shoulder;  another 
piece  of  shell  entered  my  left  side,  just  above  the  hip;  the  fourth  piece  got 
me  on  the  inside  of  the  left  knee;  and  the  fifth  took  part  of  my  left  foot, 
from  the  bone  out,  but  there  are  no  bones  broken,  so  this  wound  will  grow 
out  all  right  and  leave  my  foot  in  a  normal  condition.  All  of  my  wounds 
have  been  carefully  dressed  and  are  getting  along  nicely.  I  was  wounded 
in  the  smaller  places  by  lots  of  flying  rocks  and  gravel,  but  they  are  not 
serious  and  do  not  discomfort  me  at  all  *  *  *  This  will  only  be  a  short  letter 
to-day,  because  I  think  my  good  friend  is  tired  of  my  poor  dictation." 
This  postscript  was  added: 

»'P    g -phig  Js  the  pluckiest  boy  here.    Hq  will  soon  be  O.   K. 

His  Nurse." 


328  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Seven  weeks  later,  he  wrote  to  his  mother: 

"*  *  *.  My  wounds  have  all  healed,  except  my  foot.  Had  a  pretty 
tough  time  of  it,  but  now  the  worst  is  over.  I  lay  flat  on  my  back  for  one 
month  and  couldn't  move  a  muscle.  The  Doctor  said  I  was  going  to  die,  but 
you  see  that  I  am  very  much  alive.  Do  not  worry  about  me,  Mother,  dear; 
I  am  safe.  It  nearly  broke  my  heart  when  I  thought  of  you  receiving  word 
that  I  was  severely  wounded.  The  Doctor  says  I  will  not  be  in  condition 
to  fight  for  over  a  year;  so  I  am  going  to  try  to  come  home  for  a  while.  *  *  * 
I  was  very  lucky,  and  I  am  sure  God  spared  me  because  of  you  an 3 
Bessie  *  *  *.  i  was  hit  in  two  places  on  my  head,  and  one  piece  of  sh^ll 
pierced  my  helmet  and  made  a  slight  wound  on  my  scalp.     Good  old  Helmet!" 

Just  before  sailing  for  France  Captain  Whiting  married  Miss  Bessie 
Blassenham,  of  Newport  News,  Va.,  December  29,  1917. 

[Since  the  above  was  written.  Captain  Whiting  has  been  retired  for  dis- 
ability incurred  in  the  Service,  and  is  now  an  Assistant  Professor  at  the 
V.  M.  I.] 

Captain  FIELDING  SLAUGHTER  ROBINSON,  Class  1917,  Cadet  Adjutant. 

From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  F.  A.  U.  S.  A.,  Spring  of  191,7,  and 
transferred  to  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.  Promoted  First  Lieutenant.  Went  to 
France  with  first  detachment  of  Marines.  Received  "Croix  de  Guerre  with 
Palm"  for  gallantry  in  action  at  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne.  He  was 
then  placed  on  the  Staff  of  Major  General  Harbord  and  served  there  to  the 
end  of  the  War  with  great  credit. 

An  older  brother,  1st  Lt.  W^arren  S.  Robinson,  also  a  Graduate,  and 
now  in  the  Philippines,  served  through  the  War,  but  was  kept  on  duty  in 
this  Country. 

Captain  Robinson  was  promoted  to  Captain,  U.  S.  M.  C,  September 
15,  1918. 

Captain  JOHN  SIMS  HART,  Class  1917.  From  Texas. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Marines  before  War  was  declared,  in  Washington, 
while  on  leave  from  the  V.  M.  I.,  taking  the  physical  examination  on  that 
day — April  7,  1917.  He  was  graduated  May  3  and  reported  at  Port  Royal, 
S.  C,  May  24,  going  thence  to  Quantico,  Virginia.  He  landed  in  France, 
December  31,  1917.  His  first  great  battle  was  the  famous  one  of  Belleau 
Wood.  He  left  the  "Rest  Billet"  the  last  of  May,  and  was  continuously 
fighting,  without  rest,  or  even  without  removing  his  clothes,  from  June  1  to 
June  24.  In  that  period  he  received  two  wounds,  one  from  a  falling  wall 
which  he  did  not  consider,  and  the  other,  caused  by  a  shrapnel  going  through 
the  fleshy  part  of  his  foot.  He  received  first  aid  on  the  field,  and  staid  with 
his  Company.  For  this  he  was  recommended  for  the  "D.  S.  C."  On  June  24, 
he  was  gassed  and  had  to  be  carried  to  an  improvised  Hospital  in  the  rear 
in  which  he  was  required  to  remain  five  or  six  days,  and  then  he  returned 
to  his  Company.  He  was  in  active  service  at  the  front  in  every  important 
battle,  until  September  15,  1918,  when  he  received  a  very  serious  wound 
in  the  right  arm.    His  Major   (Waller)   wrote  that  he  had  gone  over  the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       329 

lop  with  his  Company  and.  was  out  reconnoi'treing  when  he  ran  upon  a 
camouflaged  German  machine-gun  nest.  After  having  his  riglit  arm  shattered, 
he  captured,  single-handed,  the  machine-gun  and  all  the  seventeen  men  who 
manned  it.  For  this  he  was  cited  and  recommended  for  the  "D.  S.  C."  His 
arm  was  so  badly  shattered  that  bones  had  to  be  grafted  in,  and  yet  in  two 
months  he  rejoined  his  Company  on  the  banks  of  the  Rhine,  November 
25-26,  1918. 

This  is  the  Citation  he  received  with  tbe  "D.  S.  C."  awarded  in  the  name 
of  the  President,  by  the  Commanding  General,  A.  E.  F.: 

"Jack  S.  Hart,  First  Lieutenant,  Cth  Machine  Gun  Battalion,  United 
States  Marine  Corps.  For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Thiaucourt, 
France,  September  15,  1918.  Acting  as  Company  Commander,  Lieutenant 
Hart  advanced  with  the  first  wave  of  Infantry  to  locate  favourable  positions 
for  his  guns.  He  discovered  an  Enemy  machine-gun  which  he,  alone,  at- 
tacked, and,  although  severely  wounded,  succeeded  in  capturing  the  gun  and 
taking  the  crew  prisoners." 

He  had  already  received  the  "Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm"  from  the 
French  Government,  and  the  "Navy  Cross"  from  the  Navy.  He  received  his 
promotion  as  Captain  soon  after  this. 

But  the  greatest   of  all  honours   awaited    this   gallant   officer. 

A  great  gathering  of  citizens  was  held  in  the  town  of  Weatherford, 
Texas,  on  the  night  of  November  23,  1919,  to  do  honour  to  one  of  its 
gallant  sons,  who  had  honoured  the  place  of  his  birth  by  his  heroic  deeds 
in  France.  This  was  Captain  Jack  S.  Hart.*  The  principal  speaker  v/as 
Judge  James  C.  Wilson,  formerly  of  Weatherford,  but  now  a  resident  of 
Fort  Worth,  Texas.  While  Judge  Wilson  was  a  Congressman  from  that 
district,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Naval  Affairs  Committee,  and  it  was  due 
to  his  efforts,  possibly,  as  he  explained,  that  Captain  Hart  was  sent  to  the 
front  early  in  the  conflict.  His  ambition  was  to  get  to  the  front,  and  he 
applied  to  Mr.  Wilson  for  assistance  in  getting  there.  Mr.  Wilson  explained 
at  length  his  feelings  when  Lieutenant  Hart  appeared  in  his  office  and  made 
the  request.  He  had  known  him  from  his  boyhood;  he  knew  that  he  was 
a  young  man  of  courage,  and  that  he  wanted  to  be  in  the  lead  in  all  his 
undertakings;  and  he  could  only  commend  the  young  man's  indomitablt 
spirit,  and  personally  desired  to  see  his  wish  gratified.  But  he  also  knew 
the  dangers  to  which  he  would  be  exposed,  and  the  daring  of  the  boys  who 
composed  the  Marine  Corps,  and  he  did  not  feel  like  taking  the  responsibility 
of  the  situation  upon  himself;  so  he  wired  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hart  the  facts  and 
asked  what  he  should  do  in  the  circnmstances.  Jack's  father  replied:  "Use 
Jack  where  he  can  be  of  the  best  service  to  the  Government."  The  reading 
of  this  cablegram  was  greeted  with  applause. 

Clothed  with  this  authority,  Mr.  Wilson  made  an  effort  to  comply  with 
Lieutenant  Hart's  request,  writing  a  letter  to  Secretary  Daniels,  asking  that 
his  young  friend  be  sent  across  at  the  earliest  opportunity,  and  it  was  only 
a  few  months  until  he  sailed  for  service  overseas.  Mr.  Wilson  elaborated  on 
the  services  which  Captain  Hart  performed  for  his  Country,  and  recited  in- 
cidents of  the  visit  he  made  to  the  battle  front,  and  under  what  conditions 
h,e  visited  him  on  the  front  lines.  He  then  read  the  following  correspon- 
dence : 


330  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"Headquarters,    Sixth    Machine-Gun    Battalion, 

Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F., 
Wilsbach,   Germany,   Jan'y   21,   1919. 

"From  Commanding  Officer,  Sixth  Machine-Gun  Battalion 

To  Commanding  General,  Second  Division. 

"Subject:     Recommendation. 

"I  recommend  that  Captain  Jack  S.  Hart,  Company  "D,"  Sixth  Machine- 
Gun  Battalion,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  be  awarded 

The  Medal  of  Honour 

For  meritorious  deeds  performed  by  him  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector,  France: 

"Captain  Jaclt  S.  Hart,  at  7  A.  M.,  on  September  15,  1918,  went  forward 
with  the  first  wave  of  his  Infantry  battalion  to  which  his  machine-gun 
Company  was  attached.  This  battalion  was  then  attacking  the  wooded  ridge 
west  of  Janluy,  near  Triaucourt,  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector.  Captain  Hart, 
looking  for  machine-gun  positions,  and  the  advancing  Infantry,  were  caught 
in  a  flanking  machine-gun  fire  from  the  left,  where,  at  the  time,  no  enemy 
was  supposed  to  be.  He  sent  back  a  runner  to  bring  up  his  guns,  and 
further  reconnoitered  the  left  flank  of  the  attacking  wave.  In  doing  this, 
he  ran  into  a  machine-gun  nest  in  a  thicket,  was  fired  upon  point  blank, 
at  a  range  of  a  few  yards,  and  was  severely  wounded  in  the  right  arm.  The 
closeness  of  the  Germans  prevented  their  concealment,  and  he  dashed  at 
them,  faring  his  pistol.  They  scattered  away  from  two  machine-guns,  some 
of  them  shouting  'Kamerad,'  and  holding  their  hands  above  their  heads, 
others  reaching  for  hand  grenades.  He  called  upon  them  to  surrender,  and 
rounded  up  seventeen  men.  Though  Captain  Hart  was  weak  from  loss  of 
blood,  he  conducted  these  prisoners  back  to  our  lines,  turning  them  over  to 
his  Company,  before  allowing  himself  to  be  evacuated. 

"The  capture  of  these  two  guns  and  seventeen  prisoners,  accomplished 
by  one  officer,  who  was  alone  at  the  time,  was  under  circumstances  clearly 
beyond  the  call  of  duty.  Alone  and  wounded,  with  such  tremendous  odds 
before  him,  he  could  not  rightly  have  been  censured  had  he,  instead  of 
boldly  attacking  the  enemy,  decided  that  further  resistance  was  useless  and 
surrendered  himself,  which  would  have  been  the  decision  of  any  but  the 
most  exceptionally  brave.  By  the  performance  of  this  act,  our  leading 
waves  were  freed  of  the  destructive  flanking  fire  from  these  guns,  and  were 
enabled  to  move  forward  and  establish  a  line  on  high  ground  where  they 
could  not  be  dislodged. 

"Witnesses  of  the  above  deed  were  First  Sergeant  Henry  S.  Remington, 
Jr.,   108503   and   Second   Lieutenant  Vernon   Bourdette,   M.   C,   of   Company 
'D  '  Sixth  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 
■       "Next  of  kin:   father,  John  M.  Hart,  Weatherford,  Texas. 

A.  B.   Hale." 

"Headquarters,  Second  Division,  A.  E.  F., 
Board  of  Consideration  of  Recommendation,  January  29,  1919. 
"To  Commanding  General,  Second  Division. 

"Forwarded,  recommending  the  award  of  the  Medal  of  Honour,  in  the 
case   of   Captain   Jack   S.   Hart,   Company   'D,'   6th   Machine-Gun    Battalion, 

U,  S.  Marine  Corps. 

Hub.  Myers, 

Colonel  General  Staff,  Member." 

H.    Lay, 

Lt.   Col.,  U.  S.   M.   C,  Member." 

R.   S.  Keyeb. 

Major   (Marines),  G.  S.,  Member." 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       331 

"Headquarters.  Second  Division,  A.  E.  F., 

Germany,  January  31,  1919. 
"To  the  Adjutant  General,  A.  E.  P. 

"Forwarded,  recommending  the  award  of  the  Medal  of  Honour  to  Cap- 
tain Jack  S.  Hart,  Co.  'D,'  6th  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 

John    A.    LeJkune, 
Major  General,  U.  S.  M.  C." 

"At  the  conclusion  of  Judge  Wilson's  address,  Captain  A.  L.  Howard,  of 
the  U.  S.  Marines,  read  the  award  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
American  Army,  and  presented  the  "Medal  of  Honour"  to  Captain  Hart's 
mother  who,  in  turn,  presented  it  to  Captain  Hart  who  decorated  his  bride 
of  only  a  few  weeks.  The  service  was  very  beautiful  and  impressive,  and 
one  that  will  linger  in  the  hearts  and  minds  of  Weath.erford  citizens  for 
years  to  come.  It  was  an  honour  and  a  satisfaction  to  those  citizens  to 
know  that  a  boy  who  had  been  born  and  reared  in  their  midst  had,  in  the 
great  struggle  for  democracy  and  freedom  of  the  World,  exhibited  such 
courage  as  to  command  the  recognition  of  his  Government  for  which  he  had 
fought  so  bravely." 

It  is  well  to  note  the  significance  of  this  decoration.  It  is  the  highest 
decoration  awarded  by  our  Government,  and  can  be  given  to  any  officer  or 
enlisted  man  who  shall  "in  action  involving  actual  conflict  with  an  enemy 
distinguish  himself  conspicuously  by  gallantry  and  intrepidity,  at  the  risk 
of  his  life,  above  and  beyond  the  call  of  duty."  It  was  first  authorized  by 
Act  of  Congress  in  1861,  and  is  presented  "in  the  name  of  Congress";  heuce 
the  frequent  allusion  to  it  as  the  "Congressional  Medal."  It  is  worn 
suspended  from  a  ribbon  passed  around  the  neck,  under  the  collar. 

Colonel  Robert  E.  Wyllie,  General  Staff,  U.  S.  A.,  in  his  exhaustive 
article  on  Military  Insignia  in  the  December,  1919,  Number  of  The  National 
Geographic  Magazine,  states  that  only  79  Medals  of  Honour  had  been  awarded 
up  to  that  time,  for  deeds  of  valour  in  the  World  War,  as  compared  with 
5,000   "Distinguished   Service  Crosses"   awarded. 

Captain  Jack  Sims  Hart,  of  the  Class  of  1917,  has  the  unique  distinction 
of  being  the  only  V.  M.  I.  man  in  the  World  War  who  won  this  great  honor. 

Captain  GUSTAV   KAROW,   Class   1916.     From  Georgia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps.     Killed  in  the  line  of  duty. 

In  October,  1916,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps.  Promoted  to  First  Lieutenant.  Promoted  to  Captain.  He  was  about 
to  be  promoted  to  Major  when  the  Armistice  occurred,  which  stopped  all 
promotions.  His  service  during  the  War  was  at  Santo  Domingo  and  Haiti, 
and  in  command  of  the  Marine  Barracks  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  and 
at  the  training  school  at  Paris  Island.  In  every  position  he  occupied  he 
served  with  conspicuous  efficiency  and  distinction.  It  was  a  sore  trial  to 
him  that  he  could  not  join  his  brothers  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  of  his  splendid 
Corps,  on  the  battlefields  of  France;  but  he  bore  his  disappointment  without 
repining,  and  continued  to  perform  his  duties  with  cheerfulness  and  en- 
thusiasm. 

Alas!  though  he  did  not  get  into  action  where  the  battle  raged,  yet,  he 
sacrificed  his  life  for  his  Country;  and  just  as  truly  as  his  V.  M.  I.  Comrades, 


332  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

McClellan  and  Murphy  and  Somers  and  Benners  and  Sullivan  and  Corey  and 
Dance  died  in  defense  of  World  freedom,  so  he  died  a  martyr  to  the  cause 
so  dear  to  his  heart. 

On  June  25,  1920,  the  wires  flashed  the  sad  announcement  that  on  that 
day  Captain  Gustav  Karow  and  two  fellow-officers  of  the  Marine  Corps  were 
killed  at  Paris  Island,  South  Carolina,  as  the  Air  Plane,  in  which  they  had 
set  out  to  return  to  Savannah,  fell  to  the  earth  in  fiames. 

Two  days  later,  Captain  Karow's  brother  wrote  the  following  letter  to 
the  Superintendent  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  giving  the  pathetic  details  of  the  tragedy: 

"Chatham  Crescent.  Savannah,  Georgia,  June  27,  1920. 
"My  dear  Gen.  Nichols: 

"I  want  you  to  know  the  particulars  of  my  brother's  death  (I  mean  the 
part  not  carried  by  the  Press),  for  you  took  such  an  interest  in  him  when 
at  V.  M.  I.,  and  he  always  spoke  so  highly  of  you. 

Gustav  was  a  Captain,  U.  S.  M.  C,  and  staying  here  in  Savannah, 
pending  his  retirement,  but  he  had  to  report  at  the  Post  at  Paris  Island, 
S.  C,  every  fifteen  days,  and  he  usually  traveled  by  air,  as  the  distance  is 
but  thirty  miles. 

Friday  morning  the  Plane  came  here  for  him  and  took  him  to  the  Post 
where  he  remained  until  after  mess;  then,  at  four  P.  M.,  with  Lt.  Molther 
as  pilot  and  Lt.  St.  George  in  the  rear  seat,  both  belted  in,  and  Gus  in 
St.  George's  lap>  they  started  to  fly  back  to  Savannah. 

The  Plane  seemed  to  be  in  good  repair  and  left  the  field  in  good  form, 
but  when  it  reached  an  altitude  of  400  feet,  thie  motor  went  dead  and  the 
Plane  started  to  operate  to  earth. 

Gustav  was  seen  to  leave  the  lap  of  St.  George,  and,  with  one  hand 
and  foot  secure  himself  in  the  wire  stays  that  hold  the  wings,  and  with  the 
other  hand  he  tried  to  free  Lt.  Molther  of  his  belt,  and  St.  George  was 
working  to  unbuckle  his  belt;  when,  within  50  feet  of  the  ground,  the  pilot 
managed  to  right  the  Plane;  and,  as  she  headed  for  one  of  the  big  buildings 
and  seemed  sure  to  strike  it,  he  switched  on  his  motor.  An  explosion,  and 
th«  Plane  fell  to  earth  in  flames! 

I  am  so  proud  of  my  brother  to  think  he  faced  his  death  so  bravely 
when  he  could  have  left  the  Plane  and  taken  his  chances  of  escape  with  a 
few  bruises  (for  they  were  but  50  feet  from  ground)  ;  but  this  he  did  not  do; 
he  risked  h,is  life  in  those  wire  stays  and  helped  his  comrades  to  loose  their 
belts,  and  went  to  his  death  like  a  man. 

He  entered  your  Military  Institute  a  mere  boy,  and  stayed  there  under 
your  influence  while  his  character  was  being  formed;  and  I  am  sure  you  will 
take  pride  in  knowing  that,  through  your  influence,  and  the  training  he 
received  at  V.  M.  I.,  he  developed  into  a  man  that  could  die  so  gloriously, 
and  with  no  thought  for  himself.  His  brothers-in-arms  at  Lexington  may 
remember  him  as  one  who  brings  honour  to  you,  my  dear  General. 

He  leaves  a  wife  and  one  son  just  two  years  old.  My  mother  is  bearing 
up  bravely,  I  am  glad  to  say. 

I  am  looking  forward  to  meeting  you  who  helped  us  to  form  the  char- 
acter of  my  brother. 

Sincerely, 

Lester  Karow^." 

"To  Gen.  E.  W.  Nichols, 

V.    M.    I., 

Lexington,   Va." 

Gustav  Karow  came  of  a  race  of  heroes  and  his  brave  death  was  in 
keeping  with  th,e  splendid  traditions  of  his  family.  His  mother  was  born 
Annie  Wilson  and  her  father,  Claudius  Wilson,  of  Savannah,  Georgia,  entered 
the  Confederate  Service  as  Colonel  of  the  25th  Regiment  of  Georgia  Volun- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       333 

teers  (a  regiment  which  he  himself  raised),  and  was  in  command  of  his 
brigade  when  he  died  in  the  Service,  immediately  after  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga.  (His  commission  as  Brigadier  General,  now  in  the  Con- 
federate Museum  at  Richmond,  was  received  by  his  widow  after  his  death.) 
On  his  mother's  side  our  fallen  hero  was  descended  from  General  Daniel 
Stewart,  of  Georgia,  to  whose  memory  a  splendid  monument  was  erected 
in  the  old  Midway  Cemetery  in  Liberty  County,  Georgia,  in  April,  1915; 
and  back  of  this  ancestor  was  a  long  line  of  colonial  worthies. 

His  father  was  the  Honourable  Edward  Karow,  the  distinguished  Austro- 
Hungarian  Consul  in  Savannah  for  many  years,  and  until  his  death  in  1911, 
and  the  principal  facts  in  his  life  are  given  in  the  American  Encyclope- 
dia. He  had  received  two  orders  from  Emperor  Franz  Joseph.  He  was  not 
an  Austrian,  having  been  born  in  Stettin,  Pomerania,  Prussia.  His  family 
history  is  most  interesting,  teeming,  as  it  does,  with  generations  of  military 
ancestors  and  scholars.  His  father,  for  whom  our  dear  comrade  was  named, 
Gustav  Ludwig  Karow  (though  Gustav  had  dropped  his  middle  name,  as 
he  declared  it  was  "too  German"'  for  him),  was  what  might  be  translated 
a  Privy  Councilor.  He  and  his  forbears  belonged  to  that  race  of  Prussians 
which  is  now  unfortunately  extinct. 

Gustav  and  his  two  older  brothers  were  all  in  the  military  service  of 
their  Country,  and  all  three  were  married  men.  As  their  doting  mother 
wrote,  "they  could  not  but  serve,  as  they  were  such  true  Americans." 

Gustav  Karow  was  graduated  at  the  famous  St.  Paul's  School,  at  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  with  distinction,  winning  many  prizes.  He  then  spent 
one  year  at  Princeton  University,  leaving  there  to  enter  the  Virginia  Mili- 
tary Institute,  on  January  1,  1914.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
B.  A.,  in  June,  1916. 

On  February  25,  1918,  he  married  Sarah  Pope  Barrow,  daughter  of  the 
late  Hon.  Pope  Barrow,  of  Savannah,  and  his  wife,  Cornelia  Jackson, 
daughter  of  the  distinguished  Henry  R.  Jackson,  of  Savannah,  Confederate 
General,  and,  later,  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  Austria,  and  afterwards 
Minister  to  Mexico. 

A  son,  Gustav,  was  the  result  of  this  union. 

Captain  Karow's  mother,  writing  to  the  Historiographer  in  1918,  re- 
ferred to  Macaulay's  wise  saying  that  "a  people  unmindful  of  the  deeds  of 
their  ancestors  will  never  do  anything  worthy  to  be  remembered  by  posterity." 

Gustav  Karow  was  not  unmindful  of  the  deeds  of  his  noble  race;  and 
the  memory  of  his  sublime  act — sacrificing  himself  on  the  altar  of  duty,  in 
the  vain  effort  to  save  his  comrades  from  an  awful  death — will  be  cherished 
for  all  time,  and  the  legacy  he  thus  left  to  his  son,  we  are  sure,  will  be 
prized  above  all  earthly  possessiions  until  his  life's  end. 

First  Lieutenant  H.  A.  DeBUTTS,  Class  191G.  From  Virginia. 
TI.  S.  Marine  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Marine  Corps  in  the  Spring  of  1918,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  Machine-Gun  School  at  Quantico,  Virginia,  where  he  was  made  In- 
structor of  Machine-Gunnery,  and  received  his  corporal's,  and,  later,  his 
sergeant's  warrant.  He  was  sent  from  this  School  to  the  Second  Officers' 
Training  Camp  at  the  same  place,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 


334  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

first  stand  in  his  Company  and  with  the  second  honour  of  the  entire  school 
of  four  hundred  and  fifty  candidates. 

He  was  made  Instructor  in  the  third  Officers'  Training  Camp,  where  he 
served   with   distinction,   until   he   tendered   his   resignation   in   July,    1919. 

He  retired  from  the  Service  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant. 

First   Lieutenant   JOHN   MURRAY   McCLELLAN,   Class    1916,   and   Fourth 

Cadet  Captain.     From   Virginia. 

U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action,  July  19,  1918. 

He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  in  June, 
1917.  After  training  two  months  at  Quantico,  he  sailed  with  the  Fifth 
Regiment  for  France.  He  was  Battalion  Adjutant.  For  several  months  he 
served  as  Regimental  Adjutant.  He  was  then  made  Intelligence  Ofiicer,  and 
was  serving  as  such  when  he  was  killed.  He  had  continuous  service  with 
his  regiment — in  Les  Espages,  at  Verdun,  and  at  Belleau  Wood,. in  the  drive 
of  July  15. 

He  was  instantly  killed  by  a  shell  at  Vierzy,  July  19,  1918. 

His  death  occurred  after  severe  fighting  of  the  French  and  American 
troops.  The  French  fell  back,  but  the  American  Marines  refused  to  give 
ground;  and,  as  the  figliting  progressed,  they  became  practically  surrounded 
by  the  Germans.  When  it  became  imperative  that  the  Americans  seek  shelter. 
Lieutenant  McClellan  volunteered  to  lead  a  party  of  nine  to  a  German  dug- 
out. The  Americans  had  just  reached  the  dugout  when  a  bomb  exploded 
among  them,  literally  tearing  every  member  of  the  party  to  pieces.  The 
gallant  First  Lieutenant  Larkin  W.  Glazebrook  (V.  M.  I.)  rushed  to  Mc- 
Clellan's  aid,  but  found  life  was  extinct. 

He  had  been  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  before  his  death. 

With  the  approbation  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  American  Ex- 
peditionary Forces  in  Ffance,  Marshal  Petain,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
French  Armies  of  the  East,  cited  in  the  order  of  Division  First  Lieutenant 
John  Murray  McClellan,  Fifth  Regiment  of  American  Marines,  who  "was 
killed  July  19,  1918,  at  Vierzy,  while  accomplishing  a  mission  which  he 
volunteered  to  carry  out."  Accompanying  the  Citation  was  the  Croix  de 
Guerre,  which  was  forwarded  to  Lieutenant  McClellan's  family. 

Lieutenant  McClellan  was  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  McClellan,  of 
Hampton  Gardens,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

His  V.  M.  I.  and  Marine  Corps  Comrade,  Lieutenant  (later  Captain) 
N.  H.  Massie  wrote  from  Paris: 

"McClellan's  body  was  brought  from  Vierzy  and  burled  on  the  edge  of 
the  Forest  of  Compiegne  toward  Vauxcastile,  near  the  Villers-Cotterets, 
Vauxcastile-Vierzy  road.  The  exact  location  was  given  the  Graves  Regis- 
tration Bureau  by  Chaplain  Brady,  5th  Marines." 

Major  General  Barnett,  Commandant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  telegraphed 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McClellan.  as  follows,  upon  receiving  advice  of  Lieutenant 
McClellan's  death  in  action: 

"Deeply  regret  to  inform  you  cablegram  just  received  states  your  son, 
Lieutenant  John  Murray  McClellan,  Marine  Corps,  killed  in  action,  July  19. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cout'd)       335 

"Please  accept  my  heartfelt  sympathy  in  your  great  bereavement.  Body 
will  be  interred  abroad  until  termination  of  hostilities.  Should  further  re- 
ports be  received,  will  advise  you  immediately. 

"Your  son  nobly  gave  his  life  in  the  defense  of  his  Country." 

Lieutenant  Commander  OGDEN  D.  KING,  Class  1909.  From  North  Carolina. 
Medical  Corps,  United  States  Navy — attached  to  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  attached  to  the  6th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  U.  S.  Marines,  as 
Battalion    Surgeon,    and    participated    in    the    following    engagements: 

Verdun  Sector,  March-April,  1918;  Chateau  Thierry  Sector,  June,  1918; 
Soissons  Sector,  July,  1918;  St.  Mihiel  Sector,  September, '1918;  Champagne 
Sector,  October,  1918;  Argonne-Meuse  Sector,  November,  1918.  He  went 
with  the  Army  of  Occupation  to  Germany. 

He  was  awarded  the  "D.  S.  C."  in  September,  1918,  and  the  "Navy 
Cross"  in  December,  1919. 

This  Citation  accompanied  the  awarding  of  the  D.  S.  C: 

"Assistant  Surgeon  O.  D  King,  attached  to  U.  S.  M.  C:  For  extra- 
ordinary heroism  in  action  near  the  Bois  de  Belleau,  June  9,  10,  1918.  On 
two  successives  days  the  regimental  aid  station  in  which  Surgeon  King  wa-'^- 
working  was  struck  by  heavy  shells  and  in  each  case  demolished.  Ten  men 
were  killed,  and  a  number  of  wounded  were  badly  hurt  by  falling  timbers 
and  stone.  Under  th,ese  harassing  conditions,  the  officer  continued  without 
cessation  his  treatment  of  the  wounded,  assisting  in  their  evacuation,  and 
setting  an  inspiring  example  of  devotion  and  courage  toi  the  officers  and 
men  serving  under  him." 

A  younger  brother  of  Lif;utenant  Commander  King,  J.  Frank  King,  of 
Class  1914,  served  also  in  the  A.  E.  F.,  as  a  member  of  Company  "E,"  54th 
Infantry,  6th  Division,  and  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation.  They  are 
sons  of  Mrs.  King,  widow  of  Dr.  O.   D.  King,  of  Albemarle,   N.  C. 

Second  Lieutenant  RICHARD  W.  MURPHY,  Class  1916.     From  Alabama. 
83rd  Company,  Gth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 
Died  from  wounds  received  in  action  in  France. 
He  stood  his  examinations  for  the  Service  in  New  York,  and  went  to 
Quantico,  Virginia,  in  July,  1917,  for  training.     There  he  received  a  com- 
mission as  Second  Lieutenant.     He  trained  his  platoon  of  sixty  men  there 
until  the  last  of  October,  when  they  sailed  for  France  on  the  S.  S.  Von  Steuben. 
At  the  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry  he  was  mortally  wounded,  dying  on 
Juno  — ,  1918. 

The  details  of  his  service  and  death  have  not  yet  been  received,  but 
enough  is  known  to  warrant  the  writer  in  saying  that  he  did  his  duty  nobly, 
and  met  his  fate  bravely.     His  stricken  mother  wrote: 

"Dick  had  been  fighting  earlier  in  the  trenches,  and  volunteered  in 
the  Machine-Gun  Service  for  the  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry.  I  know  he  died 
bravely;    he  was  the  kind   to  give  what  he  had,  and  give   it  gladly." 

One  who  knew  him  intimately  from  earliest  childhood  thus  wrote  of 
l^im  to  his  City  paper: 

"To  the  Editor  of  the  Tuscaloosa  Neivs: 

"The  death  of  Lieutenant  Richard  W.  Murphy,  of  Greensboro,  from 
wounds  received  a  few  days  ago  on  a  battlefield  of  France,  deserves  more 
than  a  passing  notice.  I  have  known  him  since  he  was  a  child,  and  when 
I   heard  that  the  Marines,  of  which  he  was  an   officer,   were   engaged  at 


336  ViEGiNiA  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Cantigny,  I  felt  that  the  name  of  Richard  Murphy  would  appear  In  the 
dispatches.  I  knew  that  v/hen  the  order  to  advance  came  he  would  not  turn 
back,  and  that  the  only  thing  that  could  stop  him  would  be  a  bullet.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  admirable  young  men  that  I  have  ever  known. 

'The  bravest  are  the  tenderest, 
The  loving  are  the  daring.' 

"The  v/ord  'fear'  was  not  in  Dick  Murphy's  vocabulary.  He  knew  no 
guile.  His  disposition  was  sunny,  and  if  there  was  a  single  human  being 
in  this  world  who  knew  him,  and  who  did  not  love  him,  I  do  not  know  who 
that  human  being  is. 

"He  was  the  son  of  the  late  Matthew  Hobson  Murphy,  and  a  brother 
of  Captain  Matt.  H.  Murphy,  who  is  now  in  the  United  States  Army,  at 
Macon,  Ga.  Through  his  father  and  his  mother  he  claimed  descent  from 
men  and  women  who  aided  in  the  foundation  of  this  government,  and  from 
men  and  women  who,  since  its  foundation,  have  upheld  its  liberties  on 
fields  of  battle  and  in  council  chambers.  He  was  young,  popular  and  promis- 
ing, and  no  nobler  young  patriot  ever  gave  his  life,  in  order  that  his  Country 
might  remain  free. 

"The  death  of  Dick  Murphy  is  a  call  to  patriotism,  and  his  life  should 
be  an  inspiration  to  all  those  who  love  justice,  and  who  believe  in  the  main- 
tenance of  liberty  under  the  law. 

'He  has  sounded  forth  ar  trumpet  that  shall  never  call  retreat. 
He  is  searching  out  the  hearts  of  men  before  His  judgment  seat, 
Be  swift,  my  soul,  to  answer  Him,  be  jubilant,  my  feet, 
For  God  is  marching  on.' 

Edward  de  Graffexried." 
"June  18,  1918." 

[From  "Overseas  Alumni  Notes"  in  The  Cadet  of  November  25,  1918:  J 

"Second  Lieutenant  "Pat"  Murphy,  '16,  of  the  Marines,  died  a  real 
American  soldier;  he  w^as  killed  in  action  going  'over'  at  Chateau  Thierry. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  popular  men  among  men.  His  record  does  credit 
to  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  it  is  proud  of  him.  He  set  example  after  example  for 
his  men  by  his  bravery  and  fearlessness.  His  example  should  inspire  all 
Cadets." 

Second  Lieutenant  VERNON  LEE  SOMERS,  Class  1915.     From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 
The    Commander-in-Chief,    A.    E.    F.,    acting   by    the    direction    of    the 
President,  awarded  him.  posthumously,  the  "Distinguished   Service  Cross," 
with  this  Citation: 

"Vernon  L.  Somers,  Second  Lieutenant  United  States  Marine  Corps, 
killed  in  action  at  Chateau  Thierry.  .June  6,  1918.  He  gave  the  supreme 
proof  of  that  extraordinary  heroism  which  will  serve  as  an  example  to  hither- 
to untried  troops." 

The  following  is  from  the  Memorial  Notice  by  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Monds, 
read  at  the  Tasley  Fair  Grounds,  Accomac  County,  Virginia,  September  17. 
1919: 

"Lieutenant  Vernon  Lee  Somers,  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch,  was 
born  near  Bloxom,  Accomac  County.  Virginia,  March  the  2.3,  1889,  and  was 
killed  while  leading  his  men  in  action  at  Belleau  Wood,  France,  on  June 
6,  1918.  From  boyhood,  it  could  be  seen  that  Vernon  Somers  had  the 
characteristics  of  a  hero  and  Ihe  principles  of  which  real  soldiers  are  made. 
He  loved  military  training,  and  it  was  no  surprise  to  his  friends  when  he 
chose  to  secure  his  education  at  a  military   institution.    He  entered   the 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       337 

V.  M.  I.  in  the  fall  of  1911,  from  which  School  he  graduated  in  June,  1915. 
While  there,  so  rapidly  did  he  develop  along  military  lines  that  he  won 
various  promotions  and  at  the  time  of  h,is  graduation,  had  the  distinguished 
honour  of  being  a  First  Lieutenant.  In  September,  1916,  he  was  given  the 
position  of  Commandant  in  the  Georgia  Military  Academy,  College  Park, 
Georgia,  which  place  he  filled  with  credit  to  all  concerned  until  December 
of  that  year,  when  he  resigned  to  take  the  physical  examination  for  Second 
Lieutenant  in  the  Marine  Corps,  having  been  highly  recommended  by  General 
E.  W.  Nichols,  of  the  V.  M.  I.  He  was  twice  rejected  on  account  of  defective 
eyesight,  but  when  the  United  States  declared  War,  he  again  applied  for  the 
commission,  and  went  to  Washington  for  examination.  This  time  he  passed, 
and,  with  joy  at  the  prospect  of  serving  his  Country,  entered  the  Marine 
Corps  as  Second  Lieutenant,  on  May  2,  1917.  Three  weeks  at  Paris  Island, 
S.  C,  was  spent  in  rapid  training,  then  a  few  days  at  Quantico,  Virginia, 
from  which  place  he  was  sent  to  France  with  the  first  contingent,  sailing 
from  Hoboken,  June  13.  On  June  25,  he  landed  in  France,  and  was  assigned 
to  Provost  duty,  and  given  some  special  training  with  his  Division,  Co.  49, 
Reg.  5,  U.  S.  M.,  near  the  Swiss  border.  In  April,  1918,  he  went  into  action 
on  the  Verdun  front,  and  May  3  was  wounded  and  taken  to  tlie  Hospital, 
where  he  had  to  remain  for  about  twenty-five  days.  From  th,e  letters  written 
to  his  family,  during  this  period  of  confinement,  it  was  easy  to  detect  the 
heroic  spirit  in  the  soldier  and  the  man.  The  Avish  and  prayer  of  his  heart, 
as  expressed  in  all  these  letters,  was  that  soon  he  might  be  able  to  go  back 
to  the  front;  and  I  know  he  was  happy  when  on  June  2  he  was  again  per- 
mitted to  go  back  into  action.  But,  alas,  after  bearing  proudly  aloft  the 
honours  of  his  Company  in  the  lead  of  his  brave  Division,  in  the  face  of 
terrible  odds,  through  fire  and  blood,  after  four  days  of  awful  fighting,  he 
made  the  supreme  sacrifice,  falling,  dying  in  the  defense  of  right  and  liberty. 

"One  of  the  many  horrors  of  war  is  that  the  particulars  of  the  last 
moments  of  those  who  fali  can  often  never  be  known.  The  last  brave  deed, 
the  parting  word,  the  final  struggle  are  hidden  secrets  that  we  crave  so  much 
to  know.  In  the  case  of  our  hero,  we  rejoice  that  we  do  know  some- 
thing of  these  last  moments.  Private  Leonard  D.  Hall,  writing  to  his 
mother  on  June  19,  has  this  to  say:  'Mama,  I  have  bad  news  for  you. 
Lieutenant  Somers  was  killed  some  few  days  ago.  Tell  his  mother  and 
any  of  his  people  that  he  was  a  boy  to  be  proud  of.  He  was  wounded 
several  times,  but  still  led  his  men,  and  when  he  reached  his  objective  he  was 
nearly  dead.  The  stretcher-bearers  put  him  on  a  stretcher  and  started  to 
the  rear  with  him.  They  had  only  gone  a  little  distance  when  he  said: 
'Put  me  down,  I  am  dying  and  want  to  die  with  the  boys.'  They  laid  him 
down,  and  he  said  to  the  boys:  'Stay  with  them,  boys,  and  show  them  where 
you  are  from':  and,  then,  he  lay  down  and  put  his  hands  back  of  his  head 
and  went  to  sleep,  never  to  wake  any  more.' 

"On  June  20,  H.  P.  Mason,  U.  S.  M.  C,  and  a  V.  M.  I.  comrade  of 
Lieutenant  Somers,  writing  to  his  brother,  said:  'I  haven't  heard  of  but 
one  V.  M.  I.  man  being  killed,  and  that  .was  Lieutenant  Somers.  A  sergeant 
from  his  Company  was  telling  me  about  him  and  said  that  Somers's  platoon 
had  seen  a  great  deal  of  hand-to-hand  fighting,  during  the  afternoon,  and, 
whien  last  seen,  Somers  was  covered  with  blood  and  wounded  in  the  arm 
and  also  in  the  leg,  but  he  had  a  dagger  in  one  hand  and  a  pistol  in  the 
other,  and  was  still  leading  his  men  forward.  They  say  he  sighted  a  big 
bunch  of  Huns  and  made  for  them,  almost  single-handed.  When  the  fight  was 
over,  they  found  his  body  in  'No  Man's  Land.'  In  my  opinion,  a  man  who  is 
found  dead  in  advance  of  his  own  lines,  after  a  big  battle,  is  a  real  hero.' 

"In  the  face  of  such  bravery  as  was  thus  shown  it  must  have  been  a 
real  joy  to  General  Pershing  to  award  on  June  28  the  'Distinguished  Service 
Cross'  posthumously  to  Lieutenant  Somers." 

A  sister,  a  Red  Cross  Nurse,  soon  afterwards  gave  her  life  to  the 
sacred  cause  in  which  this  brave  young  oflficer  died. 


338  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Second  Lieutenant  MELVILLE  E.  SULLIVAN,  Class  1917.     From  Virginia. 

U.  S.  M.  Corps — Aviation  Section. 

Killed  by  fall  of  his  Plane,  in  the  line  of  duty. 

Lieutenant  Sullivan  was  from  Richmond,  Virginia,  and  was  a  son  of 
Mr.  Lawrence  F.  Sullivan,  Comptroller  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railway. 
He  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Marine  Corps  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieu- 
tenant in  December,  1917,  a  few  days  before  his  twenty-first  birthday.  He 
was  assigned  to  the  Aviation  Section  of  his  Corps  and  was  stationed  at 
the  Marine  Aviation  School,  near  Miami,  Florida.  He  had  made  an  excel- 
lent record  by  his  high  character,  mental  attainments  and  soldierly  qualities, 
and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  best  flyers  in  his  squadron.  He  was  experi- 
menting with  a  new  machine,  and  had  for  a  companion  his  machine  gunner. 
He  was  acting  as  pilot;  when  the  motor  stopped  and  the  Plane  slipped  into 
a  tail  spin  and  fell  to  the  ground  from  a  height  of  about  500  feet.  He  and 
his  gunner  were  instantly  killed. 

As  his  body  was  being  escorted  to  the  train  to  be  conveyed  to  his  home, 
five  airplanes  hove  over  the  funeral  procession,  and  continued  to  escort 
the  train   for  several  miles,  dropping  flowers  all  the  way. 

This  fine  young  officer  was  but  a  brief  time  a  Cadet  of  the  V.  M.  I., 
leaving  to  enter  another  institution.  But  he  worthily  wore  the  "old  gray 
coatee"  of  the  V.  M.  I.  and  gave  his  life  for  his  Country,  and  therefore  has 
a    rightful    place    in    the    Institute's    Valhalla    of    Immortal    Heroes. 

Corporal  JAMES  L.  COREY,  Class  1917.     From  Indiana. 

83rd  Company,  6th  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  F.  F. 

Killed  in  action  in  France. 

After  leaving  the  V.  M.  I.,  where  he  spent  a  very  profitable  year,  he  v/as 
graduated  in  1917,  at  Marquette  College.  A  few  months  afterwards,  in 
November,  1917,  he  enlisted  in  the  Marines.  He  was  trained  at  Paris 
Island,  and  went  to  France  in  February,  1918. 

He  wrote  in  June:  "Have  been  over  the  top  three  times  and  am  now 
in  Hospital  recovering  from  shell  shock." 

His  Captain  wrote:  "We  went  into  the  battle  of  Soissons  on  July  19, 
and  were  pushing  the  fight  on  the  retreating  Enemy  when  we  met  terrible 
machine-gun  opposition  from  their  rear  guards.  It  was  during  this  advance 
that  Corporal  Corey  was  killed  by  a  machine-gun  bullet,  near  Vierzy,  Prance. 
He  died  instantly,  and  was  buried  on  the  spot  by  his  comrades.' 

An  older  brother,  also  a  V.  M.  1.  Alumnus,  First  Lieutenant  Lawrence 
O.  Corey,  likewise  served  in  the  A.  E.  F. 

Private  LOUIS   GEORGE  LANGE,   Class   1920.     From   Louisiana. 
IT.   S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  P. 
(Acting  as  Intelligence  Officer  in  Scotland.) 
Enlisted    in    the   Marines   and    sailed    for    Europe,    November    25,    1917. 
Served    with    the    British   Grand    Fleet    until    December    12,    191S.      He    was 
repeatedly  attacked   by   submarines   while   patrolling  the   North    Sea.     Took 
part  in  the  surrender  of  the  German  High  Seas  Fleet,  November  21,  1918. 
Took  part  in  the  Presidential  Escort  into  Brest,  France,  December  13,  1918. 
In  1917,  Private  Lange  passed  the  examination  for  a  commission,  but  was 
turned  down  on  account  of  age  (17).     He  passed  two  examinations  for  com- 
mission in  1918,  but  was  again  turned  down  as  being  too  young.     (He  was 
only  nineteen  years  old  on  November  3,  1918.) 

He  was  sent  to  the  Marine  Officers'  Training  Camp,  Quantico,  Virginia, 
without  examination,   upon  his  return  to  the  United   States;    but,  the  War 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       339 

being  practically  over,  he  took  a  discharge  as  a  private  in  preference  to  a 
permanent  commission  in  the  Marine  Corps. 

This  gallant  and  brilliant  young  fellow  kept  a  "Diary"  written  in  verse 
while  on  night  watch  "over  there,"  which  would  be  a  credit  to  one  of  far 
greater  age.     His  record  was  very  fine. 

Private  ARCHIBALD  WRIGHT  BENNERS,  Class  1919.     From  Pennsylvania. 

80th  Company,  6th  Regiment,  U.   S.  Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Mortally  wounded  in  action,  June  3,  and  died  July  3,  1918. 

He  received  a  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps 
Reserve,  but  gave  it  up  and  enlisted  as  a  Private  in  the  regular  Marine 
Corps.  Just  before  he  was  killed,  he  was  selected  to  attend  an  Officers' 
Training  Camp  in  France  for  a  commission  in  the  Regulars. 

He  had  been  two  and  a  half  years  at  the  V.  M.  I.,  having  received  no 
demerit  in  the  Fourth  Class,  and  was  very  popular.  At  the  frequent  meet- 
ings of  the  large  number  of  V.  M.  I.  men  in  the  Marines,  in  France,  he  was 
alv/ays  present;  and  he  was  mentioned  most  aifectionately  by  the  "Chapter" 
Correspondent  in  his  letters  to  "TTie  Cadety 

His  father,  Mr.  George  B.  Benners,  Graduate  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  prominent  lawyer,  of  Ambler,  and  now  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  wrote  th.e  Historiographer  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  April  2,  1919, 
as  follows: 

"My  dear  Sir: 

"Please  accept  my  abject  apology  for  not  answering  your  letter  of 
November  5,  1918,  before  this.  Your  letter  was  in  reference  to  a  sketch  of 
my  son,  Archibald  Wright  Benners  who  was  killed  in  France,  while  a  member 
of  the  United  States  Marine  Corps.  Both  my  wife  and  I  have  been  abso- 
lutely unnerved  since  my  son's  death,  and  until  this  late  date  I  could  not 
pull  myself  together  enough  to  write  about  him.  He  was  all  we  had  in  the 
world,  and  we  did  look  forward  to  some  years  of  pleasure  with  him  in  our 
old  age.  The  dear  old  V.  M.  I.  had  indeed  made  a  man  of  him,  and  from 
what  I  have  heard  from  his  comrades  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  who  were  also  his 
comrades  in  the  Marine  Corps,  he  was  a  typical  American  soldier,  which 
means  that  he  was  a  good  soldier.  All  honour  to  the  V.  M.  I.  for  what  it 
did  for  him.     I  shall  never  forget  it. 

"We  do  indeed  thank  you  for  your  kind  sympathy  as  expressed  in  your 
letter,  and  I  have  tried  to  fill  out  the  enclosed  sketch  about  Archie  as  best 
I  could.  I  do  hope  I  am  not  too  late  in  sending  this  to  you,  and  that  it  is 
properly  done. 

"If  not  too  much  trouble,  could  you  furnish  me  with  a  list  of  the  V.  M.  I. 
boys  who  were  killed  and  wounded,  and  also  tell  me  if  there  is  a  movement 
on  foot  towards  erecting  a  fitting  monument,  or  memorial,  at  the  Institute, 
to  the  boys  who  gave  their  lives  in  this  terrible  War,  and  who  formerly  at- 
tended the  V.  M.  I.?  I  will  very  much  appreciate  it  if  you  will  advise  me 
as  to  this. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Geo.  B.  Benners." 

Private  POWHATAN  R.  DANCE,  Class  1920.    From  Virginia. 

Second  Training  Battalion,  1st  Training  Regiment,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 

A.  E.  F.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

He  resigned  his  Cadetship,  as  he  entered  the  Second  Class  as  Fourth'  Line 

Sergeant,  in  order  to  enlist  in  the  Marine  Corps.     He  was  enrolled  in  this 

branch  of  the  Service,  June  15,  1918,  and  trained  at  Paris  Island,  S.  C,  until 


340  Virginia  Militaky  iNSTiTb-iE — World  War  Record 

August  8,  and  was  then  at  Quantico  Training  School  one  week,  leaving  on 
August  17  for  the  embarkation  point,  and  sailing  for  overseas  service  at 
once,  with  the  Gth  Battalion,  U.  S.  Marines.  He  was  one  of  eleven  V.  M.  I. 
contemporaries  who  enlisted  at  the  same  time.,  and  the  only  one  sent  overseas. 
He  was  killed  in  action,  November  1,  1918.  The  Richmond  Times- 
Dispatch  thus  speaks  of  him: 

"*  *  *  The  news  of  his  death  has  been  received  widely  with  poignant 
regret,  that  one  of  his  acknowledged  possibilities  for  a  brilliant  and  valuable 
future  should  suffer  the  supreme  sacrifice,  virtually  in  the  last  week  of  a 
victorious  War.  *  *  *.  By  friends  and  acquaintances  he  was  regarded  with 
the  highest  respect  and  esteem,  as  attested  by  his  exceptional  popularity. 
He  entertained  ideals  and  ambitions  beyond  the  ordinary,  and  his  kindly, 
cordial  spirit  endeared  him  to  his  friends.  He  relinquished  the  promise  of 
a  favoured  future  for  the  pri^-ilege  of  defending  the  honour  of  his  Country 
and  the  protection  of  the  World,  and  his  magnificent  service  was  not  in 
vain." 

His  doting  mother  passed  away  a  few  weeks  after  the  news  of  his  death 
came.  She  bore  her  sorrows  of  heart  aJid  suffering  of  body  with  supreme 
Christian  fortitude. 

The  NeiDS-Lcader,  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  its  issue  of  May  1,  1920, 
made  the  following  gratifying  announcement: 

["Letter  from  a  Comrade."] 

"Through  the  American  Legion  Weekly,  W.  Freeman  Dance  has  at  last 
secured  some  details  in  regard  to  the  death  of  his  son,  Powhatan  Dance, 
who  was  killed  in  action  on  Nov.  1,  1918,  while  serving  with  ttie  Fitth 
Marines,  Second  Division.  Although  notified  by  the  Marine  Corps  of  his 
death,  Mr.  Dance  had  never  been  able  to  secure  any  of  the  particulars, 
until  he  inserted  notices  in  both  the  Marines'  Magazine  and  the  American 
Legion  Weekly. 

"He  has  received  the  following  letter  from  C.  F.  Hanson,  of  403 
Nassau  Street,  St.  Peter,  Minnesota: 

'In  looking  through  the  American  Legion  Weekly  for  April  2,  I  found 
your  notice  asking  for  information  concerning  the  death  of  your  son, 
Powhatan,  who  was  reported  killed  in  action  Nov.  1,  and  as  I  was  a  good 
friend  of  your  son  and  was  near  him  at  the  time  he  was  hit,  I  thought  that 
perhaps  I  might  give  you  a  little  information  concerning  his  death. 

'I  first  met  your  son  at  Paris  Island,  S.  C.,  and  was  with  him  in  the 
same  Company  from  that  time  until  he  was  wounded.  It  was  toward  evening 
on  Nov.  1,  while  we  were  being  held  up  temporarily  in  our  advance  by 
German  machine-gun  fire.  Powhatan  was  a  carrier  in  an  automatic  rifle 
squad,  and  was  going  from  one  shell-hole  to  another,  where  his  gunner  was, 
when  a  machine-gun  bullet  caught  him  between  the  shoulders.  He  was  taken 
to  the  rear,  and  we  heard  no  more  of  him  until  we  were  up  in  Germany, 
when  we  were  notified  that  he  had  died  of  his  wound. 

'Your  son  was  one  of  those  men  who  thought  little  of  his  own  safety, 
readily  sacrificing  himself  for  the  welfare  of  the  Company — a  spirit  that 
made  him  one  of  the  best,  if  not  the  best,  liked  men  in  the  Company.  It 
was  this  spirit  that  made  the  American  Army  so  successful  in  the  field. 
V/hile  it  grieves  us  to  see  young  men  thus  cut  down  in  the  flower  of  their 
youth,  let  us  be  assured  that  the  cause  was  worth  while,  and  that  they, 
and  those  of  us  who  remain  to  mourn  their  untimely  death,,  shall  be  re- 
warded in  the  life  that  is  to  be.  If  I  can  be  of  any  further  aid  to  you,  do 
not  hesitate  to  call  on  me.  I  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  yon.' 
["Letter  From  a  Father."! 

'I  read  your  notice  in  the  Marines'  Magazine  in  regard  to  your  son. 
I  am  quite  sure  he  and  my  boy  went  over  on  the  same  ship,  the  'Henderson,' 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumki  (Cont'd)       341 

and  arrived  at  Brest,  Aug.  28,  1918.  My  boy  was  with  the  Fifth  Marines. 
Second  Division,  Fifty-ninth  Comp'y,  and  was  reported  killed,  Nov.  2,  near 
Landres  St.  Georges  Ar ,  France   (Argonne). 

"My  boy's  best  'buddy'  got  back  home  all  O.  K.,  but  was  wounded 
through  the  knee,  just  a  few  moments  after  my  boy  fell,  and  I'm  quite 
sure  he  will  be  able  to  give  you  some  information  about  your  son.  His 
address  is  John  H.  Reig,  258  Himrod  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  I'll  do  all  I 
can  here  to  get  information  for  you. 

'Dear  brother,  I  certainly  know  how  to  sympathize  with  you,  not  as 
some  say  in  your  loss,  for  he  gave  his  life  freely  that  father  and  loved  ones 
may  live.  Then,  let  usi  in  our  sorrow,  knowing  we  will  meet  them  no  more 
on  earth,  bless  and  honor  their  sacred  names  the  remainder  of  our  sojoura 
here,  knowing  that  we  can  go  to  them,  to  be  separated  no  more  forever.'  " 

It  is  deeply  regretted  that  of  the  sixty-two  Officers  in  the  Navy,  from 
Liisign  to  Captain,  and  of  others  who  held  no  rank,  there  are  in  hand  tlie 
details  of  service  of  only  very  few. 

While  our  Navy  was  not  engaged  in  battle,  during  the  "V/ar,  all  the 
World  knows  how  effective  it  was  in  helping  to  bring  about  the  victorious 
ending  of  the  great  conflict. 

As  far  as  known,  every  V.  M.  I.  Man  in  the  Service  gloriously  main- 
tained the  traditions  of  the  American  Navy,  and  reflected  honour  on  the 
Service.  But,  unfortunately,  the  Compiler  can  mention  now  only  the  follow- 
ing Officers,  because  he  lacks   official  details: 

Medical  Director  CHARLES  M.  DeVALIN,  Class  1888.    From  South  Carolina, 

U.  S.  Navy,  A.  E.  F. 
Served  with  great  distinction  in  the  A.  E.  F.,  receiving  the  Navy  Cross, 
and  the  C.  B.  E.  from  the  Prince  of  Wales. 

Commander    CARY    D.    LANGHORNE,    Class    1894     (United    States    Navy. 

Retired.)     From  District  of  Columbia. 

United  States  Navy,  R.  F.  Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Having  taken  his  Medical  degree  in  1897  at  the  University  of  Virginia, 
he  entered  the  United  States  Navy  as  Assistant  Surgeon  in  1898.  He  served 
through  the  Philippine  Insurrection.  Was  wounded  at  Novalita,  P.  I.,  in 
1899,  and  mentioned  in  dispatches  for  gallantry  in  action. 

In  1903,  he  was  promoted  to  Surgeon.  He  served  at  Vera  Cruz,  Mexico, 
1914,  landing  there  in  May  of  that  year. 

He  was  awarded  the  Medal  of  Honour  for  conspicuous  gallantry  in 
action   at  the  taking  of  the  Naval  Academy  at  Vera  Cruz,  in   May,   1914. 

He  resigned  from  the  Navy  in  1916.  When  War  with  the  Central  Powers 
was  declared  he  returned  to  the  Service  and  was  commissioned  in  the 
U.  S..  Navy,  R.  F.,  Medical  Corps,  as  Lieutenant  Commander;  and  he  served 
as  Senior  Surgeon  on  the  U.  S.  Transport  President  Grant. 

He  was  mustered  out,  May  26,  1919,  with  the  rank  of  Commander,  M.  C. 
U.  S.  N.  R.  P. 

Commander  Langhorne  is  a  brother  of  Colonel  George  T.  Langhorne 
(above). 


342  Virginia  Military  Institute — -World  War  Record 

Lieutenant  Commander  0.  M.  READ,  JR.,  Class  1909.    From  South  Carolina. 

United   States  Navy, 

Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.  and  Graduate  of  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy. 

From  July,  1918  till  December,  1919,  he  was  in  command  of  the 
U.  S.  S.  0-9,  a  submarine  tiiat  was  completed  and  put  in  commission  in 
July,  1918.  During  that  summer,  this  submarine  was  on  duty  on  the 
U.  S.  Atlantic  Coast,  with  other  submarines,  engaged  in  searching  fcr  the 
four  German  submarines  that  visited,  and  worked,  on  that  Coast. 

He  sailed  in  command  of  the  0-9  for  the  Azores  Islands  on  November 
2,  1918,  and  arrived  on  the  16;  returned  to  the  U.  S.  on  November  20,  1918, 
the  Armistice  having  been  signed. 

He  was  awarded  the  "Navy  Cross/'  in  recognition  of  his  distinguished 
Service. 

Lieutenant  Commander  Read  is  a  son  of  O.  M.  Read,  Graduate  of 
Class  1875. 

Commander  ADOLPHUS   STATON,  Class  1900.     From  North  Carolina. 
United  States  Navy,  A.  E.  F. 

In  1902  he  was  graduated  at  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy. 

While  Executive  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  Transport  Mt.  Vernon,  in  1918,  his 
ship  was  torpedoed,  200  miles  from  port,  with,  a  loss  of  thirty-seven  sailors. 
But,  through  the  heroic  conduct  of  crew  and  officers,  he  was  enabled  to 
save  his  ship,  for  which  act  he  was  awarded  the  "Navy  Cross." 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  War,  he  was  Executive  Officer  on  board  the 
U.  S.  S.  Leviathan.     He  is  now  serving  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Tennessee. 

Commander  Staton's  father.  Dr.  L.  L.  Staton,  a  very  prominent  citizen 
of  North  Carolina,  is  an  old  V.  M.  I.  "boy,"  and  his  brother,  Henry  Staton, 
a  successful  lawyer  in  New  York  City,  was  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1893. 

Lieutenant  Commander  JULES  JAMES,  Class  1906.    From  Virginia. 
United  States  Navy,  A.  E.  F. 

Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  Graduate  of  the  U.  S.  N.  A.  and  B.  S.,  Stephens 
Institute  of  Technology.     Awarded  the  "Navy  Cross." 

During  the  entire  War,  he  was  Executive  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  S.  Rochester, 
and  was  successfully  engaged  in  convoying  troops  to  Europe. 

At  present,  he  is  aide  on  the  Staff  of  Vice  Admiral  Hilary  P.  Jones 
(of  Virginia),  commanding  the  Second  Squadron  of  the  Atlantic  Fleet. 

Lieutenant  Commander  James  is  one  of  four  remarkably  brilliant 
brothers— all  Alumni  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  all  in  the  Service  at  one  time  or 
another;  one.  First  Lieutenant  John  F.  James,  giving  up  his  life  in  the 
Philippine  Insurrection;  another,  Captain  Russell  James,  Graduate  of  Class, 
1905,  and  "First  Captain,"  Professor,  Military  Science  and  Tactics  at  the 
V.  M.  I.,  1913-14  (on  detail),  and,  later,  dying  in  the  Service;  and  another 
brother.  Captain  Bartlett  James,  U.  S.  A.,  who  died  in  the  Service  October 
24,  1917. 

His  two  uncles  are  "Honour"  Graduates  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  the  elder,  the 
Hon,  Rorer  A.  James,  having  been  for  many  years,  and  until  July,  1920,  the 
distinguished  and  indefatigable  President  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  and  elected,  in  November,  1920,  a  Representative  in  Congress. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       343 

Lieutenant  ROBERT  GIBSON  TOBIN,  Class  1915.     From  Virginia. 
United   States  Navy,  A.  E.  F. 

He  graduated  at  tlie  United  States  Naval  Academy,  in  Class  1917— on 
April  6,  1917— with  the  "First  Honour."  He  was  assigned  to  the  U.  S.  S. 
Hopkins  as  Engineering  Officer,  and  was  second  in  command  until  October 
24,  1918.  He  was  th.en  given  command  of  the  U.  S.  S.  Hopkins.  He  was  at 
that  time  23  years  old,  and  the  youngest  officer  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  command- 
ing a  fighting  ship.  This  ship  was  a  Torpedo  Boat  Destroyer  and  carried 
about  one  hundred  officers  and  men,  and  it  was  among  the  most  active 
ships  during  the  War. 

Lieutenant  Tobiu  was  the  only  member  of  his  Class  to  receive  a  com- 
mand during  the  War. 

With  about  twenty  other  Destroyers,  the  Hopkins  was  ordered  put  out 
of  commission  after  the  War. 

After  winding  up  the  affairs  of  his  ship,  June  22,  1919,  Lieutenant 
Tobin  turned  it  back  to  the  Government  at  the  Philadelphia  Navy  Yard, 
taking  a  receipt  therefor.  He  was  then  given  an  appointment  on  Admiral 
Rodman's  Staff  as  Communicating  Officer  of  the  Torpedo  Boat  Destroyer 
Flotilla  sent  to  the  Pacific  Coast  (about  G8  ships  in  all).  As  Communicat- 
ing Officer,  Lieutenant  Tobin  was  second  in  command  of  the  Flotilla. 

A  high  Naval  Officer  has  stated  that  Lieutenant  Tobin  is  the  youngest 
officer  ever  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  to  hold  such  a  high  position  in  a  Fleet. 

Lieutenant   Commander   ANDREW    LANGSTAFF   JOHNSTON,    JR.,   M.    E., 

E.  E.,  Class  1902.     From  Virginia. 

U.   S.   Navy,  R.  F. 

He  enrolled  in  the  Navy  Reserve,  April  3,  1917,  with  the  rank  of  Lieu- 
tenant (S.  G.).  and  was  called  to  duty,  April  18.  On  December  11,  1918,  he 
was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Commander.  Relieved  of  active  duty,  Septem- 
ber 30.  1919.  During  his  thirty  months  of  service,  he  was  Senior  Assistant 
Inspector  of  Machinery,  Bureau  of  Steam  Engineering,  at  the  Newport  News 
Shipbuilding  and  Dry  Dock  Company,  and  in  charge  of  all  Electric  Engineer- 
ing work  covering  new  construction  of  the  Shipyard,  and  the  repairs  and 
maintenance  of  all  troop  ships  and  cargo  ships  that  entered  the  port  of  New- 
port News.  His  office  established  the  record  of  not  having  a  single  ship 
miss  its  convoy  sailing  date,  or  go  lame,  while  in  convoy,  due  to  engineer- 
ing defects. 

In  addition  to  two  short  cruises,  for  the  sake  of  experience,  on  the 
battleshiips  Delaware  and  Pennsylvania,  he  took  out  many  Destroyers  con- 
structed at  the  Newport  News  Yard,  for  official  trials. 

He  received  a  special  letter  from  his  Commanding  Officer,  commenting 
on  the  valufible  services  he  had   rendered. 

He  invented  and  gave  to  the  Navy  several  electrical  devices. 

Lieutenant  Commander  Johnston  is  a  son  of  the  late  A.  Langstaff  John- 
ston, Graduate  of  Class  1872,  the  distinguished  Electrical  Engineer  who 
built  the  first  Electric  Passenger  Railway  in  the  World  to  operate  success 
fully — in  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  1888. 


344  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

Lieutenant  HARRY  M.  MASON,  Class  1917.     From  Virginia. 
Supply  Officer,  U.  S.  Navy,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  sworn  in  in  the  Navy,  August  3,  1917,  as  Assistant  Paymaster 
(Ensign).  He  has  had  sea  duty  since  October  4,  1917,  making  eight  complcta 
trips  to  France  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Finland. 

At  the  time  last  heard  from,  he  was  putting  the  Finland  out  of  com- 
mission, and  was  ordered  to  Squadron  3,  Destroyer  Force,  as  Supply  Officer, 
Atlantic  Fleet. 

He  was  one  of  a  large  number  of  V.  M.  I.  Graduates  and  Non-Graduates, 
from  1911  to  1917,  to  enter  the  Navy,  at  the  beginning  of  the  War,  and  all 
made  remarkably  fine  records. 

His  present  rank  is  Lieutenant  (S.  G.),  and  he  is  in  the  regular  Navy, 
and  will  continue  in  the  Service. 

Lieutenant    (J.  G.)    B.  W.  FIGGINS,  Class  1912.     From  Virginia. 
U.  S.  Navy,  R.  F.,  A.  E.  F. 

In  May  of  1916,  he  enlisted  in  the  Maryland  Naval  Militia,  as  a  seaman. 
Took  the  annual  cruise  in  1910,  and,  in  March,  1917,  was  commissioned 
Ensign  in  the  Maryland  Naval  Militia. 

April  6,  1917,  called  to  active  duty,  went  to  Philadelphia  Navy  Yard, 
and  for  a  brief  time  had  charge  of  a  Naval  Guard  at  a  Naval  Base.  Saw 
service  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Von  Steuben,  U.  S.  S.  Missouri,  U.  S.  S.  Massachusetts. 
and  was  aide  to  the  Executive  at  St.  Helena  Naval  Base,  Norfolk.  Had 
18  months'  sea  duty  in  convoy  work,  and  trained  at  least  300  men  for  Gun 
Crews  to  go  on  the  ships  of  the  Merchant  Marine.  Some  of  these  gun 
crews  won  prize  money  for  efficiency  in  firing,  after  being  assigned  to  their 
new  stations.  Trained  Junior  Division  Officers  who  went  to  duty  in  foreign 
waters,  immediately  after  being  detached  from,  his  Division. 

Was  one  of  the  five  Senior  Watch  and  Division  Officers  on  a  12,000  ton 
Battleship  for  over  twelve  months. 

Jan.  1,  1918,  was  commissioned  Lieut.  (S.  G.)  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy.  « 

Was  detailed  to  Inactive  Duty,  Dec.  28,  1918,  and  at  present  is  on  th.e 
Inactive  List,  Class  2,  Reserve. 

The  following  V.  M.  I.  men,  among  others,  in  the  Allied  Armies,  were 
specially  distinguished: 

Lieutenant  Colonel   JAMES   McK.   BROWN,   Class   1907.     From   Kentucky. 

This  fine  officer  joined  the  British  Expeditionary  Force  soon  after 
England  declared  War,  and  his  whole  service  was  in  Persia  and  Russia 
Promotion  came  to  him  rapidly.  He  suffered  untold  hardships,*  but  survived 
them  all.  , 

He  received  the  "D.  S.  O."   (British). 

It  is  hoped  he  will  yet  submit  his  splendid  Service  Record. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Dlstinguisiled  Alumni  (Cont'd)       345 

Captain  GEORGE  A.  SPEER,  JR.,  Class  1912,  Second  Cadet  Captain. 

From  Georgia. 
21st  Canadian  Battalion,  B.  E.  F. 

Lieutenant.  U.  S.  A.,  on  outbreak  of  European  War. 

Resigned  his  commission,  and  enlisted  at  Ottawa,  Canada,  in  the  Cana- 
dian Army,  then  making  ready  for  overseas  Service. 

He  was  sent  to  France  with  the  21st  Canadian  Battalion  in  a  few  weeks. 
I!e  was  appointed  Lieutenant,  and  was  mentioned  in  orders  for  conspicuous 
bravery  with  a  Company  of  picked  men  on  patrol,  which  made  a  night 
foray  and  destroyed  important  wire  entanglements,  while  under  constant 
machine-gun  fire,  and  without  a  casualty. 

He  was  in  the  trenches  from  September  1,  1915.  He  was  a  Grenade 
Officer  in  January,  1916,  when  he  wrote  home,  regretting  that  he  would  soon 
receive  a  promotion  that  would  carry  less  hazard  with  it. 

He  experienced  his  first  gas  attack  on  December  19,  1915.  The  Germans 
charged  four  men  deep  over  a  three-mile  front,  only  to  be  stopped  by  a 
withering  fire  before  they  had  progressed  fifty  yards.  He  said  it  was  certain 
death  to  the  man  wh,o  took  fifteen  seconds  to  adjust  his  helmet   (gas). 

In  1917,  he  had  been  in  the  British  Service  nearly  three  years. 

He  was  awarded  the  Military  Cross  (July  1916)  for  "deeds  of  valour," 
being  decorated  by  his  Majesty,  the  King. 

The  following  letter  to  Lieutenant  Speer's  father  from  his  Battalion 
Commander  shows  in  what  esteem  he  was  held,  and  how  well  he  performed 
his  duty: 

"Flanders,  June  10,  1916. 
"Dear  Sir:  I  have  the  honour  to  advise  you  that  your  son.  Lieutenant 
George  A.  Speer,  Jr.,  has  been  granted  the  Military  Cross  by  the  War 
Office  of  Great  Britain  for  deeds  of  valour  he  has  performed  while  serving 
with  me  in  the  Twenty-first  Battalion.  It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  be 
able  to  write  you  thus,  and  I  share  your  joy  and  pride  in  his  accomplish- 
ments. He  tells  me  yon  are  coming  over  to  England  this  summer.  I  hope 
we  will  be  able  to  arrange  matters  so  as  to  permit  George  to  meet  you  in 
England.  I  am  very  proud  of  my  'American'  officer. 
With  best  regards,  believe  me. 

Yours  sincerely, 

W.  St.  Piebee  Hughes, 
Lt.    Col.    21st   Canadian    Battalion." 

It  is  regretted  that  no  further  details  have  been  received,  though  it  is 
believed  he  received  promotion  to  a  Captaincy. 

First  Lieutenant  WESLEY  RONALD   ALLISON,   Class   1916. 
From   Pennsylvania 
208th  and  65th  Squadrons,  Royal  Flying  Corps,  B.  E.  F. 
He  was  rejected  for  the  U.  S.  Aviation  Service,  September  4,  1917,  be- 
cause of  deficient  hearing. 

In  November,  1917,  he  joined  the  Royal  Flying  Corps  as  Cadet  Flyer. 
On  March  16,  1918,  he.  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and,  on 
April  10,  First  Lieutenant,  on  which  last  day  he  sailed  for  England.  He 
was  assigned  to  the  Home  Defense  at  Dover,  May  1.  Went  to  France  and 
joined    the    208th    Squadron,    June    19.     On    August    9,    he    was    shot    down, 


346         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

wounded.  On  August  10,  he  was  again  shot  down,  wounded;  sent  to  HospitaL 
On  October  6,  he  was  assigned  to  the  G5th  Squadron.  On  December  15,  his 
machine  came  apart  wh.ile  in  the  air,  and  he  was  in  the  Hospital  from  the 
accident  until  April,  1919.  Continued  flying  duty  until  September  26. 
Discharged  from  the  Service,  December  29,  1919. 

First   Lieutenant   JOSEPH    FAVRE    BALDWIN,    Class    1912.      From    Texas. 

(M.   D.,   Tulane  University.) 
Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  attached  to  11th  Battalion,  Royal  Fusiliers,  B.  E.  F. 
Killed  in  action  in  France. 
Volunteered  in  October,  1917,  and  went  overseas  at  once. 
The  letters  below  tell  the  sad  story  of  the  cruel  "taking  off"  of  this 
noble  young  oflBcer: 

[From  The  Daily  Courier-Times  of  Tyler,  Texas:] 

"Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  P.  Baldwin  have  received  a  letter  from  a  friend  of  their 
late  son,  Lieut.  Favre  Baldwin,  who  recently  was  killed,  while  serving  at 
the  front  in  France.  This  friend,  Lieut.  Robert  W.  AshJey,  was  with  Lieu- 
tenant Baldwin  just  a  few  minutes  before  he  met  his  death.  This  letter,  from 
'Somewhere  in  France,'  dated  August  7,  1918,  is  printed  below,  as  well  as 
the  last  letter  that  Lieutenant  Baldwin  wrote.  It  was  taken  from  his  dead 
body  by  Lieutenant  Ashley. 

"The  Courier-Times  editor  has  read  many  letters  from  soldiers  written 
as  they  were  going  into  battle,  but  he  does  not  recall  having  read  one  of 
loftier  tone,  more  patriotic  sentiment  and  of  higher  faith  in  God  than  this 
last  message  penned  by  this  gifted  Tyler  boy.  There  is  an  element  of  philo 
sophy  running  through  the  lines  that  tells  of  the  spirit  with  which  our  boys 
go  to  their  death,  in  their  fight  to  free  th.e  world  from  German  kultur  and 
German  autocracy. 

"We  are  sure  the  bereaved  father  and  mother  will  find  much  to  console 
them  in  the  patriotic  utterance  in  this  letter.  What  could  be  more  con- 
soling than  the  final  paragraph,  which  reads  "In  the  words  of  the  old 
Romans,  'We  who  are  about  to  die,  salute  you.' " 

[Lieutenant  Ashley's  Letter:] 

'In  the  Field,  Aug.  7,  1918.— 'My  Dear  Dr.  Baldwin:  'Sitting  in  a  little 
room  in  one  of  the  large  cities  menaced  by  the  great  German  advance  of 
March  21,  listening  to  the  hum  of  Hun  planes  and  the  terrific  noise  of  the 
exploding  bombs,  and  wondering  when  we  should  be  able  to  find  the  units 
to  which  we  had  been  assigned,  our  thoughts  flew  back  to  those  we  love  at 
home.  We  then  (it  was  March  2G)  promised  that  in  case  either  of  us  should 
fall  tile  survivor  would  write  'home'  for  the  one  who  fell.  This  sad  duty 
now  devolves  upon  me,  and  I  am  writing  this  within  three  hours  of  your 
son's  death.  I  can  only  give  you  a  brief  account  now — I  shall  write  you 
again  as  soon  as  I  get  out  of  the  line. 

'Joe  and  I  were  medical  officers  to  two  battalions  of  the  same  brigade, 
and  he  had  arranged  to  have  his  aid  post  with  mine,  so  we  could  work 
together.  He  brought  his  men  and  supplies  here  and  then  stated  that  he 
had  to  go  to  his  battalion  headquarters.  I  tried  to  get  him  to  send  a  message 
by  a  runner  and  go  to  bed,  as  he  had  had  little  sleep  last  night.  This  he 
would  not  do,  however,  and  started  on  his  journey — (about  a  thousand  yards 
away).  The  next  I  heard  was  that  he  had  been  struck  by  a  piece  of  shell. 
No  one  was  with  him  at  the  time,  but  several  had  seen  the  shell  burst  and 
ran  over  to  him.  His  death  was  probably  instantaneous  and  painless.  His 
body  has  been  removed  by  the  54th  Field  Ambulance,  to  which  we  both  were 
attached  for  some  time,  and  I  shall  later  on  ascertain  the  exact  location  ol 
his  grave,  and  arrange  to  have  this  location  sent  to  you    (censorship  will 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distixguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       347 

prevent  my  sending  it  direct  to  you).  I  shall  attend  to  all  of  this,  if  my 
own  opportunity  for  rendering  the  supreme  sacrifice  does  not  come  before  I 
get  out  of  the  line.  If  you  do  not  hear  from  me  soon,  you  will  know  that  I, 
too,  have  met  my  shell.  T'his  information  will  probably  be  furnished  by  the 
Adjutant  of  the  lltli  Royal  Fusiliers  also,  but  we  are  a  long  way  from  you 
iind  cannot  be  too  careful. 

'I  inclose  a  letter  found  in  Joe's  pocketbook  (but  not  as  he  promised, 
sealed  and  addressed).  I  had  to  read  it  to  determine  to  whom  it  was  written. 
It  is  a  very  beautiful  letter,  and  I  am  glad  I  was  forced  to  read  it.  I  shall 
write  again  very  soon. 

'Please  believe  that  my  heart  goes  out  to  you  and  Mrs.  Baldwin.  I  have 
seen  a  lot  of  Joe  for  the  last  four  months,  and  he  was  a  very  dear  boy — 
and  true  blue. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Robert   W.   Ashley.'    - 
[Lieutenant  Baldwin's  Last  Letter:] 

"My  Darlings:  The  long-awaited  orders  have  just  come  through,  send- 
ing me  'up  the  line,'  and  to-morrow  will  find  me  in  the  thick  of  things. 
I  am  writing  this  letter  simply  as  a  precautionary  measure — having  no  idea 
of  ever  sending  it,  unless  I  am  killed  outright.  In  that  event,  it  will  be 
found  on  my  person — stamped  and  addressed  to  you,  and  you  will  receive 
it  as  my  very  last  message. 

"The  chances  are  about  one  out  of  ten  of  your  ever  reading  this  letter. 
I  fully  expect  to  come  through  unscathed.  And  why  not?  Scores  of  my 
R.  A.  M.  C.  friends  have  been  tlj  rough  four  years  of  the  same  sort  of 
thing,  and  are  still  here  to  tell  about  it,  and  lend  encouragement  to  thj 
unsophisticated. 

"If  I  am  killed,  or  even  mortally  wounded,  it  will  be  a  death  that 
should  be  a  consolation  to  you  for  all  time.  There  are  few  of  my  friends 
who  have  been  fortunate  enough  to  offer  the  supreme  sacrifice  within  so 
short  a  time  of  initial  enlistment. 

"Death  in  itself  has  no  terrors  for  me.  Its  physical  aspect  is  dependent 
entirely  upon  one's  moral  stamina:  its  contiguity  with  the  Life  Hereafter 
is  simply  a  matter  of  Faith,  and  Trust,  and   not   a  matter  to  inspire  fear. 

"You  will  always  have  the  knowledge  that  I  met  a  glorious  fate  and  died 
with  a  high  heart  and  a  perfect  Faith. 

"As  for  our  mutual  love,  no  mere  words  written  on  white  paper  need 
attempt  to  proclaim  it.  I  know  what  incomparable  parents  you  have  been 
to  me,  and  how  your  wonderful  unselfishness  and  self-sacrifice  have  been 
like  a  clarion  call  to  the  best  in  me. 

"Fixture  life  to  me  would  mean  a  striving  upward  from  the  foundations 
that  you  have  laid  for  me  to  the  heights  that  your  love  and  ambition  have 
pinnacled  for  me. 

"And,  so,  I  go^ — with  your  dear  faces  before  me,  and  your  love  my 
guide  and  strength. 

"Why  should  I  fear  bombs  and  shells,  when  I  know  that  your  love  has 
annihilated  the  spaces,  and  you  are  both  with  me  in  spirit,  walking  by  my 
side  through  all  my  labours. 

"And,  now,  my  saintly  mother  and  my  revered  father,  in  th,e  words  of 
the  old  Romans: 

'We,  who  are  about  to  die,  salute  you.' 

"Good-by, 

Favre." 

[From  his  Lieutenant  Colonel:! 

"Eleventh  Royal  Fusiliers,  B.  E.  F.,  August  8,  1918. 
"Dr.  A. 'p.  Baldwin: 

"Dear  Sir:  I  deeply  regret  to  report  that  your  son,  Lieut.  J.  F.  Baldwin, 
U,  S.  M.  C,  attached  to  this  battalion,  was  killed  in  action  about  11  A.  M., 


348         Virginia  Military  Institute — EWorld  War  Eecord 

on  the  7th  Instant.  I  am  afraid  that  no  words  of  mine  can  help  you  in 
your  great  loss,  but  I  should  like  you  to  know  how  much  your  son  had 
endeared  himself  to  all  in  the  battalion,  and  how  greatly  we  feel  his  loss. 
I  myself  know  that  I  have  lost  not  only  an  invaluable  medical  officer  but 
also  a  sincere  friend. 

"Tlie  battalion  attacked  at  dawn  on  the  7th  inst.,  and  I  myself  saw  your 
son  doing  some  invaluable  work  about  8  A.  M.,  collecting  the  wounded,  with 
great  coolness  under  heavy  artillery  and  machine-gun  fire,  to  which  he  paid 
no  attention.  I  saw  him  again  at  headquarters  about  10:30  A.  M.,  when  he 
went  out  to  attend  a  wounded  runner.  He  was  fatally  hit,  in  assisting  this 
man  down  the  Bray-Corbie  road,  at  a  point  almost  due  South  of  Albert,  by 
a  shell,  and  died  on  his  way  to  the  dressing  station.  The  doctor  who  attended 
him  tells  me  that  he  could  have  felt  no  pain.  He  was  buried  in  the  cemetery 
in  Frankvillers. 

"I  have  strongly  recommended  him  for  mention  in  dispatches  for  his 
gallant  conduct  throughout  the  morning. 

"Any  further  information  ycu  may  require  I  will  do  my  best  to  furnish. 

"Please  accept  on  behalf  of  myself  and  this  battalion  our  sincerest 
sympathy  with  you  in  your  great  loss. 

Yours  sincerely, 

K.  H.  Flewellyn, 
Lt.  Col.,  Commanding  11th  Bn.,  Royal  Fusiliers." 

[Action  of  the  Medical  Profession  of  his  home  city:] 
Th«  physicians  of  Tyler,  Texas,  gave  expression  to  their  sympathy  in 
the  loss  sustained  in  the  death  of  Lieutenant  Baldwin,  as  follows: 

"We  have  gathered  together  to-day  in  a  spirit  of  unison  to  express  our 
sorrow  over  the  loss  sustained  in  the  passing  away  of  our  deceased  friend. 

"This  is  an  unusual  occasion,  and  in  expressing  our  own  sorrow  we 
realize  that  the  reason  for  our  sadness  is  due  to  the  taking  away  from  us 
of  the  first  one  of  our  native-born  citizens  to  give  up  his  life  upon  the 
battlefields  of  Europe,  fighting  for  freedom  and  the  right.  We  recall  too 
that  the  life  gone  out  has  linked  closer  together  the  ties  of  friendship,  and 
of  love  for  the  others  whose  lives  are  still  to  be  offered  upon  the  same  altar 
of  freedom. 

"A  man's  life  is  measured  by  his  deeds,  and  good  deeds  never  die. 

"We  do  not  know  all  of  the  incidents  that  occurred  in  the  death  of 
Favre  Baldwin,  and  we  may  never  know  them,  but  we  have  learned  that  he 
gave  up  his  life  somewhere  along  the  firing  line  in  France. 

"In  commemoration  of  his  decease  it  was  not  too  much  honour  shown 
him  for  the  stores;  and  places  of  business  of  our  city  to  be  closed  for  just  a 
short  while,  to  permit  our  citizens  to  gather  together  and  recall  the  acts 
of  valour  and  courage  shown  by  him,  as  well  as  for  all  the  others  enlisted 
in  this  great  War  now  raging  across  the  seas. 

"Doctor  and  Lieutenant  Joseph  Favre  Baldwin  was  bom  in  the  city  of 
Tyler,  Texas,  on  August  3,  1893,  fsnd  was  a  graduate  of  the  Tyler  High 
School.  In  1909  he  entered  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  period  of  one  and  one-half  years,  resigning  his  Cadetship  in 
the  Second  Class  on  account  of  fever.  In  1911,  he  entered  the  Medical  De- 
nartment  of  Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  La.,  from  which,  school  he  was 
graduated  with  the  Class  of  1914.  After  graduating  from  Tulane  he  became 
associated  with  Touro  Infirmary  of  New  Orleans,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  In  October,  1917,  he  volunteered  his  services  to  the  government 
and  was  accepted,  and  sailed  for  Europe  in  the  same  month. 

"His  death  occurred  August  7,  1918. 

"We  recall  has  pleasant,  genial  companionship,  and  the  high  ideals  for 
which  he  lived.  Bright,  studious,  friendly,  a  physician  of  high  character. 
These  v/ere  some  of  his  attributes.  His  departure  has  cast  a  spirit  of  gloom 
over  our  city  and  a  sadness  which  members  of  our  profession  deeolv  feel. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       349 

"In  testimony  of  our  friendship  and  esteem  for  our  deceased  brother 
and  friend,  we  to-day  stand  in  the  presence  of  the  Ruler  of  the  universe 
with  bowed  heads  to  offer  this  preamble  and  resolution  in  memory  of 
Favre  Baldwin: 

"  'Whereas,  Doctor  Joseph  Favre  Baldwin,  we  learn,  has  lost  his  life 
upon  the  battlefields  of  France,  fighting  for  what  we  know  to  be  right,  and 

"  'Whereas,  we  have  known  him  as  a  physician,  whose  life  and  character 
were  exemplary  in  every  way,  and 

"  'Whereas,  the  medical  profession  has  lost  one  of  its  honoured  members, 
whose  death  is  deeply  deplored  by  us  all;  therefore,  be  it 

"  "Resolved,  That  the  medical  profession  of  Tyler  in  meeting  assembled, 
this  29th  day  of  August,  191S,  express  our  sorrow  at  the  loss  sustained  in 
the  death  of  Doctor  Joseph  Favre  Baldwin,  and  that  we  herewith  convey 
to  his  parents  and  relatives  our  sincere  sympathy  in  this  their  hour  of 
great  bereavement,  and  that  a  copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolution  be  sent 
to  the  parents  of  our  deceased  friend,  that  a  copy  be  published  in  the  papers 
of  our  city  and  in  our  State  Mediciil  Journal.' 

This  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Al,BERT   WOLDEKT,    M.    D., 

B.  H.  Vaughn,  M.   D., 

C.  L.  Hudson,  M.  D. 

Committee." 

First    Lieutenant   ROBERT    BARNWf.'LL   RHETT,    Class    1910. 

From   South  Carolina. 

Medical  Corps,   169th  Brigade,   5Cth   Division,  B.  E.  P. 

He  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Medical  Reserve 
October  25,  1915,  on  his  application,  made  just  after  the  Lusitania  was 
stmk.  In  response  to  a  request  for  volunteers  for  service  with  the  British 
Expeditionary  Force  in  France,  he  offered  himself  and  was  called  to  active 
duty,  June  23,  1917.  He  sailed  for  France,  July  28,  1917.  He  was  attached 
to  the  Royal  Army  Medical  Corps  (British),  August  ]G,  1917,  and  arrived  in 
France  three  days  later.  Attached  to  London  Field  Ambulance,  5fith  Divi- 
sion, B.  E.  F.,  August  27.  1917.  Battalion  Medical  Officer,  London  Rifle 
Brigade,  August  29,  1917.  After  this  he  served  with  the  various  battalions 
of  the  lG9th  Brigade  on  the  Cambrai  front  until  October  15,  1917,  when  he 
was  ordered  to  the  56th  C.  C.  S.  (British),  in  which  he  served  two  morrths. 
He  then  re-joined  the  56th  Division  at  Arras  and  served  in  the  various 
battalions  of  the  IGOth  Brigade  until  March  28,  1918,  when  h,e  had  the  mis- 
fortune to  be  captured  by  the  Enemy,  while  on  duty  as  Medical  Officer  of 
the  Queen's  Westminster  Regiment.  During  the  first  four  months  of  his 
captivity,  he  cared  for  the  wounded  British  in  the  hands  of  the  Enemy. 
After  this,  he  was  sent  to  the  American  Prison  Camp  at  Villingen,  in  Baden, 
Germany.  All  American  Officers  were  released,  November  30,  1918,  under 
the  terms  of  the  Armistice.  For  three  weeks,  ho  was  (with  the  other  captive 
officers)  kept  in  th,e  Convalescent  Camp  of  the  AUerey  Hospital  Centre. 
France. 

He  was  never  wounded  but  was  slightly  gassed  twice,  though  he  did 
not  report  sick,  or  leave  the  field. 

He  had  the  good  fortune  to  meet  at  Villin  the  only  other  V.  M.  I.  men 
captured  by  the  Germans  during  the  War:  Captain  C.  P.  Nash,  of  Class  1917, 
and  First  Lieutenant  J.  C.  Nelson,  Jr.,  of  Class  1918.  It  was  a  joyous  meet- 
ing, as  may  well  be  imagined. 


350         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

The  British  Government  decorated  First  Lieutenant  Rhett  with,  the 
"Military  Cross"  for  his  work  on  March  28,  1918 — the  day  he  was  captured, 
while  ministering  to  the  wounded  British  soldiers,  with  this  Citation: 
"1st  Lieutenant  R.  Barnwell  Rhett,  Medical  Corps,  169th  Brigade,  Infan- 
try, 56th  Division,  B.  E.  P.  For  conspicuous  gallantry  during  the  period 
preceding  the  battle  of  Ga\Telle,  March  28,  1918,  and  during  the  battle  itself, 
he  showed  great  keenness  in  proceeding  to  the  shelled  trenches  to  tend  the 
wounded,  instead  of  waiting  until  they  were  brought  to  the  R.  A.  P. 

"On  March  25,  191S,  he  accompanied  a  raiding  party  as  far  as  the  front 
line  where,  in  spite  of  heaT>'  shelling,  he  waited  until  the  party  was  back 
and  his  services  were  no  longer  required. 

"He  worked  with  the  utmost  devotion  on  March  28,  1918,  refusing  to 
leave  the  wounded  when  the  trenches  were  overrun  by  the  Enemy.  He 
tended  them  in  the  midst  of  vigorous  bombing,  and  was  finally  captured." 
He  received  a  Citation  from  the  American  Army,  also,  "in  recognition  of 
meritorious  services  rendered  the  Allied  Cause." 

He  was  twice  recommended  for  promotion  in  the  A.  E.  P.  by  his 
British  Superiors,  once  for  a  Captaincy  and  again  for  a  Majority. 

Lieutenant  Rhett's  father,  the  late  distinguished  Dr.  R.  Barnwell  Rhett 
(v/lio  served  in  the  Spanish- American  War  with  so  much  honour),  and 
one  brother  were  "V.  M.  I.  boys"  also.  Four  sons  of  Dr.  Rhett,  Sr.,  served  in 
the  World  War — two  of  them  in  the  Armies  Overseas. 

He  was  honourably  discharged,  at  Camp  Dix,  N  J.,  January  25,  1919, 
after  eighteen  months'  overseas  service. 

First  Lieutenant  JAMES  H.  DRAKE,  JR.,  Class  1901.     From  Virginia. 

Battalion   Bombing  Officer,   First   Company, 

Twenty-fourth   Battalion,   London    (Queen's)    Regiment,   B.   E.    F. 

Soon  after  England  declared  War  against  the  Central  Powers  he  volun- 
teered his  services  and  received  a  commission  in  the  British  Army  as  Second 
Lieutenant,  and,  later,  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant.  Two  years  later, 
when  his  own  Country  entered  the  War,  he  at  once  took  steps  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  A.  E.  F.;  but,  by  that  time,  though  his  spirit  was  as  brave  as 
ever,  his  constitution  had  been  wrecked  by  wounds,  shell  shock,  gas,  and  all 
the  hardships  of  his  long  and  gallant  service  in  the  British  Expeditionary 
Force. 

In  July,  1915,  while  engaged  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  British  Army,  drilling 
"Rookies"  at  one  of  the  recruiting  camps,  he  wrote:  "Busy,  interested,  tired 
at  nigh.t,  hungry  at  mealtime.  A  good  bunch,  a  good  camp — in  fact,  I'm 
lucky,  very,  very,  lucky."  He  had  the  spirit  of  the  born  soldier,  and, 
besides,  the  training  to  make  him  an  efficient  officer;  and,  at  this  time,  he 
was  very  optimistic  and  very  happy. 

Soon,  he  was  on  French  soil,  and  at  the  front.  In  a  short  time,  he  went 
into  action,  was  wounded,  and  commended  for  gallantry. 

News  came  in  March.  1916,  that  he  was  in  command  of  his  Company 
of  bomb  throwers  (for  which  duty  only  the  best  men  were  chosen),  and  was 
winning  fame  for  himself,  and  rendering  valuable  aid  to  His  Majesty,  King 
George  V,  on  the  battlefields  of  Northern  France 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       351 

Mrs.  Henry  Ainley,  a  native  of  Vermont,  but  who  had  been  living  in 
London  for  the  last  sixteen  years,  told  an  interesting  story  (in  March,  191G) 
of  Lieutenant  Drake,  which  the  Richmond  Neios-Leadcr  thus  relates: 

"  'When  a  request  came  from  the  front  for  two  able  officers  to  be  sent  on,' 
said  Mrs.  Ainley,  'Lieutenant  Drake  was  chosen  over  ten  others  who  had 
greater  experience  than  he.  At  the  front,  Lieutenant  Drake  was  placed  in 
command  of  a  Company  of  bombers  to  hold  a  most  dangerous  position.  The 
trendies  were  so  close  together  that  the  men  used  nothing  but  hand  grenadea 
and  old-fashioned  maces.  It  was  in  a  recent  battle  in  Northern  France  that 
Lieutenant  Drake  distinguished  himself  for  bravery,  acquitting  himself  (in 
the  words  of  his  superior  officer),  "with  unusual  courage,  steadiness  and 
remarkable  unselfishness,  holding  his  position  for  eighit  days,  when  he  was 
only  ordered  to  maintain  it  for  forty-eight  hours."  Lieutenant  Drake  re- 
mained at  his  post  until  forced  to  yield  to  an  attack  of  trench  fever.' 

"Mrs.  Ainley  who  had  seen  service  in  both  the  German  and  Allied  terri- 
tory as  a  Red  Cross  nurse  was  well  acquainted  with  Lieutenant  Drake's 
commanding  officer.  She  said  this  officer  regarded  Lieutenant  Drake  as  a 
very  fine  soldier,  of  whom  great  things  were  expected. 

"This  lady  was  asked  about  the  report  that  Lieutenant  Drake  had  been 
gazetted!  on  the  field  of  battle  for  conspicuous  bravery,  and  had  been  recom- 
mended for  the  Victoria  Cross.  She  replied  that  it  was  true  that  Drake 
had  been  recommended  for  promotion,  but  she  was  unable  to  say  whether 
he  had  been  recommended  for  the  Victoria  Cross,  or  not." 

On  June  28,  191G,  First  Lieutenant  Drake  wrote  to  the  Richmond  Times- 
Dispatcli,  as  follows: 

"To  the  Editor  of  The  Times-Bisimtch: 
"Sir: 

"To  one  who  for  years  has  been  interested  in  'preparedneess,'  the  present 
hysteria  in  America  is  rather  amusing,  or  would  be,  were  it  not  so  pathetic 
in  its  aspects  of  futility. 

"To  my  mind,  it  has  always  appeared  that  our  dawdling,  weak-minded, 
feeble  policy  has  been  due  to  three  causes:  first,  the  desire  of  the  Congress 
to  dip  into  the  pork  barrel;  second,  the  desire  of  the  Congressmen  to  appeal 
to  the  unintelligent  mass  of  th.e  untaught  proletariat  who  bumptiously  be- 
lieve that  one  American  with  a  peashooter  can  keep  at  bay  a  regiment  of 
trained  soldiers;  third,  to  the  selfish  efforts  at  self-aggrandizement  of  militia 
officers  who,  rather  than  see  an  efficient  army  not  subject  to  their  influence, 
would  prefer  the  Country  to  be  defenseless. 

"I  know  something  of  the  American,  British,  French  and  German 
Armies.  Also,  I  have  seen  the  'territorials'  of  these  Armies,  and  I  assert 
that  the  worst  territorial  regiments  of  the  foreign  armies  are  as  good  as, 
and  the  officers  better  trained  than,  any  regiments  in  the  American  National 
Guard,  save  only  the  very  best. 

"On  the  other  hand,  the  American  Army  is  the  equal  in  quality  and 
training  of  any  foreign  army,  save  only  in  matters  in  which  its  efficiency 
has  been  curtailed  by  pernicious  government. 

"Only  about  two  or  three  years  ago,  the  regular  army  wanted  money 
for  one  motor  truck  to  test  out  this  method  of  transportation,  and  evevi 
this  was  denied.  Why,  during  the  first  month  at  Verdun,  France  lost 
1.200  motor  carriers,  and  this  was  so  small  a  proportion  as  to  make  no 
difference  to  the  Service.  Yes,  the  regulars  know  their  business,  and 
America  would  do  well  to  listen  to  tliem.  They  are  like  the  'contemptible 
little  Army'  that  England  sent  to  France — ^the  Army  that  saved  France, 
saved  Europe,  and  saved  the  soul  of  the  world. 

"Listen  to  your  regulars;  they  are  soldiers." 

During  the  ensuing  nine  months,  this  brave  officer  saw  hard  service 
in  the  trench,ps,  and  was  in  numerous  actions  where  he  suffered  from  wounds. 


352         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

and  gas  attacks,  and  shell  shock,  until  he  was  a  physical  wreck.  After  he 
became  practically  disqualified  for  active  service  at  the  front,  he  came  home 
on  leave,  but  staid  only  a  few  weeks,  though  his  family  and  friends  urged 
him  to  ask  for  an  honourable  discharge,  owing  to  his  sad  and  precarious 
condition.  But,  in  his  unconquerable  optimism  and  zeal  for  the  cause  so 
dear  to  his  heart,  he  refused  to  yield  to  their  entreaties. 

Following  his  return  to  England,  he  v/as  assigned  to  a  training  camp 
near  London,  as  Bombing  Instructor,  he  being  a  specialist  in  this  form  of 
warfare  which  played  such  an  important  part  in  the  battle  against  the 
Huns.  But  soon  his  condition  was  found  to  be  so  serious,  he  was  invalided 
from  the  Service  with  "honourary  rank,"  according  to  a  cablegram  re- 
ceived by  his  family.  He,  however,  chose  to  remain  in  London,  while  seek- 
ing admission  to  the  American  Army.  He  had  received  the  highest  com- 
mendation from  his  superior  officers  in  the  B.  E.  F.,  for  exceptional  gallantry 
in  numerous  actions  and  for  conspicuous  efficiency  as  an  officer. 

Copies  of  letters  written  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  Parker,  D.  S.  0., 
commanding  Lieutenant  Drake's  regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  G.  A. 
Buxton  Carr,  former  Commander,  attesting  to  his  brilliant  career,  were 
forwarded  through  American  Officials  to  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
A.  E.  F.,  along  Avith  Lieutenant  Drake's  application  for  transfer.  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Parker  wrote  as  follows: 

"Lieutenant  J.  H.  Drake,  when  acting  as  Battalion  Bombing  OfScer,  was 
attached  to  the  companies  then  under  my  command,  during  the  operations 
following  on  the  German  attack  on  the  'Kairpin,'  near  the  HoheuzoUeru 
redoubt.  Loos  Salient,  on  December  30,  1915.  During  this  very  trying  period 
he  displayed  the  most  tireless  energy,  and  it  was  largely  due  to  his  skillful 
dispositions  that  all  attempts  against  the  sector  held  by  the  Twenty-fourth 
Battalion  were  without  result  to  the  Enemy.  I  took  over  command  of  the 
battalion  in  March,  1916,  and  Lieutenant  Drake  was  evacuated  in  April 
or  May,  suffering  from  shell  shock,  the  effects  of  which  were  aggravated 
by  strain  on  his  vitality,  during  the  operations  referred  to." 

A  similar  letter  was  written  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Carr.  But  the  brave 
soldier  never  reached  the  American  Army.  Soon  after  arriving  in  London, 
he  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  and  was  carried  to  a  Military  Hospital  in 
that  City.  The  Surgeon  (a  heart  Specialist)  wrote  his  parents  that  he 
was  in  a  critical  condition,  but  that  he  had  warm  friends  who  would  do 
everything  that  was  possible  for  him.  When  stricken,  Lord  Sandwitch 
had  already  arranged  for  him  to  take  an  absent  speaker's  place  at  a  large 
gathering.  He  lingered  only  a  short  time.  On  September  23,  1918,  his 
brave  spirit  was  released  from  the  suffering  body.  And  then,  it  is  hoped, 
he  got  his   "transfer" — his   translation — to   a   world   of   Everlasting   Peace. 

Hi.«i  broken-hearted  parents  wrote: 

"We  are  sad  old  people,  but  comforted  in  knowing  he  was  brave,  and 
tried  to  do  his  best." 

[From  the  Times-Dispatch  of  Richmond,  Va.:] 

"*  *  *  'Jimmy'  Drake,  as  he  was  best  known  by  his  many  Richmond 
friends,  was  among  the  most  popular  men  of  the  Richmond  bar.  He  was 
born  on  February  22,  1881,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  H.  Drake,  1408 
Floyd  Avenue,  and  received  his  early  education  in  McCabe's  School  in  Rich- 


Some  of  tiih  Specially  Dlstingul^tiku  Amuini  (Coiifd)       353 

mond.  In  1897  lie  was  admitted  to  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  leaving 
there  after  several  years  to  enter  the  University  of  Virginia.  He  gradu- 
ated in  1903  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  law,  and  was  immediately  ad- 
mitted to  the  Richmond  bar. 

"He  practised  law  here  until  early  in  1915,  when  he  decided  to  throw 
himself  in  the  fight  against  the  Germans,  who  a  few  months  before  had 
trampled  through  Belgium.  Drake  was  an  ardent  partisan  and  advocate  of 
the  allied  cause,  and  on  April  10,  1915,  set  sail  for  England.  Arriving  in 
London,  he  enlisted  in  one  of  the  most  famous  of  British  units,  the  Twenty- 
fourth  London  Regiment,  Queen's  Own,  which  has  been  organized  since  IGGl. 

"Shortly  after  enlisting,  Drake's  previous  military  training  at  Virginia 
Military  Institute  and  his  capabilities  won  for  him  a  commission  as  Second 
Lieutenant  in  this  famous  London  organization,  and,  later,  he  was  raised  to 
First  Lieutenant.  In  August,  1915,  the  young  man  sailed  for  France  and 
immediately  went  into  action  at  the  front,  where  he  stayed  for  a  year. 
Then  he  was  gassed  and  was  invalided  to  London,  suffering  from  shell  shock 
In  April  of  this  year  the  young  man  suffered  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  the  resul; 
of  the  shell  shock,  and  lingered  until  Monday,  when  he  died. 

"Official  notification  was  received  yesterday  by  the  young  man's  father, 
who  is  General  Freight  Agent  for  the  Southern  Railway.  Both  parents  of 
the  attorney  survive,  in  addition  to  three  brothers  and  two  sisters. 

"Lieutenant  Drake  was  for  some  years  a  member  of  the  Richmond 
Light  Infantry  Blues,  and  rose  to  the  position  of  First  Lieutenant  of  Com- 
pany 'B.' 

"  'Jijimy'  Drake." 

"To  the  Editor  of  The  Times-Dispatch: 

"Sir, — Among  the  many  thousands  of  high  and  brave  men  serving  in 
this  war  there  is  not  and  has  not  been  one  braver  or  higher  than  'Jimmy' 
Drake,  Richmond,  whose  death,  in  a  British  Hospital,  was  announced  in 
your  columns  Friday  morning.  He  was  a  knight  errant  in  the  highest  sense. 
The  chivalry  that  glorified  the  days  when  knighthood  was  in  its  noblest 
flower  lived  in  him.  From  his  soul  he  hated  wrong  and  meanness  and 
oppression.  He  was  impulsively  eager  to  do  battle  against  them,  regard- 
less of  their  power  of  strength.  He  loved  and  honoured  honour  and  justice 
and  right,  and  in  standing  and  fighting  for  them  took  no  account  of  con- 
sequences to  himself. 

"Ten  or  twelve  years  ago  when  a  few  men  in  Richmond  were  trying 
to  overthrow  the  'Money  Sharks,'  who  then  were  grinding  the  faces  of  the 
poor,  'Jimmy'  Drake  voluntered  to  do  for  them  the  legal  work.  When 
his  fight  became  formidable,  because  he  won  all  his  cases,  he  was  offered 
very  attra,ctive  terms  to  cease.  He  did  not  consider,  or  even  mention,  the 
proposition.  Day  after  day  his  service  was  at  the  command  of  the  poorest 
and  lowliest  man  or  woman,  white  or  black,  who  had  been  wronged  and 
despoiled.  He  was  a  practical,  quiet,  tireless  and  dauntless  reformer  and 
champion  of  the  weak  and  helpless  and  miserable  against  ill-gotten  riches 
and  might,  taking  no  collections,  asking  no  fees,  advertising  or  salaries, 
not  even  thanks.  Probably  he  drew  and  worked  through  the  General  As- 
sembly the  measure  Avhich  has  done  much  to  rid  the  State  of  the  pests  his 
generous  heart  abhorred,  and  against  whom  his  quick  hand  was  lifted  be- 
cause thiey  were  thriving  on  the  sorrows  of  the  ignorant  and  sorely  pressed: 
but  he  lifted  no  voice  against  the  construction  of  society,  and  never  vaunted 
himself  as  a  deliverer  of  the  people 

"It  was  in  accordance  with  his  character  and  career  that  he  left  home 
and  safety  and  ease  and  friends  and  crossed  the  sea  to  offer  his  life  for  the 
allies,  when  their  prospects  were  darkest  and  there  were  no  signs  of  help 
for  them  from  his  own  government.  That  was  'Jimmy'  Drake  exactly. 
"What  he  believed  to  be  right  he  was  ready  to  die  for  and  sacrifice  himself 
for,  and  without  stopping  to  measure  odds  or  ask  terms.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  he  faced  the  last  foe  of  all  with  the  same  bright  and  ready  smile  with 


354         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

which  he  met  his  friends— the  smile  of  the  man  unafraid,  conscious  that  he 
cannot  be  made  afraid,  and  so  facing  the  world  serenely,  affectionate  to  the 
many  he  loved,  generous  and  fair  to  those  he  fought,  abundant  in  his  gentle 
kindliness  to  the  weak  and  wretched — a  gallant,  happy  gentleman  and  type 
of  the  best  of  Virginia. 

"He  was  the  kind  of  man  many  of  us  believe  the  Almighty  especially 
loves.  No  death  could  be  sweeter  than  his  was,  or  could  have  been  more 
desired  by  him — death  from  the  dedication  of  his  manhood,  his  courage  and 
his  all  for  the  good  cause  of  the  stricken  and  wronged  against  the  strong, 
and  the  news  of  victory  ringing  in  his  heart  with  his  last  throbs. 

W." 

"Richmond,  Va.,  September  30,  191S." 

First  Lieutenant  SIDNEY  A.  LOUGHRIDGE,  Class  1904.  From  Kentucky. 
Royal  Field  Artillery,  B.  E.  F. 

He  joined  the  Anglo-American  Corps,  October  1,  1914.  This  Corpg 
having  been  disbanded  soon  afterwards,  le  joined  the  Royal  Field  Artillery, 
December  17,  1914.  After  training  in  the  Artillery  School,  he  was  sent  to 
the  B.  B.  F.,  January  22,  1915,  being  posted  to  the  Meerut  Division,  Artillery. 
in  France,  as  Second  Lieutenant. 

About  this  time  he  wrote  his  brother  the  following  letter: 

"4th  Brigade  A.  C,  Meerut  Div.,  R.  F.  A.  Indian  Forces. 

"P.Iy  brigade  has  just  come  out  of  action  for  a  ten-day  rest.  We  had 
some  rather  lively  times  while  in  action.  I  was  observing  fire  with  the 
Seventh  Battery,  from  a  point  just  behind  the  trenches,  and  there  were 
plenty  of  shells  flying.  Besides  that,  th.e  snipers  shot  at  you  both  coming 
and  going.     You  soon  get  used  to  the  whole  show,  but  never  so  you  like  it. 

"A  major  and  telephonist  were  wounded  in  the  observation  station  while 
I  was  there.  Just  luck  that  I  didn't  get  it.  Three  shells  came  through  and 
two  burst  in  the  room.  The  effect  of  shrapnel  is  forward,  as  the  bursting 
charge  is  in  the  base  and  these  burst  a  little  late. 

"There  are  plenty  of  sensations  to  be  experienced  in  this  show^  as  all 
other  wars  are  child's  play  by  comparison.  We  have  the  Germans  properly 
set  and  no  one  is  worried  about  the  outcome.  When  the  time  comes,  and 
the  new  armies  are  out,  there  will  be  something  doing.  I  belong  to  the 
regulars,  which  isn't  so  bad.  In  fact,  I  got  to  the  front  very  quickly,  after 
taking  tlie  officers'  course  at  the  artillery  school  at  Shawburyness,  which  is 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Thames. 

"The  war  zone  is  a.  wreck.  Wherever  the  line  comes  everything  is 
wrecked  for  three  miles  on  each  side.  You  cannot  imagine  the  destruction 
caused  by  modern  artillery.  This  is  not  real  war,  but  scientific  murder. 
In  the  observation  station  we  look  over  a  plain  covering  three  thousand 
yards.  In  front  are  tlie  German  trenches  with  no  sign  of  life  except  a  rifle 
crack  from  portholes. 

"Behind  haystacks,  hedges,  ditches,  etc.,  the  artillery  is  concealed,  with 
branches  of  trees  for  covering.  The  whole  scene  is  one  of  peace  and  in- 
action, but  the  roar  is  awful. 

"I  have  seen  few  Germans,  although  using  a  telescope,  but  the  stuff 
they  send  I  hear  whistling  about  always.  They  are  awfully  brave,  and  good 
fighters,  but  they  are  on  the  wrong  trail.  As  individual  fighters  they  don't 
compare  to  the  English,,  because  without  their  officers  they  are  lost,  whereas, 
the  English  Tommie  fights  on  his  own  initiative. 

"We  go  back  into  action  on  the  24th.  I  hope  that  I  will  get  a  chance 
to  do  something  real,  as  this  war  is  one  that  every  American  should  feel  a 
personal  interest  in.  The  Germans  insist  upon  forcing  their  ideas  of  life 
upon  the  rest  of  the  world,  and  you  know  how  far  that  would  go  in  America. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       355 

"We  have  fine  horses  and  plenty  of  them.  I  have  two,  one  is  a  fine 
jumper  and  very  spirited,  in  fact  a  polo  pony. 

"The  French  farmer  can  show  you  a  lot  about  farming.  Every  farm 
that  keeps  cows  has  a  wheel  like  a  'squirrel  cage,'  in  which  they  place  a  dog 
(any  kind  of  a  dog),  and  he  churns  the^ilk.  To  thresh  the  grain  they  hitch 
a  horse  or  oxen  to  a  turnstile,  connectWl  to  a  gear  which  runs  the  thresher. 
Nothing  that  has  energy  is  allowed  to  loaf.  The  farms  are  all  compactly 
built  in  the  form  of  a  square.  The  house  is  in  front;  cow  barn  on  one  side, 
horse  barn  on  other,  chickenhouse,  dog  kennel,  store  rooms,  etc.,  at  back, 
the  court  is  paved  and  in  the  center  is  a  pool  into  which  the  manure,  etc., 
is  put.  All  roofs  are  tile,  they  last.  All  buildings  brick,  they  last.  All  the 
flooring  is  tile,  it  lasts. 

"And  a  farm  is  never  dilapidated,  and  is  always  saleable.  It  looks  good. 
No  machinery  is  allowed  to  stay  in  the  open.  Everything  has  a  value,  strav,-, 
manure,  water,  everything.  Even  twigs  are  used  for  fencing,  thatching, 
sweeping.     No  wonder  we  can't  compete  with  the  European  farmer. 

"It  is  remarkable  to  see  the  way  they  come  back  and  plow  and  sow, 
as  the  battle  line  moves  forward.  They  come  up  to  a  thousand  yards  of  the 
trenches  and  plant,  with  shells  all  about,  and  well  within  the  range  of  rifle 
fire. 

"Every  morning  when  you  get  up  you  should  thank  George  Washington, 
or  some  one,  that  America  has  no  powerful  foes  close  by.  Every  family  here 
has  one  or  two  members  at  the  front.  The  farm  I  write  this  from  is  four 
miles  from  the  line.  The  farmer  has  three  sons  serving.  He  can't  do  too 
much  for  us,  and  we  try  to  do  all  we  can  for  him.  We  pay  for  everything 
we  use. 

"I  love  this  life  and  can't  say  that  the  hardships  are  not  pleasant  in 
a  way.     Weather  is  bad,  but  that  is  to  be  expected. 

Your  devoted  brother, 

Sid." 

He  continued  in  t'ne  same  organization,  seeing  much  hard  service  at  the 
front  in  France,  until  August  15,  1915.  He  had  been  blown  up  in  an  ex- 
plosion and  was  evacuated  to  a  Hospital  in  England.  He  remained  in 
Hospital  until  October  15,  1915,  when  he  was  posted  to  the  4th  Reserve 
Brigade  at  Glasgow,  as  Telephone  and  Artillery  Instructor.  A  call  was 
made  for  volunteer  ofllcers  for  duty  in  the  Anti-Aircraft  Service  at  home. 
He  volunteered  in  May,  1916,  and  was  transferred  from  the  Artillery 
School  to  the  Dover  Anti-Aircraft  Defenses,  in  June,  191G.  He  was  in 
charge  of  Langdon  Anti-Aircraft  Battery  at  Dover,  until  June,  1917,  when 
he  was  appointed  Officer  in  Charge  of  Electric  Heights  Finders,  on  the 
Kent  Coast.     (He  had  been  promoted   to  First  Lieutenant  in  April,   1917.) 

W^hen  this  work  was  completed,  he  was  put  in  charge  of  the  Battery 
in  the   Sherness   Defenses  where  he  remained  until   th,e  close   of  the  War. 

He  was  demobilized  in  January,  1919,  and  re-patriated  in  September,  1919. 

He  was  in  the  battles  of  Neuve  Chappelle,  La  Basse  and  Fromelles.  In 
1915,  he  received  the  British  Overseas  Star,  and  the  Allied  Victory  decora- 
tion afterwards.  He  was  recommended  for  the  Order  of  the  British  Empire 
by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Dittraan,  OflScer  of  the  Dover  Defenses. 

He  returned  home  safely,  a  few  months  ago,  and  is  now  in  business  as 
an  Oil  Operator  at  Sh.reveport,  La.,  328  Market  Street.  His  old  home  is 
Lexington,  Kentucky. 


356         Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Second   Lieutenant   HERBERT   R.   HORDERN,   Class   1914,   Cadet   Quarter- 
master.    From  Virginia. 
"Irish  Guards,"  B.  E.  F. 

Born  at  Federal  Hill,  Alexandria  County,  Virginia,  of  distinguished 
English    (his   father's)    and   American    (his   mother's)    ancestry. 

He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  "Irish  Guards,"  B.  E.  F., 
in  July,  1915,  and  joined  the  3rd  Battalion  at  Warley,  England,  December 
20,  1915.  He  was  later  transferred  to  the  2nd  Battalion  at  Ypres.  He 
served  as  Adjutant  for  six  months,  until  he  was  desperately  wounded  in  the 
spine,  August  2,  1916,  in  the  battle  of  the  Somme,  near  Thiepval,  France. 

His  mother  wrote,  August  6,  1917: 

"My  boy's  life  at  the  V.  M.  I.  was  full  of  joy,  and  the  ideals  he  formed 
there  were  high.  His  pride  in  the  School  is  unbounded,  and  when  I  was 
with  him  last  winter  in  England,  the  first  thing  he  said,  when  well  enough 
to  talk,  was  that  he  found  among  British  Army  Olficers  tlie  V.  M.  I.  stood 
higher,  was  much  better  known,  than  West  Point. 

"His  dearest  wish  ever  was  to  be  a  soldier;  and  when  this  War  came 
he  felt  from  th*j  first  the  most  intense  desire  to  go  to  the  front  in  any 
capacity.  However,  he  was  lucky  to  get  a  commission  in  the  Irish  Guards, 
where,  I  am  told  by  his  officers,  he  made  good  from  the  first;  and  those 
warm-hearted  Irish  adopted  their  American  'Sammy'  with  sincere  affection. 

"He  was  hit  in  action,  August  2,  1916,  by  a  bit  of  shell-casing  and  very 
badly  wounded  (his  spine  splintered).  After  six  weeks  in  France  where  he 
was  given  wonderful  care,  and  after  a  tedious  operation,  he  was  moved 
to  a  small  Military  Ho.spital  for  officers  in  Vincent  Square,  London,  where 
I  joined  him.  In  November  another  operation  was  performed;  and.  after 
many  anxious  weeks  and  agonies  of  pain  unspeakable,  he  began  slowly  to 
creep  back  to  life.  He  is  Etill  in  Hospital,  but  convalescent,  and  we  are  now 
hopeful  he  may  in  time  be  well.  V/hether  he  will  again  be  with  his  beloved 
regiment,  we  can  not  yet  say,  but  he  has  iiO  other  hope  than  to  get  back 
to  his  work.  He  has  been  brave — never  a  murmur.  I  am  sure  he  would 
rather  suffer  it  all  again  than  to  have  lived  his  life  in  ease,  not  a  soldier. 

"I  have  only  the  one  son,  but  I  wish  I  had  others  to  give  for  this 
wonderful  fight,  that  men  may  be  free. 

"While  in  London  an  American  woman  (married  to  an  Englishman, 
and  living  in  London)  came  to  see  my  boy,  and  while  there  told  me  of  another 
American  boy  she  had  found  in  King  George's  Hospital  for  enlisted  men. 
I  went  at  once  to  see  him,  as  she  said  she  was  sure  he  was  from  the  South. 
I  found  Alexander  McClintock,  from  Lexington,  Kentucky,  who  told  me  he, 
too,  was  an  'old  V.  M.  I.  boy.'  He  had  gone  in  with,  a  Canadian  regiment, 
and,  after  they  were  so  badly  cut  up,  was  sent  to  fill  in  the  Cold  Stream 
Guards,  and  was  very  badly  wounded  in  a  charge  they  made,  September,  1916. 
I  left  London  soon  after  seeing  him  (he  was  then  getting  on  well,  and  Mrs. 
Page,  our  Ambassador's  wife,  promised  to  look  after  him.)  On  reaching  New 
York  in  February,  I  was,  surprised  to  see  an  account  of  his  being  decorated 
by  the  King;  tli.e  young  men  of  the  Embassy  had  written  him  up.  [See  a 
brief  account  of  this  gallant  young  soldier  in  this  book.] 

"I  fear  I  have  been  very  tiresome,  but  you  will  forgive,  I  hope,  a  very 
loving  soldier's  mother." 

Lieutenant  Hordern  was  not  graduated  with  his  Class  in  1914,  owing 
to  some  Academic  deficiency;  but,  upon  the  presentation  of  his  pathetic  case 
to  the  Board  of  Visitors,  together  with  an  account  of  his  splendid  conduct 
as  an  officer  in  the  British  Army,  the  Board  conferred  upon  him  h.is  Diploma 
as  a  Graduate  of  Class  1914,  at  its  meeting  on  January  1,  1918. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       357 

This  glad  news  was  communicated  at  once  to  his  mother;   whereupon, 
she  wrote  the  Historiographer,  as  follows: 

"G801  McPherson  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  January  26,  1918. 

"My  dear  Colonel  : 

"How  can  I  thank  you  for  your  delightful  letter  and  its  most  wonder- 


ful news? 


\l 


"It  is  indeed  a  deep  joy  to  me,  for  it  has  been  a  real  heartache  to 
think  that  after  all  those  happy  years  at  Lexington,  and  his  devotion  to  the 
V.  M.  I.  (for  he  truly  loves  every  stone  in  the  walls),  my  boy's  name  is  not 
on  the  Graduate  Roster.     (It  is  now. — Historiographer.) 

"I  feel  sure  all  his  Classmates  will  be  glad.  I  will  send  him  a^  cable 
at  jonce.  1         J  ,-/:  /,-■[,  ''|-f|3ill 

"He  is,  I  am  most  happy  to  tell  you,  very  much  better,  can  now  walk 
about  in  the  house,  and  even  get  up  steps,  with  his  sticks.  He  is  still  under 
his  medical  board,  at  a  convalescent  home  for  officers  at  Brighton  (The 
Herbert  Samuelson  Hospital,  2  Sussex  Square),  and  spends  most  of  his  days 
in  the  wonderful  bracing  air  of  that  charming  place. 

"He  would  so  love  to  have  a  letter  from  you,  if  you  are  not  already  too 
much  taxed  to  send  him  one. 

With  a  most  grateful  heart, 

I  am  very  truly  yours," 

Nearly  four  years  have  passed  since  this  gallant  officer  received  his 
wounds,  and  he  is  not  yet  entirely  recovered,  and  probably  will  never  be. 
But  that  Diploma,  it  can  not  be  doubted,  had  much  to  do  with  saving  his 
life,  humanly  speaking. 

Second   Lieutenant   RICHARD   JACKSON   HOWARD,   Class   1914. 

From  Missouri. 

"Black  Watch,"   B.   E.   F. 

"Entered    into   rest   'Somewhere    in   France.'  " 

Son  of  the  late  Edward  T.  Howard,  Graduate  of  the  U.   S.  M.  A.  and 

Edith  Powell,  of  Saint  Louis,  Missouri. 

He  enlisted  in  the   "Seaforth   Highlanders,"  B.  E.   F.,  April,   1915,  and 
received    a   commission    as    Second    Lieutenant    in    the   "Black   Watch,"    in 
August,  1915,  which  position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death,  March  17,  1916. 
His  mother  wrote: 

"Richard  was  naturally  a  military  man,  and  I  feel  sure  his  training 
at  Roller's  and  the  V.  M.  I.  helped  him  to  get  his  commission.  Everyone  on 
the  other  side  has  been  most  kind  about  writing  to  us.  Four  letters  have 
been  received — from  his  Colonel,  his  Captain  and  from  two  of  his  brother- 
Lieutenants, 

"We  only  know  that  a  brother  officer  and  he  were  helping  with  the 
wounded,  when  a  h,igh  explosive  shell  burst  and  killed  them  both  instantly. 

"He  was  buried  by  the  Roman  Catholici  Chaplain,  with  full  military 
honours,   just  back   of  the  trenches — 'Somewhere   in   France.'  " 

This  is  the  short  record  that  has  been  received.  Nothing  more  can 
be  added  now,  except  this:  h,e  was  awarded,  posthumously,  the  "Victoria 
Cross" — the  highest  decoration  for  valour  the  British  can  bestow. 


358  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

Second  Lieutenant  KIFFIN  YATES  ROCKWELL.  Class  1912. 

From    North    Carolina. 

Sergeant  and  Volunteer  in  Franco-American  Flying  Corps. 

Killed  in  action  before  he  knew  of  his  promotion. 

(Born  in  Tennessee,  but  entered  V.  M.  I.  from  Asheville,  North  Carolina.) 

He  gave  up  his  work  with  the  Massingall  Advertising  Agency  in  Atlanta, 
Georgia,  and  left  for  Europe  on  August  5,  1914.  He  enlisted  in  the  Foreign 
Legion  of  France,  August  31,  1914.  He  was  wounded  in  the  hip  in  the 
battle  of  Arras,  May  9,  1915,  being  in  the  regiment  that  made  the  bayonet 
charge  that  drove  the  Germans  from  their  trenches  on  that  day.  He  fought 
for  five  hours,  and  so  great  was  the  number  of  wounded  in  this  action  that 
it  was  four  days  before  he  received  surgical  attention.  He  was  in  Hospital 
at  Reaves,  France,  but  after  three  months'  stay  he  was  back  with  his 
regiment.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the  Aviation  Service.  After  three 
months  spent  at  the  Aviation  School  he  mastered  the  most  difficult  machine 
then  known  to  the  French  War  Department.  At  the  end  of  1915  he  became 
a  licensed  aviator,  serving  on  the  Western  front. 

About  the  middle  of  September,  191G,  he  received  orders  to  report  at 
Bourget,  the  great  aviation  centre  of  Paris.  From  there  his  Escadrille 
was  sent  to  the  town  of  Luxeuil.  in  the  Vosges,  to  take  part  in  the  IVLouscr 
raid. 

[Sergeant   Pilot   James   R.   McConnell    (afterwards   killed)    thus   wrote, 
in  part,  of  Rockwell  in  The  World's  Work  of  March.,  1917.1 
How  Rockwell  Died,   Septembeir  23,  1916 

"Kiffin  Rockwell  and  Lufbery  were  the  first  to  get  their  new  machines 
ready  and,  on  the  23  of  September,  went  out  for  the  first  flight  since  the 
Escadrille  had  arrived  at  Luxeuil.  They  became  separated  in  the  air,  but 
each  flew  on  alone,  which  was  a  dangerous  thing  to  do  in  the  Alsace  Sector. 
There  is  but  little  fighting  in  the  trenches  there,  but  great  aerial  activity. 
Due  to  the  British  and  French,  squadrons  at  Luxeuil,  and  the  threat  their 
presence  implied,  the  Germans  had  to  oppose  them  by  a  large  fleet  of- fight- 
ing machines.  I  believe  there  were  more  than  forty  Fokkers  alone  in  the 
camps  of  Kolmar  and  Habsheim.  Observation  machines,  protected  by  two 
or  three  fighting  planes,  would  venture  far  into  our  lines.  It  is  something  the 
Germans  dare  not  do  on  any  other  part  of  the  front.  They  had  a  special 
trick  that  consisted  in  sending  a  large,  slow  observation  machine  into  our 
lines  to  invite  attack.  When  a  French  plane  would  dive  after  it,  tvvo 
Fokkers,  hovering  high  overhead,  would  drop  on  the  tail  of  the  Frenchman, 
and  he  stood  but  small  chance,  if  caught  in  the  trap. 

"Just  before  Kiffin  Rockwell  reached  the  lines  he  spied  a  German 
machine  under  him,  flying  at  3,500  metres.  I  can  imagine  the  satisfaction 
he  felt  in  at  last  catching  an  enemy  plane  in  our  lines.  Rockwell  had 
fought  more  combats  than  the  rest  of  us  put  together,  and  had  shot  down 
many  German  machines  that  had  fallen  in  their  lines,  but  this  was  the  first 
time  he  had  had  an  opportunity  of  bringing  down  a  Boche  in  our  territory. 

"A  Captain,  the  Commandant  of  an  Alsatian  village,  watched  the  aerial 
battle  through  his  field  glasses.  He  said  that  Rockwell  approached  so  close 
to  the  enemy  that  he  thought  there  would  be  a  collision.  The  German  craft, 
which  carried  two  machine-guns,  had  opened  a  rapid  fire  when  Rockwell 
started  his  dive.  He  plunged  through  the  stream  of  lead,  and  only  wht-n 
very  close  to  his  enemy  did  he  begin  shooting.  For  a  second  it  looked  as 
though  the  German  was  falling,  so  the  Captain  said,  but  then  he  saw  the 
French  machine  turn  rapidly,  nose  down;  the  wings  on  one  side  broke  off 
and  fluttered   in   the  wake  of  the  airplane,   which   hurled   earthward    in   a 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       359 

rapid  drop.  It  crashed  into  tlie  ground  in  a  small  field — a  field  of  flowers — 
a  few  hundred  yards  back  to  the  trenches.  It  was  not  more  than  two  and 
a  half  miles  from  the  spot  where  Rockwell,  in  the  month  of  May,  brought 
down  his  first  enemy  machine.  The  Germans  immediately  opened  up  on 
the  wreck  with  artillery  fire.  Despite  the  bursting  shrapnel,  gunners  from 
a  near-by  battery  rushed  out  and  recovered  poor  Rockwell's  broken  body. 
There  was  a  hideous  wound  in  his  breast  where  an  explosive  bullet  had 
torn  through.  A  surgeon  who  examined  the  body  testified  that  if  it  had 
l;i'en  an  ordinary  bullet  Rockwell  would  have  had  an  even  chance  of  landing, 
with  only  a  bad  wound.  As  it  was,  he  was  killed  the  instant  the  unlawful 
missile  exploded  in  his  breast. 

"Lufbery  engaged  a  German  craft,  but  before  he  could  get  to  close 
range  two  Fokkers  swooped  down  from  behind  and  filled  his  airplane  full 
of  h«les.  Exhausting  his  ammunition,  he  landed  at  Fontaine,  an  aviation 
field  near  the  lines.  There  he  learned  of  Rockwell's  death,  and  was  told 
that  two  other  French  machines  had  been  brought  down  within  the  hour. 
He  ordered  his  gasolene  tank  filled,  procured  a  full  band  of  cartridges,  and 
soared  up  into  the  air  to  avenge  his  comrade.  He  sped  up  and  down  the 
lines,  and  made  a  wide  detour  to  Habsheim,  where  the  Germans  have  an 
aviation  field,  but  all  to  no  avail.     Not  a  Boche  was  in  the  air. 

"^The  news  of  Rockwell's  death  was  telephoned  to  the  Escadrille.  The 
captain,  lieutenant,  and  a  couple  of  the  men  jumped  in  a  staff  car  and 
hastened  to  where  h.e  had  fallen.  On  their  return,  the  American  pilots  were 
convened  in  a  room  of  the  hotel  and  the  news  was  broken  to  them.  With 
tears  in  his  eyes,  the  Captain  said:  'The  best  and  bravest  of  us  all  is  no 
more.' 

"No  greater  blow  could  have  befallen  the  Escadrille.  Kiffin  was  its 
soul.  He  was  loved  and  looked  up  to  by  not  only  every  man  in  our  flying 
corps  but  by  every  one  who  knew  him.  Kiffln  was  imbued  with  the  spirit 
of  the  cause  for  which  he  fought  and  gave  his  heart  and  soul  to  the„  perfor- 
mance of  his  duty.  He  said:  T  pay  my  debt  for  Lafayette  and  Rochambeau,' 
and  he  gave  the  fullest  measure.  The  old  flame  of  chivalry  burned  brightly 
in  the  boy's  fine  and  sensitive  being.  With  his  death,  France  lost  one  of  her 
most  valuable  pilots.  When  he  was  over  the  lines,  the  Germans  did  not 
pass— and  he  was  over  them  most  of  the  time.  He  brought  down  four 
enemy  planes  that  were  credited  to  him  officially,  and  Lieutenant  de  Laage, 
who  was  his  fighting  partner,  says  he  is  convinced  that  Rockwell  accounted 
for  many  others  which  fell  too  far  within  the  German  lines  to  be  observed. 
Rockwell  had  been  given  the  Medaille  Militaire  and  the  Croix  de  Guerre, 
on  the  ribbon  of  which  he  wore  four  palms  representing  the  four  magnificent 
citations  he  had  received  in  the  order  of  the  Army.  As  a  further  reward 
for  his  excellent  work  ho  had  been  proposed  for  promotion  from  the  grade 
of  sergeant  to  that  of  second  lieutenant.  Unfortunately,  the  official  order 
did  not  arrive  until  a  few  days  following  his  death. 

"The  night  before  Rockwell  was  killed,  he  had  stated  that  if  he  were 
brought  down  he  would  like  to  be  buried  where  he  fell.  It  was  impossible, 
however  to  place  him  in  a  grave  so  near  the  trenches.  His  body  was 
draped  in  a  French  flag  and  brought  back  to  Luxeuil.  He  was  given  a 
funeral  worthy  of  a  general.  His  brother  Paul,  who  had  fought  in  the 
Legion  with  him,  and  who  had  been  rendered  unfit  for  service  by  a  wound, 
was  granted  permission  to  attend  the  obsequies.  Pilots  from  all  near-by 
camns  flew  over  to  render  homage  to  Rockwell's  remains.  Every  Frenchman 
in  the  aviation  at  Luxeuil  marched  behind  the  bier.  The  British  pilots, 
followed  by  a  detachment  of  five  hundred  of  their  men,  were  in  Ime,  and  a 
battalion  of  French  troops  brought  up  the  rear.  As  the  slow-moving  pro- 
cession of  blue  and  khaki  clad  men  passed  from  the  church  to  the  grave- 
yard    airplanes  circled  above  and  showered  down  myriads  of  flowers. 

''Rockwell's  death,  urged  the  rest  of  the  men  to  greater  action,  and  the 
few  who  had  machines  were  constantly  after  the  Boches    *    •      . 


360  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

[From   The  Literary  Digest  History  of  the  World   War:] 

"Kiffin  Rockwell,  the  American  Aviator,  brought  down  his  fourth  air- 
plane in  September  (1916),  and  so  was  only  one  short  of  the  number  that 
would  rank  him  among  the  stars  of  the  Air  Service     *     *     *. 

"Flying  near  Verdun  at  about  3.000  meters,  Rockwell  attacked  a  double- 
seated  German  airplane  just  beneath  him.  He  killed  the  gunner  with  his 
first  volley,  and  probably  wounded  the  pilot,  for  the  machine  immediately 
began  to  descend  in  a  circular  spiral.  Rockwell  plunged  in  pursuit,  caught 
up  with  the  German  at  1,800  meters,  and  riddled  him  with  bullets.  He 
saw  him  fall  near  the  trench  lines.  In  the  act  of  descending  to  verify 
the  result,  the  American  was  attacked  from  above  by  two  Fokkers. 

"A  swift  turn  which  'banked'  his  Nieuport  almost  vertically  saved  his 
life.  He  tried  to  manoeuvre  to  engage  each  foe  separately,  but,  after  a  brief 
fight,  finding  his  ammunition  exhausted,  decided  to  retreat,  and  succeeded 
in  escaping  unhurt. 

"On  September  23,  Rockwell  came  to  his  death,  mortally  wounded  by  a 
German  airman,  over  the  town  of  Thann.  His  body  fell  in  re-conquered 
territory  near  the  spot  where  Rockwell  had  sliot  down  his  first  adversary, 
five  months  before." 

Sergeant  Major  ALEXANDER  JENKINS  CONVERSE,  Class  1909.  From  Ohio. 

4Sth    Battalion,    Canadian    Infantry,    British    Expeditionary    Force. 

February  28,  1915,  enlisted,  48th  Battalion,  Canadian  Infantry.  March 
1,  1915,  promoted  Corporal.  March  10,  1915,  proceeded  to  England.  May 
15,  1915,  promoted  Sergeant  Instructor  of  Musketry.  Sept.  18,  1915,  pro- 
moted Sergeant  Major.  October  11,  1915,  proceeded  to  France,  2nd  Infantry 
Battalion.  November  22,  1915,  slightly  wounded,  Messines  Sector;  invalided 
to  Hosifital  in  England.  March  15,  1916,  proceeded  to  France,  2nd  Infantry 
Battalion.  .lune  4,  1916,  severely  wounded,  Ypres  Sector;  invalided  to 
Hospital  in  England.  December  1,  1917,  proceeded  to  France,  Intelligence 
Section.  April  10,  1918,  wounded,  Lens  Sector;  invalided  to  Hospital  in 
England.  August  28,  1918,  proceeded  to  France,  Survey  Section,  8th  Bat- 
talion, Canadian  Railway  Troops.  January  12,  1919,  proceeded  to  England 
for  demobilization.     June  4,  1919,  discharged,  Quebec,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 

Battles  and  engagements: 

Messines  Sector,  October  11    to  November  22,   1915. 

Yi>res  Sector,  March  15  to  June  7,  1916.  Third  battle  of  Ypres.  June  2 
to  7,  1916. 

Lens  Sector,  December  1  to  April  10,  1918.  Arras  Defensive  and  Lys 
Defensive. 

Ypres  Sector,  final  Offensive,  resulting  in  Armistice,  November  11,  1918. 

He  returned  voluntarily  to  the  front,  after  being  wounded  in  June, 
1916;  and,  later,  after  having  been  marked  totally  unfit  for  further  service; 
and  again  in  August,  1918.  All  of  his  service  was  in  the  advanced  area, 
and  either  with,  or  attached  to,  combat  units. 

This  brief  record,  modestly  prepared  and  furnished  by  this  gallant  sol- 
dier, at  the  earnest  request  (frequently  repeated)  of  the  Historiographer, 
does  not  tell  the  full  story  of  his  long  and  distinguished  service  with  the 
British  Army  in  the  World  War.  Because  of  his  severe  wounds  and  terrible 
hardships,  he  is  almost  a  total  wreck,  and  yet,  no  word  of  murmur  has 
ever  been  uttered  by  him. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       361 

He  comes  of  martial  stock,  his  father  being  Colonel  George  L.  Converse, 
a  Graduate  of  the  U.  S.  M.  A.,  retired  for  disability  received  in  the  line  of 
duty,  but  who  returned  to  active  duty  and  performed  splendid  service  m 
the  War.  And  he  himself  had  a  long  training  for  war,  having  served  in 
the  Philippine  Islands  as  an  Officer  of  the  Constabulary  force,  and  after- 
wards in  the  United  States  Army  in  the  Enlisted  Personnel,  and  received 
several  citations  for  gallantry  and  efficiency. 

He  married  at  Hastings,  Sussex,  on  December  1,  191 G,  a  daughter  of 
Sir  Mark  Ridley,  K.  C,  of  Tumbridge  Wells,  Kent,  England. 

He  is  now  engaged,  under  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States, 
in  running  down  the  dangerous  Radical  element  with  which  the  Country 
is  infested,  and  in  investigating  and  securing  evidence  for  their  deiM>rtation. 

He  has  a  handsome  letter  from  his  immediate  Commanding  Officer, 
recommending  him  for  a  commission  for  his  conduct  under  fire,  and  when 
he  was  wounded;  but,  as  the  officer  died  in  Hospital  shortly  th,ereafter,  his 
recommendation  received  no  attention. 

Sergeant   ALEXANDER    McCLINTOCK,    Class    1913.      From    Kentucky. 
87th  Canadian  Infantry,  B.  E.  P.     Later,  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A. 

He  volunteered  with  the  Canadian  forces  early  in  1915,  and  sailed  for 
France  at  once,  and  was  attached  to  the  British  Expeditionary  Force.  He 
was  engaged  in  many  battles  dui'ing  the  next  three  years.  He  was  several 
times  wounded  and  gassed.  He  was  awarded  the  D.  S.  O.  by  King  George 
personally,  who  visited  him  at  the  Hospital  in  London.  The  decoration 
was  given  for  his  conspicuous  act  of  valour  in  bringing  from  the  field  two 
wounded  comrades  who  with  him  had  bombed  Enemy  trenches  under  intense 
fire,  although  he  himself  had  been  badly  wounded.  It  was  during  his 
enforced  absence  from  the  front  that  he  wrote  a  series  of  remarkable  letters 
to  one  of  his  State  newspapers  which  were  widely  copied,  and  which  were 
afterwards  published  in  book  form.  These  letters  gave  a  most  graphic  and 
interesting  account  of  trench  warfare,  as  practised  in  this  War,  and  were  a. 
valuable  addition  to  the  War  literature  of  the  day. 

As  soon  as  he  could  get  his  release  from  the  B.  E.  F.,  after  the  United 
States  entered  into  the  War,  he  returned  to  this  Country  and  entered  thp 
Officers'  Training  School,  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  from  which,  in  a  short  time, 
he  was  graduated,  and  commissioned  a  First  Lieutenant  of  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 
He  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Depot  Brigade  at  Camp  Dix,  N.  J. 

But  the  poor  fellow's  constitution  had  been  completely  wrecked  by  his 
long  service  at  the  front,  and  he  died  in  New  York,  June  28,  1918,  from  the 
effects  of  his  wounds  and  hardships  in  France,  during  three  years  of  the 
bitterest    fighting. 

It  is  truly  pathetic  that  this  brilliant  and  gallant  young  Alumnus,  after 
attaining  the  rank  he  so  richly  deserved,  should  have  met  death  under 
such  sad  circumstances. 

Sergeant  WILLIAM  TAYLOR  MONEY,  Class  1915.    From  Virginia. 

Third    Canadian   Heavy   Battery,   B.    E.   F. 
After  a  happy  cadetship  of  two  years  he  resigned,  as  he  entered  the 
Second  Class,  to  take  service  with  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  Winnipeg,  Canada, 


362  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

July  1,  1913.  He  had  been  two  years  in  this  service — gaining  advancement 
all  the  time — when  he  left  to  give  his  service — and  his  life,  if  there  were 
need  of  the  sacrifice — to  England,  the  home  of  his  ancestors,  in  her  mighty 
struggle.  He  enlisted  in  the  32d  Battalion  of  Fort  Garry  Horse,  in  Winni- 
peg,  in  July,   1915. 

Afterwards,  he  was  transferred  to  the  "Winnipeg  Grenadiers,"  with 
which  unit  he  sailed  for  England,  September  26,  1915.  For  a  long  time  he 
was  confined  in  Hospital  on  account  of  an  injury  and  when  he  was  released 
he  was  put  in  the  C.  A.  S.  C,  as  a  "light  service  man."  He  hated  this,  and, 
although  he  could  have  obtained  a  commission  in  this  organization,  he  re- 
fused to  do  so.    But  he  did  his  duty  faithfully,  and  saw'  much  hard  service. 

At  last,  early  in  the  spring  of  the  last  year  of  the  War,  he  was  placed 
where  he  always  wanted  to  be — in  the  Artillery,  having  been  transferred 
to  the  Third  Canadian  Siege  Battery  (Heavy  Guns),  and  from  that  time  to 
the  end  he  was  always  in  the  thick  of  the  fray,  following  the  Huns  until 
the  order  came  to  "cease  firing." 

His  life  in  the  Artillery  was  entirely  to  his  taste,  and  his  pride  in  his 
battery,  and  in  its  wonderful  work,  was  unbounded.  "He  idolized  his  guns," 
wrote  his  heroic  mother.  He  at  last  consented  to  comply  with  her  wish  and 
take  the  examination  for  a  commission,  but  the  Armistice  came  all  too  soon. 

His  battery  sailed  for  Canada,  May  4,  1919,  but  he  remained  behind  as 
a  volunteer  to  help  in  the  work  of  disbanding  the  Canadian  General  Hospi- 
tal at  Basingstoke,  Hampshire,  England.  TTiis  work  was  completed  July  1, 
and  "he  went  flying  about  England,  delivering  patients  at  their  homes." 
This  was  a  pleasant  occupation,  after  the  strenuous  four  years  he  had 
spent  at  the  front  where  Death  ever  lurked.  The  Hospital  Unit  sailed, 
July  4,  1919,  but  as  he  was  not  permanently  attached  to  it  he  had  to  await 
transportation  orders.  Tlie  glad  day  finally  came  when  he  was  allowed  to 
sail  for  his  Virginia  home,  arriving  there  early  in   September,  1919. 

His  own  modest  report  was  made  in  these  few  words: 

"Enlisted,  Winnipeg,  July,  1915.  Served  four  years,  Canadian  Infan- 
try and  Artillery.  Rank,  Sergeant.  Never  wounded.  Discharged,  Winnipeg, 
September  2,  1919."  He  is  not  one  whit  different  from  all  his  brother  V. 
M.  I.  men  in  minimizing  his  services;  not  one  has  yet  been  found  to  will- 
ingly  tell  of  his  achievements  in  the  War.  But  four  years  with  the  Cana- 
dians!    That   tells   the   story. 

Money  comes  of  a  race  of  fighters — soldiers  and  sailors.  It  was  bred 
in  him  to  fight  for  principle  and  for  conscience  sake. 

His  mother's  father.  Captain  J.  B.  Frizell,  of  Derbyshire,  England, 
fought  the  Maoris  in  New  Zealand  for  seven  years,  and  for  his  gallant  deeds 
was  decorated  by  his  Queen. 

(In  Time's  whirligig  strange  things  often  come  to  pass.  Numbers  of 
the  descendants  of  these  same  one-time  enemies  of  England,  whom  Captain 
Frizell  so  valiantly  fought,  gave  their  lives  for  England  in  this  righteous 
War,  fighting  by  the  side  of  his  grandson.) 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  special  notice.  Colonel 
William  Taylor  Money,  of  Herefordshire,  England,  served  for  thirty  years 
in  India.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Admiral  Rowland  Money,  C.  B.,  who 
performed  distinguished  service  in  England's  Navy,  when  his  country  was 


Some  op  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       363 

at  War  with  the  world,  in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century.  At  the  battle 
of  New  Orleans  he  received  a  wound  from  which  he  never  recovered,  al- 
though he  lived  many  years. 

The  Scotch  head  of  our  comrade's  mother's  family,  with  a  corps  of  his 
own  gillies,  performed  valiant  service  in  Flanders  in  the  World  War. 
And  scores  of  our  heroe's  kinsmen,  likewise  fought  for  the  freedom  of  the 
World,  and  a  number  of  them  made  the  "supreme  sacrifice."  It  is  not  sur- 
prising then  that  this  young  Anglo-Virginian — rettned,  cultured,  lovable  and 
"as  modest  as  a  girl" — was  aroused  when  the  test  came,  and  performed 
"deeds   of  valour." 

It  could  not  have  been  otherwise,  for  he  is  his  mother's  son — her  only 
son,  and  she  sorrowed  because  she  had  not  ten  sons  like  him  to  give  to 
the  holy  cause. 

Money  is  a  most  loyal  old  "V.  M.  I.  boy."  He  was  not  greatly  impressed 
with  the  discipline  of  the  British  Army  when  he  first  went  over,  and  fre- 
quently had  warm  discussions  with  his  English  drill  sergeant  as  to  the 
relative  discipline  in  the  Imperial  and  Canadian  Forces.  "I  tell  you.  Ser- 
geant," he  said,  on  one  occasion,  when  the  argument  had  waxed  warm, 
"the  Imperial  Forces  don't  know  what  real  discipline  is.  The  Virginia 
Military  Institute  has  better  discipline  than  they  know  anything  about." 

Our  gallant  young  comrade  has  returned  to  his  pre-war  work  in  the 
Bank  of  Montreal,  at  Winnipeg,  and  we  wish  for  him  a  happy  and  pros- 
perous career. 

Lance  Corporal  B.  BERTRAM  OWENS,  Class  1914.  From  North  Carolina. 
Headquarters  Section,  "C"  Co.,  79th  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  B.  E.  F. 

He  enlisted  in  the  First  Royal  Fusiliers,  B.  E.  F.,  June  15,  1915.  He 
was  wounded,  July  8,  1915,  at  Ypres  Salient.  In  th.e  fall  of  191G  he  was 
blown  out  of  a  trench,  buried,  and  gassed  in  the  space  of  twenty-four  hours. 
On  October  7,  1917.  he  was  very  severely  wounded  in  Belgium  and  taken 
to  V/harscliffe  War  Hospital,  Sheffield,  England,  from  which  he  was  dis- 
charged on  December  27.  He  was  then,  sent  to  Harrowby  Camp,  Grantham, 
England,  and  thence  to  Bolton  Park,  Grantham,  where  his  muscles  and 
nerves  were  restored.  He  then  returned  to  his  command  in  France  (April 
1,  1918).  He  was  awarded  the  "Military  Medal"  for  "gallantry  jn  action 
from  October  4  to  the  morning  of  the  7,  1917,"  and  was  recommended  for  a 
French  decoration.  He  was  with  the  firsit  British  Division  that  helped  to 
take  Bapaume,  August  28,  1918. 

He  was  attached  to  the  10th  Company,  Machine-Gun  Battalion,  before  he 
was  wounded.  Later,  was  Lance  Corporal  of  Headquarters  Section,  "C" 
Company,  79th  Machine-Gun  Battalion. 

A  comrade  wrote,  November  14,  1917: 

"I  am  so  glad  to  hear  you  are  in  dear  old  Blighty,  and  recovering  from 
your  wounds  as  rapidly  as  we  can  expect  *  *  *.  You  took  the  trouble 
to  acknowledge  your  appreciation  of  what  I  did  on  the  night  when  you  were 
hit.  Well,  I  thank  you  for  the  same,  but  I  was  in  duty  bound  to  satisfy 
my  own  conscience  that  the  one  lad  who  had  done  so  very  much  for  the 
Company  in  general  was  not  in  need  of  a  helping  hand.  You  would  have 
done  equally  as  much  for  me,  and  therefore  the  thought  spurred  me  on  to 


364  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

leave  no  stone  unturned  until  I  was  perfectly  satisfied  that  you  were  not  left 
to  your  fate  in  the  open,  as,  I  regret  to  say,  so  many  of  our  poor  lads  are. 

"Needless  to  say,  I  cursed  myself  scores  of  times  that  night,  and  after, 
for  not  accompanying  you  on  your  mission;  but  perhaps  it  was  as  well,  the 
way  things  worked  out,  as  I  was  able  to  'carry  on,"  after  you  had  been  hit, 
also  to  make  certain  you  were  out  of  harm's  way,  and,  as  the  day  was  dawn- 
ing, to  bring  the  boys  out  all  right.  I  must  congratulate  you  on  receiving 
the  M.  M.,  but  sincerely  v/ish  you  had  got  the  V.  C,  for  your  grit  and  deter- 
mination were  deserving  of  the  highest  honours. 

"I  liave  had  the  pleasure  of  knowing  you  for  over  a  year  and  I  can  not 
speak  too  highly  of  your  character,  and  only  hope  I  may  be  permitted  in 
the  future  to  meet  you  again,  under  more  pleasant  circumstances. 

"1  should  just  like  to  add  that  if  the  majority  of  the  American  Army 
are  made  of  the  same  stuff  as  you,  then,  God  help  Germany." 

[From  Private  Carson,  S.,  10th  Company  M.  G.  Battalion,  No.  3  Section:] 
"Dear  Madame: 

"Just  a  line  to  tell  you  that  your  son  is  in  England  wounded.  He  was 
hit  on  the  right  leg  and  arm.  but  is  getting  on  splendidly.  He  is  one  of  the 
best  soldiers  we  ever  had  in  this  Company,  and  we  all  hope  to  see  him 
coming  back  to  us  soon.  When  he  goes  to  see  you  I  expect  he  will  be  . 
wearing  the  D.  S.  M.  When  you  write  him,  please  give  him  my  best 
respects." 

[Extract  from  letter  to  his  sister:] 

"Wharscliffe    War    Hospital,    Sheffield,    England. 
"Dearest: 

"As  you  will  see  by  the  above  address  I  am  in  Hospital  in  England. 
I  was  wounded  on  the  night  of  the  seventh  of  October  and  landed  here  on 
Sunday  last.  I  would  have  written  before,  but  on  the  day  after  my  arrival 
they  inoculated  me  in  the  right  arm,  and  the  result  was  ludicrous  to  behold, 
also  painful  for  the  time  being;  but  it  is  O.  K.  now.  Don't  get  excited  over 
the  fact  that  I  am  wounded,  as  it  is  nothing  to  speak  of.  I  received  unto 
myself  one  lump  of  shrapnel  in  the  lower  part  of  the  left  leg.  But,  as  it 
missed  the  bone,  I  am  lucky  to  get  it,  I  say.  You  see  it  has  resulted,  in  my 
being  sent  to  England,  that  haven  of  all  British  soldiers'  hopes,  into  a  nice, 
warm  Hospital  and  in  a  real  bed  again,  with  clean  sheets,  and  all  those 
things  we  dream  about,  but  which  I  was  beginning  to  believe  had  ceased 
to  exist.  You  see,  sister  mine,  I  have  been  two  years  and  four  months  in 
the  land  where  the  God  of  War  reigns  supreme,  and  in  that  land  such  things 
as  beds,  warm  houses,  etc.,  are  the  stuff  that  dreams  are  made  of  *  *  *. 
"I  am  now  going  to  give  you  a  short  synopsis  of  my  doings  in  France. 
*  *  *.  I  went  out,  as  you  know,  in  June,  1915,  and  joined  the  first  Royal 
Irish  Fusiliers  who  were  in  the  Ypres  Salient.  I  got  there  just  in  time  for 
the  last  phase  of  the  second  battle  of  Ypres,  which,  as  historians  now  give  it, 
ended  with  a  small  local  attack  by  the  British,  on  the  S  of  July.  (I  call  it 
something  else,  and  won't  forget  it  soon.)  We  got  relieved  in  the  end  and 
went  back  for  a  rest.  I  stopped  two  weeks  with  the  battalion  at  rest  and 
then  had  to  go  into  Hospital,  as  you  will  remember.  And  here  I  must  own 
up  to  a  slight  prevarication.  I  wrote  you  people  that  1  was  in  v^^ith  fever, 
but  it  was  really  a  combination  of  being  blown  out  of  a  trench,  buried  and 
gassed,  all  in  the  short  space  of  twenty-four  hours.  Anyway,  when  I  re- 
joined the  battalion  in  October.  1915,  they  were  on  the  Somme  which,  at 
that  time,  had  not  come  into  fame,  and  had  a  very  quiet  part  of  the  line. 
In  fact,  they  had  just  taken  it  over  from  the  French  who  had  been  in  the 
same  spot  since  the  latter  part  of  1914.  We  were  just  in  front  of  a  village 
called  Beaumont-Hamel  which  came  into  prominence  in  the  battle  of  the 
Ancre,  a  tributary  of  the  Somme.  We  stopped  in  these  trenches  until  the 
following  February,  living  seven  days  in  the  trenches  and  seven  days  in 
billets,  during  the  first  few  months.     Then,  as  the  winter  came  on,  we  had 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       365 

to  cut  it  down  by  degrees,  until  it  was  two  days  in  the  line,  two  days  in 
reserve,  and  four  in  billets.  We  left  there  in  February,  1916,  and  went  into 
the  line  at  another  quiet  spot  in  front  of  Manchy-au-Bois,  just  to  the  left 
of  the  famous  Manchy  Wood.  We  staid  there  six  weeks  and  then  started 
tracking  back  from  the  line  and  moved  about,  training  here  and  there  for 
the  coming  offensive.  About  the  end  of  June,  we  went  back  to  our  old 
trenches  near  Beaumont-Hamel,  and  on  a  bright  summer  morning  we  went 
over  the  top,  at  the  left  flank  of  the  'Battle  of  the  Somme.'  What  happened 
that  day  is  history  now,  and  you  can  bet,  I  won't  forget  it.  From  there  to 
our  old  h,ome  at  Ypres  that  lovable  (?)  salient  where  you  get  it  from  three 
different  directions.  There  we  had  only  a  narrow  entrance  to  the  famous 
old  horse-shoe  salient,  and  all  around  was  Fritz  and  his  'whiz-bang.'  Here 
we  staid  until  September,  1916.  Thien  we  started  ambling  back  to  where 
the  big  fight  was  going  on,  and  took  part  in  three  more  'pushes'  from  then 
until  the  middle  of  November.  Then  came  that  happy  moment  when  I  was 
named  for  leave.  I  don't  suppose  I  could  have  been  happier  had  1  been 
offered  a  King's  job.  Then  followed  two  days  in  London.  When  I  re- 
turned from  leave  I  found  the  Company  down  near  Abbeville  in  rest.  We 
stopped  there  until  just  before  Christmas.  That  Christmas  found  us  hold- 
ing the  trenches  astride  the  Bapaume-Peronne  Road  where  we  remained 
until  the  following  April,  1917.  *  *  *.  On  Easter  Monday  we  attacked 
and  broke  the  German  line.  The  battle  of  Arras,  it  is  called.  The  4th  and 
9th  Divisions  took  ten  thousand  prisoners  and  198  guns,  ranging  from  18 
pounders  to  S  inch  *  *  *.  Here  we  stopped  until  May  1,  and  then  back 
again  for  a  rest. 

"About  July  1,  we  went  back  to  Arras  which  was  getting  quiet  again, 
as  they  were  keeping  Johnny  busy  at  Vimey  Ridge  and  Ypres.  We  staid 
there  until  the  middle  of  September,  1917.  Then  back  again  to  old  Ypres 
which  was  no  longer  in  such  a  dangerous  predicament,  as  the  fighting  which 
began  July  31  had  shoved  back  the  wings  on  the  salient.     *     *     *. 

"On  the  morning  of  October  4,  1917,  we  went  over  again  in  one  of  the 
methodical  rushes  which,  is  a  part  of  the  British  programme.  Three  days 
after  I  got  'clipped,'  and  thus  endeth  the  first  term." 

Ensign   (Color-Bearer)   RUSSELL  A.  KELLY,  Class  1914.     From  New  York. 
First  Regiment,  French  Legion.     Killed  in  action  in  France. 

In  the  Isieio  York  World  of  June  6,  1916,  there  appeared  the  first  of  a 
series  of  letters  written  by  this  young  volunteer  who  had  more  than  eighteen 
months  before  joined  the  French  Foreign  Legion,  and  had  by  this  time  been 
in  some  of  the  severest  fighting  at  the  front.  They  were,  as  the  'Wo7-l(l  said, 
"remarkable  pen  pictures  of  actual  conditions  along  the  Western  front— 
'Somewhere    in    France.'  " 

The  brilliant  young  writer  became  known  all  over  the  United  States 
as  "Kelly  of  the  Legion."  Several  of  these  letters  are  inserted  here  to 
show  the  spirit  of  this  devoted  Alumnus  wh.ose  fate  is  so  pathetic. 

A  month  or  two  before  he  reached  the  front,  he  wrote,  as  follows,  giving 
an  interesting  description  of  the  Legion: 

"Depot  de  Lyons. 
"Dear  Dad: 

"We  have  signed  articles  and  were  asisigned  to  a  room.  The  barracks 
was  a  school  house  before  the  War  and  our  room  is  full  of  maps  and  teaching 
paraphernalia.  It  is  about  20  x  20  by  10  feet  h,igh.  When  we  arrived  there 
were  eight  in  the  room,  but  newcomers  kept  arriving  until  we  have  twenty- 
five  men.  We  were  given  a  straw  mattress,  pillow,  two  blankets.  There 
was  'some'  bunch  on  the  battle  boat,  but  this  outfit  'takes  the  cake.'  In  the 
foreign  Legion  every  nationality  is  represented,  save  the  Chinese. 


366  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"They  have  a  system  here  which  enables  the  men  to  save  their  supply 
of  cash.  A  man  is  given  a  complete  outfit,  but  should  he  have  some  articles 
of  clothing  which  could  be  substituted  for  the  military  ones  he  is  paid  a 
fair  price  for  them,  and  does  not  get  their  equivalent  from  the  quarter- 
master. I  had  heavy  underwear  and  the  doctor's  heavy  sweater,  for  whicli 
I  got  17  francs.     One  fellow  made  90  francs  that  way. 

"After  we  got  our  complete  outfit  Larney  (Lawrence  Scanlon,  a  New 
Yorker,  who  is  in  Hospital  at  Rennes,  seriously  wounded)  and  I  had  our 
pictures  taken.     Look  at  the  picture  with  the  overcoat  and  I  will  describe  it. 

"If  you  look  closely  you  will  see  that  the  cap  has  a  cover  on  it.  The 
cap  is  made  of  red  cloth,  but  the  colour  is  too  conspicuous,  so  the  blue  linen 
cover  is  worn.  Next  we  have  the  overcoat.  It  is  blue  and  comes  down  to 
the  knees.  Notice  how  it  is  buttoned  back.  This  is  to  allow  of  free  move- 
ment. Th©  trousers  spoil  the  whole  uniform.  They  are  bright  red.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  War  they  were  used  at  the  front,  but  they  are  a  good 
target  and  can  be  seen  for  a  great  distance;  so  a  sort  of  a  blue  overall  is 
issued  at  the  front  to  hide  the  red.  Patent  leather  puttees  are  worn.  In 
the  photo  I  have  on  'Douglas'  shoes,  but  the  regulation  ones  are  regular 
canal  boats.  By  actual  count  each  shoe  has  162  hobs  in  the  sole,  which  is 
one-half  inch  thick.  They  are  awfully  heavy.  I  never  thought  I  would  put 
my  foot  into  a  thing  like  that,  let  alone  wear  one.  You  will  notice  around 
my  waist  is  a  broad  band.  This  is  blue  linen  and  is  fifteen  feet  long.  It  is 
the  insignia  of  the  Legion.  A  broad  leather  belt  with  a  brass  buckle  sup- 
ports the  bayonet,  the  hilt  of  which  is  visible  at  my  left  side.  This  is  a 
murderous  weapon,  and  I  don't  blame  the  Germans  for  being  afraid  of  it. 
It  is  nearly  1%  feet  long  and  comes  to  a  needle  point.  It  has  four  grooves 
in  it  and  each  edge  is  one-fourth  inch  deep  and  one-eighth  inch  wide  at  the 
hilt.  It  is  one-half  inch  in  diameter  at  the  hilt.  The  gun  has  a  nine-shell 
chamber  and  is  six  inches  longer  than  the  present  United  States  gun.  With 
bayonet  attached,  it  is  a  formidable  weapon. 

"This  is  our  dress  uniform — the  way  we  appear  on  the  street.  In  the 
other  photo  you  see  our  fatigue  cap.  It  is  very  comfortable  and  handy. 
The  blouse  is  dark  blue  and  short.  The  same  pants  and  puttees  are  worn. 
The  blue  band  insignia  is  always  vrorn. 

"At  intervals  they  are  calling  for  volunteers  from  the  different  Com- 
panies who  desire  to  go  to  the  front  These  men  are  placed  in  a  special 
Company  and  drilled  separately.  Before  leaving  for  the  front  it  is  necessary 
to  be  vaccinated  four  times  against  typhoid.  Larney  and  I,  with  three  other 
Americans,  are  in  this  Company,  but  as  we  are  not  inoculated  I  do  not  know 
when  we  shall  go.  Our  new  barracks  are  in  a  nearly  complete  school.  The 
room  we  now  occupy  is  about  ninety  feet  long  and  thirty  feet  wide.  It  has 
a  row  of  eight  v/indovvfs  on  each  side  and  accommodates  100  men.  One  of 
the  men  we  met  here  is  an  ex-soldier  who  fought  in  the  Chile  insurrection 
and  served  in  Mexico  under  Villa.  He  works  a  machine-gun.  We  lost  him 
yesterday,  as  he  left  for  the  front. 

"This  legion  is  the  most  cosmopolitan  organization  in  the  world.  In 
one  corner  of  the  room  you  will  hear  Greek  spoken.  The  next  group  will 
speak  Spanish.  Then  you  hear  German  spoken,  and  English  from  our  bunch. 
I  saw  a  fight  through  interpreters.  A  Greek  got  into  an  argument  with  a 
Pole,  and  as  neither  could  speak  the  other's  language,  or  French,  their 
friends  were  called,  but  not  for  the  purpose  of  arbitration.  The  Greek's  friend 
could  not  speak  Polish  and  the  Pole's  friend  could  not  speak  Greek,  but  as 
each  could  speak  French,  as  well  as  his  native  tongue,  French  was  the 
medium  of  argument.  When  each  combatant  was  enlightened  as  to  his 
adversary's  intentions,  they  proceeded  to  maul  each  other,  and  before  long 
the  interpreters  were  engaged,  too:  so  there  was  plenty  of  action  before 
the  officers  arrived.     There  are  many  such  happenings  which  are  laughable. 

"A.  great  number  of  the  men  can  not  speak  French,  and  the  officers  have 
their  hands  full.     We  have  had  rifle  pi-actice  and  sham  battles.     The  manual 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distingulsiied  Alumni  (Cont'd)       367 

of  arms  here  is  very  different  from  V.  M.  I.,  but  the  training  I  got  there 
comes  in  handy.  I  can  not  understand  the  commands,  but  generally  know 
wliat  to  expect. 

"The  weather  is  warm  here.  An  overcoat  is  only  necessary  at  night. 
One  thing  I  miss  dreadftilly  and  that  is  sweets.  If  I  could,  I  would  eat  pie 
until  I  was  sick.  The  pastry  over  here  is  wonderfully  light,  but  it  is 
ridiculously  expensive.  They  do  not  know  what  pie  is  As  you  know,  our 
pay  is  one  cent  a  day,  paid  every  ten  days. 

[Resumed  writing,  Jan.   0,  1915.] 

"Our  squad  contains  sixteen  men  and  is  divided  into  two  rooms.  In 
my  room  there  are  two  Americans  (Paul  Pavelka,  a  Connecticut  sailor,  is 
with  me),  two  Italians,  one  German-Swiss,  who  is  a  very  excellent  soldier, 
two  Spaniards  and  one  Arab.  One  of  the  Spaniards  is  absolutely  no  good! 
He  has  been  in  prison  twice  and  is  now  serving  his  third  term  (fifteen 
days  this  time).  He  is  the  laziest  dog  I  ever  saw.  The  other  Spaniard  is 
slightly  'loco.'  One  of  the  'wops'  is  a  good  soldier.  The  other  has  just 
been  with  us  a  couple  of  days  and  claims  to  have  been  at  the  front,  but  is  a 
rank  four-flusher;  he  talks  too  much  and  is  guilty  of  an  unpardonable  sin — 
he  snores.  Every  night  he  wakes  us  all  up,  and  last  night  Paul  Pavelka 
throw  a  shoe  at  hdm.  It  hit  him  and  he  woke  up  with  a  jump.  He  v/as 
going  to  exterminate  Paul,  but  his  music  had  so  provoked  us  that  we  were 
only  waiting  for  an  excuse  to  rend  him  limb  from  limb.  He  was  wise  in 
getting  under  the  covers  again.  All  in  all,  we  have  a  pretty  good  room. 
It  is  comical  when  it  comes  to  conversation.  One  day  we  talk  English,  the 
ni^xi  Spanish,  the  next  Italian,  but  we  all  fall  down  when  it  comes  to 
Ara.bic.  When  an  Arab  talks  it  sounds  as  though  he  were  choking  to  death. 
The  language  consists  of  a  couple  of  spits  and  a  cough.  Larney  is  in  the 
iMxt  room  with  .John  Smith  (the  fourth  American),  three  Spaniards,  a  Swiss 
corporal,  a  Russian  and  a  Greek.  They  are  fine  boys.  There  are  three 
brothers,  and  absolutely  inseparable.  The  youngest  is  about  thirty-five  years 
old,  I  should  judge.  They  come  from  Argentina,  and  have  served  in  the 
artillery  there — three  excellent  men;  they  were  sent  over  by  the  French 
Consul  in  Argentina.  You  remember  I  told  you  four  of  us  joined  together 
at  Bordeaux.  One  of  the  Greeks  who  came  over  with  us  has  been  'reformed' 
to-day.  and  sent  back  to  Bordeaux.  He  has  consumption.  The  news  has 
completely  nonplused  me,  as,  when  we  were  examined,  he  showed  up  the 
best  of  us.  He  was  extremely  well  muscled  and  looked  the  picture  of  a 
trained  athlete.  He  expected  to  go  to  England,  and  thence  to  Cape  Town 
where  he  has  a  store  with  his  brother.  He  is  a  very  good  hearted  chap, 
and  I  am  sorry  for  him. 

"I  must  get  thi.s  letter  off  Avithout  any  more  delay.     With  love, 

Russell." 

Later,  he  wrote  telling  of  taking  part  in  the  terrific  fighting  at  La 
Torgette,  near  Souches,  and  not  far  from  the  celebrated  "Labyrinth."  His 
Company  was  badly  cut  up,  but  he  escaped  with  a  bad  bruise  on  the  fore- 
head, caused  by  the  vacuum  of  a  great  shell  which  passed  a  few  inches 
from  his  head. 

[Under  date  of  May  29,  1P15,  he  wrote:  1 

"After  our  attack  of  May  S-10,  we  went  to  the  rear,  about  ten  mile.g 
frcm  the  front,  and  were  re-organized.  We  needed  it,  as  I  understand  more 
than  half  of  the  regiment  were  either  killed  or  wounded.  The  General 
reviewed  us,  and  distril-uted  five  military  medals. 

"The  recruits  came  up  from  Valbonne  and  Lyons;  so  we  aie  ready  to 
go  back.  We  have  a  new  Captain,  in  place  of  the  one  who  was  killed.  The 
one  we  lost  was  a  very  game  man;  he  led  r.s  without  a  sword  or  any  side 
arms,  only  using  his  swagger-stick.     Our  new  Captain  is  a  Swede.     Many 


368  YiKGiNiA  Military  Institute — ^World  War  Eecord 

German  prisoners  have  passed  us  lately — one  day  as  many  as  SOO  went  by; 
th.ey  looked  well.  By  a  strange  coincidence,  the  same  Bavarian  troops  who 
faced  us  in  Champagne  are  against  us  here;  and,  yesterday,  we  recognized 
among  the  prisoners  a  man  who  deserted  from  us  in  Champagne.  I  guess 
it  is  all  over  with  him;    it  should  be. 

"You  remember,  in  my  letter  from  Lyons  I  spoke  about  three  brothers 
from  Argentine,  and  how  inseparable  they  were.  Well,  they  are  inseparable 
in  death,  as  they  were  killed  side  by  side. 

"After  leaving  our  trenches,  and  crossing  the  Germans',  which  were 
battered  to  pieces  by  the  bombardment,  our  first  stop  was  in  the  shelter  of 
a  road.  Here,  the  good-looking  Italian,  the  fellow  who  hit  me  with  a  brick 
in  the  scrap  I  wrote  about,  became  reckless  and  tried  to  survey  the  land- 
scape. He  was  killed  instantly  by  a  bullet  through  the  heart.  No  con- 
vulsive tossing  of  the  arms  that  one  reads  about,  or  sees  in  the  movies;  he 
just  sank  down,  and  it  was  all  over.  Soon  after  we  left  this  position,  his 
clium.  the  other  Italian,  was  shot  through  the  leg.  There  was  absolutely  no 
ill-feeling  between  us  on  account  of  our  scrap. 

"We  advance  by  sections.  When  the  order  comes,  we  jump  up,  and, 
carrying  the  sack  as  a  shield,  run  about  100  feet;  and  talk  about  Ty  Cobb 
sliding  into  second  base,  it  isn't  a  circumstance  to  the  way  I  hit  the  grit; 
and  what  a  strain  to  the  nerves,  waiting  for  our  turn  to  advance,  fellows 
all  around  being  hit.  In  a  couple  of  cases  I  have  seen  men  lifted  from  the 
ground,  so  hard  were  they  hit.  One  fellow  very  near  me  got  hit  and  began 
to  squeal;  almost  immediately  a  second  bullet  hit  him,  and  he  made  for  the 
rear  on  all  fours,  crying  like  a  baby.  The  field  was  full  of  such  sights. 
But,  compared  to  the  shells,  the  bullets  are  nothing;  give  me  almo'st  any- 
thing but  an  artillery  bombardment.  Shortly  after  we  gained  the  crest  of 
the  hill,  their  artillery  came  up  and  began  firing  on  us;  it  was  terrible.  The 
way  those  shells  would  tear  by  and  dig  a  hole  five  feet  deep  was  enough  for 
the  most  solid  nerves.  At  nightfall,  we  intrenched,  but  were  on  the  watch 
all  night.  The  next  day,  their  Artillery  opened  on  us  and  their  Infantry 
started  an  attack;  but  we  stood  firm  and  smeared  them." 

[In  a  letter  dated  June  10,  he  said:] 

"The  German  trenches  are  built  much,  better  than  ours.  Some  of  the 
huts  in  which  the  men  lived  were  twenty  feet  underground.  They  used  a 
great  number  of  dirt  sacks.  There  must  be  a  shortage  of  material  in  Ger- 
many, as  these  sacks  were  made  from  everything,  mostly  from  cheap,  light 
calico,  hardly  strong  enough  to  hold  the  earth.  They  had  an  extensive 
system  of  mines,  and  we  made  the'  attack  (May  9)  just  in  time,  as  Pavelka 
and  I  investigated  the  saps,  with  the  aid  of  a  candle.  They  were  all  loaded 
and  wired,  ready  to  be  set  off.  One  had  been  exploded.  The  Germans,  in 
digging,  must  have  lost  their  bearings,  because  the  hole  was  actually  nearer 
their  own  line  than  ours.  They  used  a  tremendous  clmrge,  and  the  explosion 
must  have  been  terrific,  for  the  result  reminded  me  of  a  volcano.  The  hole 
was  easily  thirty  feet  deep. 

"Our  bombaidment  of  May  9  played  havoc  with  the  German  trenches;  a 
great  number  of  the  roofs  on  the  huts  had  fallen  during  the  cannonading, 
burying  alive  all  the  occupants.  All  through  these  trenches  was  evidence  of 
heavy  losses  on  the  part  of  the  Germans;  at  intervals,  arms  and  legs  pro- 
truded from  the  walls  and  floors;  and,  all  in  all,  it  was  a  gruesome  journey. 
As  a  result  of  May  9,  our  line  is  advanced  about  two  miles;  but  the  Germans 
hold  a  dangerous  position  on  the  side  of  a  large  hill,  and  it  will  be  hard 
work  chasing  them  off. 

"We  have  been  out  to  dig  trenches,  and  believe  me,  you  'sure'  do  work. 
Imagine  getting  up  and  working  on  the  ground  about  250  yards  from  the 
Germans'  line,  with  them  shooting  all  the  time.  Work— you  let  the  m.en 
work  with  a  will,  and  it  does  not  take  them  very  long  to  get  a  good 
trench  dug.     We  walk     about  nine  miles  from  this  town  to  the  first  line. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       369 

dig  a  trench,  and  walk  back.     We  leave  at  6  P.  M.  and  get  back  at  5  A.  M. 
The  idea  of  walking  nine  miles  to  work! 

"There  is  not  much  left  of  this  regiment,  since  May  9;  the  Italians  have 
just  been  liberated  to  return  to  their  own  army.  Our  Company  at  present 
has  fifty-five  men,  out  of  a  full  Company  of  250;  but  we  expect  to  be  filled  up- 
with  men  from  Valbonne  and  Lyons. 

"Well,  this  War  is  a  great  game.  The  next  person  who  mentions  the 
'glories  of  war'  to  you,  jump  on  him  with  both  feet.  Picture  the  charge, 
with  the  band  playing  and  the  men  singing — what  tommy-rot!  In  the  first 
place,  the  instruments  never  get  near  the  actual  fighting,  and  in  the  second 
place,  the  men  don't  care  a  hang  for  a  song. 

"We  have  some  fun  with  the  boxing  gloves,  and  it  is  surprising  to 
know  how  many  good  boxers  there  are  here.  The  other  day,  two  Zouaves 
turned  up;  they  weighed  about  180  pounds  each,  and  were  very  good.  One 
had  boxed  for  the  amateur  championship  of  Tunis.  They  would  give  many 
professional  fighters  a  run  for  the  money     *     *     *. 

"We  are  all  in  the  best  of  health,  and  getting  plenty  to  eat.  We  are 
unanimous  in  wishing  for  the  War  to  end  soon.  Take  it  from  me,  those 
who  clamour  for  war  the  most  in  the  States,  are  those  who  know  nothing 
about  it.  War  is  an  asinine  waste,  and  I  take  my  hat  off  to  Wilson  and  his 
levelheadedness." 

But  Time  moves  on;  and  events  crowd  events,  as  the  fighting  becomes 
severer.  Then  occurs  the  affair  at  Givanchy,  June  16  (17),  1915,  when  .the 
end  came  to  this  glorious  young  soldier! 

From  the  New  York  Correspondent  of  the  Richmond  Times-Dispatch,  of 
January  14,  1917,  referring  to  the  many  Americans  killed,  while  fighting  In 
the  Allies'  cause: 

"*  *  *  The  engagement  at  Givanchy  on  June  17,  1915,  also  resulted 
in  the  death  of  several  Americans.  There  were  Russell  Kelly,  of  New  York, 
and  *  *  *.  Kelly  was  a  son  of  a  New  York  lawyer,  had  distinguisJied  himself 
in  many  fights,  and  had  written  home  long,  breezy  accounts  of  his  experi- 
ences. He  was  at  first  reported  captured  by  the  Germans,  and  his  family 
had  a  long  dreary  seven  months  of  uncertainty,  before  they  learned  the  sad 
truth  concerning  him." 

The  New  York  World  said,  early  in  1916: 

"Russell  A.  Kelly — 'Kelly  of  the  Foreign  Legion,'  who  lived  at  Cedar- 
hurst,  L.  I.,  is  still  among  the  missing. 

"His  father  has  received  a  letter  from  the  Department  of  State  which 
was  asked  to  see  if  he  was  among  the  prisoners  taken  by  the  Germans. 
The  letter  repeated  a  cablegram,  received  from  Ambassador  Gerard  at  Berlin, 
which  read: 

'War  Ministry  states  Russell  Kelly  not  reported  among  the  prisoners 
of  war  in  Germany.' 

"The  boy's  father  has  not  given  up  hope,  and  still  believes  his  son 
will  turn  up.  He  thinks  he  has  taken  an  assumed  name,  for  fear  of  being 
executed  by  the  Germans,  if  taken  prisoner  and  found  to  be  not  a  citizen 
of  a  country  at  war  with  Germany. 

"The  young  soldier's  father  has  used  every  possible  means  to  trace  the 
boy  who  dropped  out  of  sight,  after  the  battle  of  June  IC,  1915.  The  French 
War  Office  had  advised  that  he  is  not  among  the  killed  or  wounded,  and  that 
his  disappearance  is  an  honourable  one,  and  that  he  will  be  carried  on  the 
rolls  until  definite  information  is  obtained.  Young  Kelly  is  a  born  soldier, 
an  Alumnus  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute." 

The  grieved  but  hopeful  father  wrote  the  Historiograpli^r  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  in  January,  1917: 


370  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  receive  your  very  kind  letter  of  18th  inst., 
and  it  is  equally  a  pleasure  to  inform  you  that,  no  matter  what  may  appear 
in  any  newspaper,  or  elsewhere,  nothing,  except  legal  evidence,  can  convince 
me  that  my  son  Russell  has  passed  away. 

"I  am  a  lawyer  and  know  that  courts  will  not  accept  evidence  from  a 
person  having  attended  another's  funeral,  as  proof  of  death;  the  witness 
must  identify  the  dead  body. 

"Besides,  the  French  War  Office  still  lists  my  son  as  'missing  ;  and 
that  office  informed  me,  last  year,  that  they  had  a  report  from  Germany, 
as  follows,  viz.: 

'5  Aout,  1915.     Nous  avons 

Kelly    (sans   autre    indications), 
Blesse,  a  la  cuisse  et  fait  prisonnier 
Interne  feld  Lazaret  4 — 15— 
A  K-  Wenorcq.' 

"There  is  no  other  Kelly  in  the  French,  Army;  and  'wounded  in  the 
thigh'  fits  in  with  the  report  that  he  was  seen  a  prisoner  in  Belgium, 
having  lost  a  leg." 

But,  alas!  as  the  months  and  years  passed  and  no  tidings  came,  even 
the  hopeful  father  lost  heart,  and  became  convinced  that  his  gallant  son  had 
made  the  supreme  sacrifice,  and  rested  in  an  unknown  grave— "Somewhere 
in   France." 

Kelly's  regiment   did   magnificent  work   in   May   and  June,    1915. 

In  the  Neiv  Yo7-k  Sun,  the  statement  was  made,  August  14,  1916,  that 
the  French  Minister  of  War  had  recently  revised  the  ancient  "Fourragere" 
band.  This  decoration  was  awarded  to  units — for  example — squad,  com- 
pany, battalion,  or  regiment;  and,  after  two  years  of  this  War,  it  had  been 
awarded  to  only  seventeen  units,  the  firsit  being  Kelly's  own  regiment — 
the  Second  Regiment  de  Marche,  of  the  First  Foreign  Regiment.  Under 
the  rule,  every  member  of  the  regiment  became  entitled  to  the  decoration 
(given  only  for  a  second  heroic  act).  Kelly,  therefore,  had  this  honour 
conferred  upon  him  before  his  lamented  death.  It  is  th,e  intention  of  his 
family  to  make  the  V.  M.  I.  the  custodian  of  tliis  decoration,  when  it  shall 
be  received  from  the  French  Minister  of  War. 

Captain  Warren  Kelly,  an  older  brother  of  the  martyr,  is  also  a  V.  M.  I. 
"boy,"  who  served  likewise  in  the  World  War, 

Of  the  many  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  who  distinguish,ed  themselves  in  the 
Government  Civil  Service  during  the  World  War  only  the  folloAving  ca,n  be 
specially  mentioned  here,  for  want  of  space.  (See  partial  list  elsewhere  in 
this  Record.) 

OTIS  ALLAN  GLAZEBROOK,  D.  D.,  Class  18C6,  "First  Honour." 
From   Elizabeth,    N.   J.      (Formerly,   Richmond,   Virginia.) 
United  States  Consul  at  Jerusalem  during  the  World  War. 
After  a  wonderfully   blessed   Service   in   the   Ministry   of  the   Episcopal 
Church  in   Virginia,  Georgia  and   New  Jersey,  for  over   fifty  years.   Doctor 
Glazebrook  voluntarily  retired,   a  short  time  before  the  European   War  be- 
gan, in  1914. 

Having  been  Rector  for  many  years  of  one  of  the  largest  and  most  in- 
fluential Cnuirches  in  New  Jersey,  he  was  active  in  all  good  works  in  that 
State,  and   had  the  trust,  confidence  and   love  of  every  one   of  its  citizens, 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       371 

without  respect  to  creed  or  party.  Such  a  citizen  could  not  but  wield  an 
influence  for  good.  He  was  a  great  admirer  of  Mr.  Woodrow  Wilson,  and, 
when  he  was  mentioned  for  the  Governorship  of  New  Jersey,  few  laboured 
harder  to  ensure  his  election  than  he. 

It  was  not  surprising  then  that  Mr.  Wilson,  when  he  became  President, 
should  honour  this  splendid  citizen  by  placing  him  where  he  could  do  most 
good  for  his  Country;  for  he  was  still  as  vigorous  in  mind  as  ever,  though, 
physically,  he  was  worn  by  his  indefatigable  labours  in  the  Christian  Min- 
istry, for  so  many  years.  The  President  not  only  believed  he  was  specially 
well  fitted  to  perform  the  duties  of  Consul  at  Jerusalem,  but  that  a  resi- 
dence in  the  Orient  would  be  of  great  benefit  to  his  health,  and  be  the  means 
of  prolonging  his  useful  life.  So  he  gave  him  the  appointment,  and  urged 
his  acceptance. 

Doctor  Glazebrook  remained  in  Jerusalem  throughout  the  entire  War, 
serving  his  sixth  year  as  United  States  Consul;  and  it  is  not  hazarding  too 
much  to  affirm  that  probably  no  official  of  the  Government  ever  served  his 
Country  more  faithfully,  more  successfully,  or  more  heroically  than  he 
has  done. 

The   following   letter   from   the    Wasliington   Post's   well-known    Special 

Correspondent  at  Jerusalem  shows  what  manner  of  man   and  patriot   this 

beloved   and  distinguished   Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I.  is: 

"U.  S.  Consul  a  Hero." 

"Dr.  0.  A.  Glazebrook,  in  Jerusalem,  Saved  Many  Lives." 

"Represented  Dozen  Lands. 

"Former  Virginia  Preacher  defied  Turks  to  violate  our  Flag. 

"His  life  in  Holy  City  one  adventure  after  another— Was  almoner  of 
more  than  a  million  dollars  in  gold— American  strategy  used  to  save  British 
Archives  from  the  Moslems." 

By  William  T.   Ellis 
(Special  Correspondent  of  The  Washington  Post  and  New  York  Herald.) 

"Jerusalem,  Oct.  18,  1919.— It  will  be  many  years  before  the  full  story 
of  the  dramatic  and  tragic  events  enacted  behind  war's  screen  in  Turkey 
are  fully  known  to  the  public.  America  has  her  heroes  here,  both  men 
and  women;  and  one  of  the  most  pictorial  is  the  American  Consul,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Otis  A.  Glazebrook,  of  Virginia,  who  is  now  back  at  his  post,  and 
the  recipient  of  many  honours  and  tokens  of  gratitude  from  the  diversified 
population  of  this  cosmopolitan  City. 

"For  soldier  service  Dr.  Glazebrook  has  the  soldier  spirit.  His  experi- 
ences with  the  Turks  make  a  patriot's  blood  tingle.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War  and  has  had  no  Consular  training;  but  never  an  American  has 
come  in  contact  with  him  who  has  not  wished  that  there  were  more  of 
his  kind  representing  the  United  States  in  the  difficult  places  of  earth.  For 
he  is  a  fearless  American,  a  polished  gentleman,  and  an  efficient  custodian 
of  the  interests  of  his  Country. 

"There  is  the  incident  of  the  Turkish  attempt  to  seize  the  British 
archives,  before  America  broke  relations  with  Turkey.  The  papers  and 
work  of  all  the  Entente  Consuls,  and  of  some  Neutrals,  had  been  turned 
over  to  the  American  Consul.  How  important  the  safeguarding  of  thes^-  is 
has  been  revealed  in  Beirut,  where  the  French  Consul  had  scooted  between 
sunset  and  sunrise,  without  disposing  of  his  documents.  The  Turks  straight- 
way seized  and  examined  these,  and,  on  th«  evidence  discovered,  hanged  40 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  Beirut.  This  incident  greatly  embittered  the 
Syrians  against  the  French,  for  when  your  neighbor's  neck  is  in  your  keep- 
ing, you  are  expected  to  exercise  care  for  its  safety. 


372  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

"Some  time  after  the  Beirut  hangings,  and  while  the  whole  Country 
was  still  exercised  over  it — for  news  runs  swiftly  by  underground  channels 
in  the  East — Dr.  Glazebrook's  kavass  or  dragoman,  appeared  in  his  office 
and  announced,  with  the  imperturbability  of  some  Orientals,  'There  is  a 
Turkish  officer  with  fifteen  soldiers  at  the  gate  who  have  come  to  get  the 
English  archives.' 

"  'What  is  that  you  are  saying?'  inquired  the  Consul,  unwilling  to  be- 
lieve that  he  had  heard  aright. 

"The  kavass  repeated  his  message.  'Go  out  and  learn  what  the  officer 
really  wants.  You  haven't  got  the  message  right.  What  you  say  is  foolish- 
ness and  impossible.'  Dr.  Glazebrook  himself  has  such  an  exquisite  sense  of 
the  proprieties,  with  all  the  traditional  polish  of  a  Virginia  gentleman  of 
the  Old  School,  that  he  can  not  conceive  of  others  violating  the  fundamental 
code  of  diplomatic  usage. 

"Back  came  the  kavass  with  the  same  message,  prefaced  by  apologies, 
but  repeated.  The  Consul  sent  for  the  officer  who  with  real  deference  and 
distress  of  mind — for  Dr.  Glazebrook  had  won  the  sincere  esteem  of  the 
Turks,  from  Gen.  Djemal  Pasha  down  to  the  private  soldiers — explained  that 
he  had  been  instructed  by  the  military  Governor  to  search  the  American 
Consulate  for  the  British  archives  known  to  be  there.  'Orders  are  orders,' 
he  offered,  in  apology. 

"Calm,  dignified,  but  ablaze,  Dr.  Glazebrook  said:  'Sir,  I  am  astonished 
and  affronted  that  the  Turkish  Government  would  dare  to  offer  such  an 
insult  to  me.  Don't  you  understand  that  you  might  as  well  ask  me  to  tear 
down  that  flag  over  the  gate  and  trample  upon  it?  This  Consulate  is  United 
States  territory,  and  you  might  quite  as  reasonably  propose  to  invade  the 
White  House  in  Washington  and  seize  the  President's  private  papers,  as  to 
ask  to  come  here  and  take  away  documents  given  to  me  in  trust,  and  in  full 
accord  with  all  international  law.  My  Country's  flag  means  protection,  or 
it  means  nothing.  Of  course.  Sir,  you  understand  that  when  you  have  got 
the  British  archives,  I  will  not  be  alive;  nor  will  the  fifteen  armed  kavasses 
of  the  various  Consulates  whom  I  have  here  in  tlie  compound.  Go  tell  his 
excellency,  the  Governor,  that  I  am  grieved  and  amazed  that  he  could  for 
an  instant  suppose  that  I  could  brook  such  an  attack  upon  my  honour  and 
upon  the  honour  of  my  Country.' 

"Embarrassed  and  thwarted,  the  officer  withdrew,  with  further  apologies 
and  protestations,  to  report  to  headquarters.  Then  came  the  Governor,  to 
be  met  with  an  attitude  of  aggrieved  dignity  on  the  part  of  Dr.  Glazebrook. 
'I  am  surprised,  your  Excellency,  that  you,  my  friend,  could  think  so  meanly 
of  me  as  to  suppose  that  I  could  ever  return  to  America,  after  having  failed 
in  my  trust.  What  you  have  proposed  is  an  insult  to  America — an  assump- 
tion of  a  state  of  hostilities.   Does  Turkey  mean  to  go  to  War  with  America?' 

"That  was  the  one  thing  the  Ottoman  Government  particularly  did  not 
desire.  Nevertheless,  the  Governor  was  in  straits.  With  most  profuse 
apologies  he  protested:  'But,  nry  dear  Dr.  Glazebrook,  it  is  my  head.  Djemal 
has  ordered  me  to  get  those  British  archives.  If  I  do  not,  I  may  lose  not 
only  my  position,  but  my  head.     What  can  I  do?' 

"Then  the  innate  diplomacy  of  Dr.  Glazebrook  took  charge  of  the  situa- 
tion. It  was  plain  that  the  Turks  would  not  dare  push  to  extremes  their 
threat  to  search  the  Consulate  by  force,  great  as  was  their  desire  to  duplicate 
their  discoveries  in  the  French  Consulate  in  Beirut;  and,  to  anticipate,  it  was 
learned  upon  the  return  of  the  British  to  Jerusalem  that  many  eminent  men 
would  have  lost  their  lives  had  the  Turks  learned  the  contents  of  the 
archives.  Dr.  Glazebrook  was  fighting  not  only  for  his  own  and  his  Coun- 
try's honour,  but  also  for  the  lives  of  many  of  the  most  enlightened  Syrians. 
A  way  out  must  be  found  to  save  the  Governor's  'face'  and  the  situation  as 
a  whole. 

"Without  so  much  as  a  wink,  and  quite  as  if  making  his  first  response 
to  a  Government  request,  Consul  Glazebrook  said  to  the  panic-stricken  Gover- 
nor:   'If  your  Excellency  insists  upon  searching  the  British  Consulate  for 


Some  of  the  SrEciALLY  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)        373 

the  papers  you  desire,  I  suppose  I  cannot  prevent  you,  and  I  will  accordingly 
break  the  seals  and  open  the  doors.  Then,  you  may  deliver  to  your  Govern- 
ment whatever  you  find.' 

"Of  course,  both  men  knew  ih,at  the  British  Consulate  was  as  empty  as 
a  last  year's  bird  nest,  and  that  the  coveted  documents  were  all  packed 
away  in  the  American  Consul's  residence.  Nevertheless,  they  went  through 
the  farce  of  making  a  minute  examination  of  the  British  premises,  and  the 
Governor  solemnly  reported  to  his  superiors  that  he  had  made  exhaustive 
search  for  the  desired  documents,  and  was  able  to  report  conclusively  that 
the  English  had  destroyed  them  all,  before  their  departure  from  Jerusalem. 

"Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  Dr.  Glazebrook  exercises  'suaviter  in  modo,' 
as  well  as  'fortiter  in  re.'  His  natural  gifts  enabled  him  to  keep  upon 
good  terms  with  Djemal  Pasha  who  became  his  real  friend,  even  bringing 
Enver  Pasha  to  call  upon  him.  Many  other  Turkish  officers  looked  upon 
Dr.  Glazebrook  as  friend  and  counselor,  and  when  Germans  tried  to  intrigue 
against  America  it  was  this  friendship  for  the  gentle  and  gracious  Consul 
that  foiled  them.     *     *     *. 

"As  an  Episcopal  Rector  in  Virginia  (and  in  other  States)  Dr.  Glaze- 
brook had  received  no  training  to  prepare  him  for  what  proved  to  be 
perhaps  the  most  delicate  and  difficult  post  in  the  American  Consular 
service;  no  training,  that  is,  except  a  spotless  integrity  and  a  soul-deep 
solicitude  for  the  welfare  of  his  kind.  Yet,  when  the  day  came  that  he  was 
practically  the  only  official  representative  of  Christian  Civilization  in  Jeru- 
salem, he  proved  equal  to  all  the  extraordinary  demands  made  upon  him. 
Jews  and  Christians  alike  had  no  channel  for  the  distribution  of  relief  to 
the  people  of  Palestine,  except  the  American  Consul.  The  gate  over  which 
flew  the  American  flag  became  'the  gate  beautiful'  to  thousands  of  hungry 
and  sick  and  persecuted. 

"More  than  a  million  dollars  in  gold  was  distributed  by  Dr.  Glazebrook 
in  those  dreadful  days.  Never  a  single  gold  piece  was  lost  in  transmission. 
American  warships  brought  the  money  to  Jaffa,  and  Dr.  Glazebrook  and  his 
faithful  dragoman,  Elias  Gelat  (who,  later,  passed  two  years  in  exile,  and 
lost  his  son  as  a  result  of  his  service)  transported  the  gold  to  the  Consulate. 
At  times  the  house  was  full  of  gold.  'I  slept  on  gold;  I  was  surrounded  by 
gold;  1  worked  in  gold;  I  thought  of  gold;  I  dreamed  of  gold,'  said  Dr.  Glaze- 
brook.    'Was  ever  a  poor  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  such  perplexity?' 

"One  afternoon,  Dr.  Glazebrook,  overburdened  with  the  yellow  metal, 
deposited  $25,000  in  gold  eagles  in  the  Imperial  Ottoman  Bank  of  Jerusalem. 
Musing  over  the  matter  on  his  bed  that  night,  he  concluded  that  the  Con- 
sulate was  a  safer  place  for  the  money  than  the  bank;  so  he  went  to  the 
President  of  the  bank,  the  next  morning,  and  told  him  that  h,e  wanted  to 
take  the  money  back.  Well  and  good;  but  would  Dr.  Glazebrook  wait  until 
after  banking  hours  to  remove  the  bags  of  gold,  so  as  not  to  excite  comment, 
or  start  a  run  on  the  bank?  Nobody  is  more  obliging  than  the  American 
Consul,  and  the  request  was  entirely  reasonable. 

"That  afternoon,  the  bank  President  called  in  distress  to  announce  that 
the  Turkish  military  authorities  had  closed  the  bank  at  noon,  and  that 
nothing  could  be  withdrawn.  Here  was  a  problem  to  be  met  by  other  virtues 
than  Christian  resignation.  So  Dr.  Glazebrook  hied  him  off  straightway 
to  the  Turkish  high  command.  Not  in  vain  had  he  kept  on  terms  of  real 
friendship  with  the  authorities  upon  whom  he  was  dependent  for  all  his 
opportunities  to  serve  the  people. 

"  'There  are  $25,000  in  American  money  in  that  bank's  vaults  belong- 
ing to  me.  It  is  not  the  bank's  money,  but  mine.  Every  coin  bears  the 
American  eagle.  They  came  on  an  American  warship.  They  belong  in  the 
American  Consulate.' 

"At  first,  the  commander  had  protested  that  the  Government's  seal  on 
the"  bank  was  inviolable,  and  that  not  under  any  circumstances  could  a  single 
piastre  be  withdrawn  by  the  most  favored  depositor.  This  stressing  of  the 
strictly  American   character  of  Dr.   Glazebrook's   funds  impressed   him.     A 


374  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

visit  was  made  to  the  vaults,  and  the  presence  of  the  golden  American 
eagles  was  proved,  and  every  single  coin  was  at  once  turned  over  to  the 
benign    Consul,    trained    in    a    wholly    'impractical'    profession. 

"Anybody  who  has  had  to  do  with  the  distribution  of  relief,  especially 
among  Orientals,  knows  that  gratitude  is  not  usually  to  be  found.  Perhaps, 
the  most  amazing  fact  about  Dr.  Glazebrook's  achievements  in  Jerusalem 
is  that  he  has  been  the  recipient  of  many  tokens  of  appreciation  from 
Jerusalem  Jews,  Armenians,  Syrians  and  Greeks.  All  the  peoples  whom  he 
served  testify  to  his  fairness,  as  well  as  his  efficiency.  He  embodied,  in  the 
hour  of  the  Holy  City's  distress,  the  American  spirit  of  good  will  and 
practical  efficiency." 

It  will  interest  all  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  to  know  that  Doctor  Glazebrook  was 
First  Corporal  on  the  "Colors"  at  "New  M^arket,"  and,  two  years  later,  was 
the  accomplished  Adjutant  of  the  Corps  of  Cadets. 

A  V.  M.  I.  grandson  gloriously  distinguished  himself  in  France.  In 
the  World  War. 

ALLEN  McGEE  SCHOEN,  Class  1889. 
From  Richmond,  Virginia.      (Later,  Atlanta.  Georgia.) 

A  list  of  specially  distinguished  Alumni  in  Service  in  the  World  War 
would  be  incomplete  that  omitted  the  name  of  this  very  distinguished 
Graduate. 

When  the  War  began,  he  immediately  volunteered,  asking  that  he  be 
placed  in  a  combatant  regiment.  He  promptly  received  a  tentative  com- 
mission as  Major;  that  is,  he  was  informed  his  services  were  gratefully 
accepted,  and  he  would  be  commissioned  formally,  if  he  insisted,  but  that 
the  Government  believed  he  could  best  subserve  its  interests,  and  that  he 
could  best  serve  the  Country,  if  he  continued,  in  civil  life,  to  perform  the 
many  high  and  important  duties  that  he  had  already  been  selected  to 
perform. 

In  the  light  in  which  those  in  high  authority  presented  the  case,  there 
seemed  nothing  for  him  to  do,  as  the  patriotic  citizen  he  is,  but  to  acquiesce 
in  the  Government's  view,  and  hang  up  his  "sword,"  or,  rather,  hand  it 
over  to  his  V.  M.  I.  son — who  was  just  completing  his  training  for  the 
Aviation  Service  when  the  Armistice  occurred,  and  who,  alas,  died  of  pneu- 
monia following  influenza,  in  1920 — which  he  (metaphorically)  proceeded 
to  do,  at  once. 

He  held,  among  many  important  positions  requiring  such  technical 
knowledge  and  skill  as  he  possesses  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  following: 

Chairman,  U.   S.   Naval   Consulting  Board    (Georgia   Committee v, 

Member,  National  Engineers  Societies  Committee,  for  organizing  the 
Engineers'  Reserve  for  the  Army; 

Member,  Advisory  Committee  of  the  Insurance  and  Fire  Protection 
Section  of  the  United  States  Railroad  Administration,  and  Division  Chief, 
American  Protective  League  (Auxiliary  Bureau  of  Investigation,  U.  S. 
Department  of  Justice.) 

And  during  the  World  War,  few  had  harder  tasks  to  perform,  or 
worked  more  wholeheartedly  for   the  cause  at  stake,  than  he. 

Since  189.'^,  he  has  had  charge,  as  Chief  Engineer,  of  the  Electrical 
Work  for  the  South  Eastern  Tariff  Association  of  Atlanta,  Georgia,  later 
known  as  the  South^^  Eastern  Underwriters  Association,  and  has  been  in,de- 
pendently  engaged  as  a  Consulting  Engineer  and  Electrical  Expert,  of  con- 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  (Cont'd)       375 

spiouous  ability  and  distinction,  recognized  as  such  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
He  has  written  already  three  valuable  works  on  Electricity,  and  is  a  member 
of  a  number  of  Learned   Societies,   among  which  may  be  mentioned: 

American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers  (of  which  he  served  as 
Manager) ; 

Committee  of  Consulting  Engineers,  in  connection  with  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters; 

Electrical  Committee  of  th.e   Underwriters; 

National   Electrical   Association,   etc. 

His  only  son  was  two  years  a  V.  M.  I.  Cadet,  and,  later,  served  in  the 
Air  Service,  during  the  War;  and  two  of  his  three  brothers  are  ex-Cadets. 
His  third  brother,  Ernest  R.  Sohoen,  distinguished  himself  in  the  War  as  a 
Captain  in  the  Air  Service. 

ERNEST  L.  IVES,  Class  1910.     From  Norfolk,  Virginia. 
Vice-Consul   at   Paris. 

[From  the  Norfolk  Ledger-Dispatch   of  March   23,  1918:1 

"Deputy  and  Vice-Consul  in  Paris,  is  Ernest  Linwood  Ives,  a  former 
Norfolk  boy.  Educated  at  Virginia  Military  Institute  and  William  and  Mary 
College,  he  began  has  career  in  1909,  and  during  his  eight  years  of  Consular 
service  has  been  stationed  at  many  important  German  cities,  serving  longest 
at  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  Here  he  was  visited  by  his  mother  and  sister, 
Mrs.  Eugene  Ives  and  Miss  Lila  Ives,  who  remained  with,  him  until  the  out- 
break of  the  War  in  Europe. 

"When  the  British  and  French  Consuls  were  given  their  passports,  the 
American  Consulate  became  for  a  time  a  refuge  for  the  many  tourists  in 
Germany,  and  it  was  at  this  time  that  Mr.  Ives  rendered  valuable  assistance, 
not  only  to  Americans,  but  also  to  English  travelers  who  sought  his  aid  in 
procuring  passports  to  return  to  their  homes. 

"Proof  of  the  Government's  approval  of  his  work  is  the  important  post 
now  held  by  Mr.  Ives  in  France." 

Before  being  transferred  to  Paris,  he  served  for  a  time  in  Nantes.  The 
following  extracts  from  letters  to  his  family  give  some  idea  of  his  duties 
and  life  at  that  place: 

"Nantes,  Friance,  Nov.  G,  1917. 

"I  have  been  of  considerable  assistance  to  the  army  of  late,  especially 
to  the  Engineering  Corps,  with  regard  to  the  ports,  and  the  building  of  rail- 
ways. I  am  getting  things  so  mobilized  that  I  get  information  in  a  minimum 
length  of  time,  so  I  feel  that  I  am  doing  my  part  in  the  War,  though 
I  am  not  in  uniform.  My  work  has  attracted  considerable  attention  which 
is  very  gratifying;  but  I  feel  that  as  soon  as  I  get  things  working  as  I  want 
them,  along  will  come  a  wire  ordering  me  somewhere  else. 

"In  the  meantime,  I  am  enjoying  the  social  life  of  Nantes,  particularly 
the  friendship  of  the  officers  on  one  of  our  Steamships  now  in  port.  The 
quartermaster  gives  me  nice  white  bread  occasionally. 

"My,  but  it  tastes  good! 

"This  evening  I  am  planning  for  a  small  dinner  party  of  four.     I>ieu- 

tenant    J and    Mrs.    J ,    of    Tennessee,    and    a    Mrs.    M— .    from 

New  York. 

"I  found  that  my  knowledge  of  French  was  unequal  to  the  ordering  of 

a  dinner,  so  I  sent  an  S.  O.  S.  call  to  Mrs.  M who  has  promised  to  look 

in  beforehand,  and   see  that  the  'Bonne'   arranges  everything  properly" 

"Nantes,   Dec.   2G,   1917. 
"I  suppose  I  should  have  been  very  happy  yesterday,   Christmas  Day. 
for  I  was  showered  with  good  things  to  eat  from  the  boats  in  port.     I  have 


376  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

been  able  to  give  a  great  deal  of  help  to  th,e  different  officers  on  these 
boats,  and  they  showed  their  appreciation  by  sending  me  by  way  of  Christ- 
mas presents,  many  delicacies  that  would  be  impossible  to  get  anywhere 
else.  There  were  fruit  cake,  plum  puddings,  mince  pies,  some  more  good 
ichite  bread,  candy  and  tobacco,  galore;  so  you  see  that  I  was  well  fortified 
for  a  large  Christmas. 

"So  much  mail  has  been  arriving  from  the  States  lately  that  the  post- 
office  has  been  swamped.  One  boat  alone  brought  over  27,000  sacks  for  the 
soldiers.  I  am  up  to  my  ears  in  work,  having  three  vice-consuls  and  four 
clerks  under  me.  I  also  have  a  large  automobile  with  a  military  driver  at 
my  disposal." 

Just  as  he  had  surmised,  Mr.  Ives  was  ordered  back  to  Paris,  on  the 
first   of   January.     There  he  met  a  number   of   Norfolk   friends,   including 

Miss and  Capt.  Armistead  Dobie,  with  whom  he  dined  on  New  Year's 

Day. 

He  has  made  a  host  of  friends  in  Paris,  all  of  whom  gave  him  a  warm 
welcome,  on  his  return. 

The  most  interesting  of  his  letters  was  written  two  days  after  the 
German  air  raid,  and   is  here  given  in  full: 

"Paris,  February  2.  1918. 
"Dear  Home  Folks: 

"Just  a  line  to  let  you  know  that  all's  well.  The  air  raid  was  terribly 
exciting  night  before  last.  Quite  a  number  of  people  were  killed  and  in- 
jured. The  Germans  came  in  about  eleven-thirty  and  stayed  for  a  couple 
of  hours.  The  fire  engines  were  going  around  giving  the  alarm.  A  bomb 
was  dropped  about  two  blocks  from  this  office  in  the  middle  of  the  street 
and  shattered  all  the  windows  for  blocks  around.  Another  Plane  dropped 
three  bombs  on  a  house  near  the  station  and  wrecked  it.  The  cannon  were 
firing  at  a  great  rate.  It  was  the  most  exciting  experience  I  have  ever  been 
through.  The  night  was  perfect.  One  could  see  distinctly  the  German 
Planes  as  they  signalled  red  and  white  lights.  The  French  signals  were 
white.  One  French  Plane  was  forced  to  land,  as  the  commander  and  both 
occupants  were  injured.  Considerable  damage  was  done  in  various  paits 
of  the  City  and  suburbs.     I  am  well,  and  unharmed." 

Ives  was  at  home  on  a  two  months'  vacation  in  1916,  and,  under  ordi- 
nary circumstances,  he  would  have  had  another  leave  last  Spring.  But  he 
did  not  expect  to  come  home,  nor  does  he  wish  to  leave  his  post  of  duty, 
while  his  Country  still  needs  the  services  of  all  her  loyal  sons. 

Through  all  of  his  letters  ran  the  assurance  of  ultimate  victory  to  the 
Allies,  he  being  convinced  that  Germany  could  not  hold  out  against  the 
combined  forces  of  England,  France,  Italy  and  America. 

He  is  still  in  the  Consular  Service,  but  has  just  been  promoted  from 
Class  7  to  Class  G  (June  1,  1920). 

Major   MURRAY   F.   EDWARDS,   Class    1907.     From   Missouri. 

Upon  the  entry  of  the  United  States  into  the  War,  Major  M.  F.  Edwards. 
B.  S.,  M.  A.  (Wisconsin),  was  Adjunct  Professor  of  German  at  the  V.  M.  I. 

He  at  once  endeavoured  to  enlist  in  the  Military  Service,  but  was  dis- 
qualified by  reason  of  impaired  eyesight.  This  was  a  grievous  disappoint- 
ment to  him,  but  he  was  determined  to  served  his  Country  in  other  capacities, 
when  he  found  he  would  not  be  allowed  to  serve  as  a  soldier.  He  at  onoe 
became   active    in    the   Rockbridge    County    Chapter   of   the   American   Red 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumj^i  (Cont'd)       377 

Cross.  When,  later,  the  request  came  to  the  Institute  authorities  from  the 
students  of  its  nearby  sister  institution  for  practical  military  instruction 
(which  was  gladly  complied  with  by  the  authorities),  Major  Edwards  or- 
ganized the  fine  body  of  patriotic  students  of  Washington  and  Lee  University 
Into  a  Battalion  of  Infantry,  and  became  (by  detail)  its  Commandant.  At 
the  same  time,  members  of  the  V.  M.  I.  Graduating  Class  were  detailed  as 
drillmasters,  and  they  gladly  performed  this  extra  duty,  in  addition  to  their 
regular  duties  as  Cadets,  devoting  four  afternoons  a  week  to  the  work  of 
drilling  the  squads.  For  nearly  three  months  Major  Edwards  enthusiastically 
performed  the  duties  of  his  pleasant  assignment,  and  gave  the  greatest 
satisfaction  to  both  the  students  who  composed  the  battalion,  and  the  govern- 
ing authorities  of  the  University.  Most  of  these  "Rookies"  entered  the 
Service,  and  many  of  them  won  distinction  and  promotion  at  the  front 
(some  of  them  making  the  supreme  sacrifice). 

Major  Edwards  then  went  overseas,  and  sought  service  with  the  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross.  In  1918-19,  he  was  made  Inspector  of  the  American  Red 
Cross,  and  was  given  charge  of  all  Red  Cross  work  in  the  Department  of 
Calvados,  France,  which  embraced  one  American,  ten  British,  one  Canadian 
and  sixteen  French  Hospitals,  with  approximately  fifty  thousand  beds. 

Thus,  it  will  be  seen  what  splendid  work  this  Graduate  did  for  the 
cause,  in  his  civil  capacity. 

ARTHUR  W.  HAWKS,  of  the  New  Market  Corps.  From  West  Virginia. 
Lecturer  and  Evangelist. 

This  devoted  son  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  member  of  the  historic  New  Market 
Corps,  known  probably  all  over  the  World  as  "Sunshine  Hawks,"  Lecturer 
and  Evangelist,  gave  two  years'  service  to  the  Army  and  Navy  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
during  the  War.  He  spoke  to  over  one  hundred  thousand  United  States 
Soldiers  and  Sailors,  and  privately  interviewed  over  twenty-five  thousand. 

A  Red  Cross  nurse  in  France  wrote  of  one  of  our  brave  American  boys 
whose  last  message  was:  "Tell  Sunshine  Hawks  I  have  tried  to  live  his  motto. 
After  all,  there  is  only  one  thing  really  worth  while." 

Sunshine  Hawks  is  seventy-thiree  years  "young."  He  has  lectured  and 
preached  for  fifty-two  years,  but  his  best  work  was  done  during  the 
World  War. 

He  can  be  addressed  at  his  home,  Ruxton,  Maryland. 

"To  be  good,  to  do  good,  and  always  to  smile." 

[The  father  of  this  Old  Cadet  was  Stonewall  Jackson's  accomplished 
Quartermaster,  and  General  Jackson  died  with  his  name  on  his  lips — "Tell 
Major  Hawks  to  send  forward  provisions  for  the  troops."] 


378  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Record 

"LAST  WORDS"  OF  SOME  OF  V.  M.  I.'S 
MARTYRED  SONS. 


"We  will  take  that  Nest  or  die  trying!" 

(1ST   LT.  THOMAS  D.  AMORY., 

"The  only  'relief  will  be  going  forward." 

(CAPT.  ATWELL.  T.  LINCOLN.) 

"'We  who  are  about  to  die,  salute  you!'" 

(1ST.    LT.    J.    FAVRE   BALDWIN.) 

"You  fellows  are  married:  I  am  the  one  to  go.''     (To  attack  the  machine- 
gun  nests.) 


"Tell  the  men  to  go  back,  while  they  have  a  chance,— ^I  am  done  for." 
(And  to  faithful  Private  Oswald)  — 

"Noio  is  your  chance;   go  back;  I  am  dying,  and  it's  no  use  for  you  to 
stay  and  get  killed  too." 

(1ST  LT.  HOPE  W.   MASSIE.) 

"Put  me  down, — I  am  dying,  and  I  want  to  stay  with  the  boys." 

"Stay  with  them,  Boys,  and  show  them  where  you  come  from." 

(2D  LT.  VERNON  L.  SOMERS.) 

"Don't  bother  with  me:  go  ahead.'"' 

(CAPT.   ROBERT  Y.  CONRAD.) 

"I  pay  my  debt  to  Lafayette  and  Rochambeau." 

"I  want  to  be  buried  where  I  fall." 

(2D  LT.  KIFFIN  Y.  ROCKWELL.) 

"I  am  going  to  take  a  good  long  rest." 

(CAPT.   JESSE   H.    FUGATE.) 

"We  all  can't  be  heroes  and  wear  medals  and  get  our  names  in  the 
dispatches 

But  we  can  do  our  full  duty,  and  wear  our  medals  on  our  hearts." 

(1ST   LT.  JAMES  A.  PIGUE.) 


Conclusion.  379 


CONCLUSION. 

One  fact,  in  particular,  impressed  the  Compiler  of  this 
Eecord  in  his  correspondence  with  his  fellow  Alumni  in  the 
Service,  throughout  the  War,  and  that  is  the  note  that 
pervaded  every  letter  he  received,  which,  interpreted,  meant — 
Am  I  maintaining  the  glorioiis  traditions  of  the  V.  M.  L?  As 
American  Soldiers,  but,  in  an  especial  sense,  as  Sons  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  these  peerless  Alumni  were,  one  and  all,  anxious  to 
discharge  every  duty  with  scrupulous  fidelity. 

Did  any  one  of  them  fail  to  do  his  duty?  If  so,  we  never 
heard  of  it.  On  the  contrary,  the  records  of  the  War  em- 
phatically show  that  V.  M.  I.  Men  fulfilled  every  requirement 
as  perfect  soldiers.  Evidence  accumulates  which  shows  that 
those  highest  in  command  were  most  generous  in  praising 
their  valour  and  their  efficiency,  while  some  of  them  declared 
that  V.  M.  I.  Men  were  sui  generis.  At  the  start,  they  had  the 
advantage  of  thorough  V.  M.  I  training  as  soldiers,  and  they 
were  quick  to  receive,  and  profit  by,  the  special,  technical 
training  given  them,  both  in  this  country  and  overseas — and 
this  applies  to  all,  from  the  youngster,  hardly  out  of  his  novi- 
tiate, to  the  seasoned  veterans  in  the  Service.  Whether  in 
high  command,  in  the  Schools  of  Instruction  (at  home  and 
overseas),  in  the  trenches,  or  on  the  field  of  battle, — wherever 
they  were  placed,  they  all  stood  the  severest  tests  and  bore 
themselves  as  finished  soldiers. 


The  Story  has  been  told,  and  while  all  too  poorly,  yet,  its 
recital  can  not  but  call  forth  the  admiration  of  all  patriots,  be- 
cause of  the  spirit  which  animated  all  whose  deeds  are  here 
recorded. 

Many  made  the  supreme  sacrifice;  scores  more  received 
frightful  wounds ;  many  were  denied  participation  at  the  bat- 
tlefront;  but  all  won  undying  fame,  and  (what  is  far  better) 
all  maintained  the  highest  traditions  of  V.  M.  I.    They  splend- 


380  Virginia  Military  Institute — World  War  Eecord 

idly  illustrated  the  teachings  of  their  Alma  Mater,  and 
proved  themselves  to  be  worthy  successors  of  their  heroic 
brothers  who  had  preceded  them.  A  halo  of  glory  will  always 
surround  their  names ;  and  their  Foster-Mother,  and  all  who 
reverence  true  manhood  and  honour  heroism,  will  recount 
their  deeds  with  pride  and  forever  hold  them  in  cherished  re- 
membrance. 


Headquabteks^  Virginia  Military  Institute, 

Lexington,  Va.,  November  30,  1930. 


By  command  of  Major  General  T^ichols. 


Joseph  E-.  Anderson, 
Colonel  and  Historiographer,  V.  M.  I. 


GENERAL  PERSHING'S  ESTIMATE  OF  V.  M.  I. 


American  Expeditionary  Forces, 

Office  of  the  Commander  in  Chief. 
Washington,  D.  C, 

April  21,  1920. 
Mr.  William  Couper,* 

Lexington,  Va. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Couper: 

In  your  letter  of  April  12th  you  ask  me  for  an  estimate  of  the 
value  of  the  training  given  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  as 
a  National  Asset.  I  am  very  glad  to  comply  with  your  request, 
if  I  can  in  this  way  assist  in  the  further  development  of  this 
institution. 

Before  the  World  War  there  were  a  number  of  Graduates  of 
the  V.  M.  I.  in  the  Commissioned  Personnel  of  the  Regular 
Army.  Their  average  of  efficiency  was  high  and  evidenced  the 
excellent  training  they  had  received  as  Cadets. 

When  we  entered  the  War  our  first  and  greatest  need  was 
trained  officers.  The  short  period  of  intensive  work  carried 
out  at  the  Training  Camps  was  devised  to  meet  this  emergency, 
but  the  time  available  was  too  short  to  develop  properly  in- 
structed leaders. 

In  this  emergency  the  Graduates  of  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute  proved  a  great  asset  to  the  Government;  their  tactical 
and,  above  all,  their  disciplinary  training  made  it  possible  to 
qualify  them  quickly  as  efficient  officers.  In  France  the  Chief 
of  the  Tank  Corps,  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  First 
Army,  the  Chiefs  of  Staffs  of  several  Divisions  and  members 
of  the  General  Staff  at  G.  H.  0-  were  V.  M.  I.  Graduates.  They 
were  especially  numerous  in  the  First  and  Second  Divisions, 
whose  hard  fighting  played  such  an  important  part  in  the  vic- 
tory, and  in  which  they  established  a  reputation  for  gallantry 
and  leadership.  At  home,  the  post  of  Chief  of  the  Construction 
Division  and  many  other  staff  positions  were  filled  by  your 
Graduates. 

To-day  our  greatest  needs  in  the  way  of  military  preparedness 
are  effective  plans  for  the  prompt  conversion  of  our  industries 
to  war  production  and  the  development  of  a  Corps  of  highly 
trained  officers.  The  United  States  Military  Academy  alone 
can  not  meet  the  latter  requirement,  and  it  is  to  institutions 
with  the  standing  and  traditions  of  the  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute that  we  must  look  to  provide  the  necessary  Officer  Per- 
sonnel. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

JOHN  J.  PERSHING. 


♦Lieutenant  Colonel  Couper,  Graduate  of  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1904,  served  throughout 
the  War  most  efficiently  in  the  Construction  Division  of  the  Army.  See  his  record 
above. 


Appendix  '  383 


APPENDIX. 


V.  M.  I.  ALUMNI,  OFFICERS  IN  POST-BELLUM  SERVICE. 


United  States  Armv. 

The  Commissioned  Strength  of  the  Regular  Army,  aiithorized  by  the  Reor- 
ganization Act  of  June  4,  1920,  is  (aggregate)  17,726.  Of  this  number  226  are 
V.  M.  I.  Men,  as  per  the  Army  List  of  December  1,  1920.  [This  number  will  prob- 
ably be  increased  soon.] 

The  names  of  these  Alumni,  with  Rank,  State,  Class,  Arm  of  Service  and  Sta- 
tion, in  all  cases,  follow: 

COLONELS. 

(Relative  Rank.) 

Blake,  Edmund  M S.  C,  1885  (C.  A.)  Insp.  Gen.  Dept.,  Hdqrs.,  Balboa 

Heights,  Canal  Zone. 
CoUins,  Christopher  C Va.,  1892.     Med.  Corps,  Office,  Ch.,  Mil.  Bureau, 

Wash.,  D.  C. 

Langhorne,  George  T Va.,  1887.     Cav.,  Fort  Bliss,  Tex. 

Rockenbach,  Samuel  D Va.,  1889.     Inf.,  Camp  Meade,  Md. 

Cochran,  William  B Va.,  1888.     Inf.,  Ft.  Mcintosh,  Tex. 

GoodfeUow,  John  C D.  C,  1894.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Terry,  N.  Y. 

Garrard,  Louis  F Ga.,  1894.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Hdqrs,  Panama,  Canal 

Zone  (Balboa  Heights). 

Bonnycastle,  Henry  C Ky.,  1895.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Tajdor,  James  D Fla.,  1898.     Inf.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Lee,  Fitzhugh. .-. Va.,  1896.     Cav.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Culver  Mil.  Acad., 

Culver,  Ind. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONELS.. 

(Relative  Rank.) 

Kilbourne,  Charles  E D.  C,  1894.     C.  A.,  Gen.  Staff  Coll.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Aloe,  Alfred Mo.,  1895.     Inf.  Recruiting  Sta.,  17  Hampden  St., 

Springfield,  Mass. 
Hickman,  Edwin  A Mo.,    1895.     (Finance   Dept.),   Gen.   Staff  Corps, 

Off.,  Ch.  of  Finance,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Brooke,  George  M Va.,  1896.     F.  A.,  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

Griffin,  Francis  W Va.,  1896.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Gregory,  Junius  C Va.,  1895.     Med.  Corps,  Hdqrs.,  Sixth  Corps  Area, 

Ft.  Sheridan,  111. 
Steger,  John  Overton Va.,    1898.     (C.    A.)    Adjt.    Gen.    Dept.,    Manila, 

P.  I. 

Shipp,  Arthur  M Va.,  1897.     Inf.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Locke,  Morris  E O.,  1899.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Winn,  Charles  D Ky.,  1893.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Columbus,  N.  Mex. 

Cootes,  Harry  N Va.,  1896.     Cav.,  Ft.  Mver,  Va. 

Cleaves,  Samuel  R Va.,  1898.     Cav..  Off.,  Ch.  of  Cav  ,  Wash.,  D.   C. 


384  Appendix 

MAJORS. 
(Relative  Rank  not  yet  determined.) 

Akin,  Spencer  B Miss.,    1910.     Sig.    Corps,    Hdqrs.,    First    Corps 

Area,  Boston,  Mass. 

Baldinger,  Ora  M Va.,  1910.     (Inf.)  A.  S.,  Gen.  Staff,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Baxter,  Jere Tenn.,  1905.     Inf.,  Camp  Lewis.  Wash. 

Biscoe,  Earl D.  C,  1900.     C.  A.,  Hoboken,  N.  J. 

Blackmore,  Philip  G Va.,  1911.     Ord.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Yale  Univ.,  New 

Haven,  Conn. 

Booker,  PhiUp  W Va.,  1905.     F.  A.,  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 

Brett,  George  H O.,  1909.     A.  S.,  Off.,  Ch.,  Air  Serv.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Browne,  Bowyer  B Va.,  1901.     Eng.,  Camp  Grant,  III. 

Buckner,  Jr.,  Simon  B Ky.,   1906.     Inf.,  U.  S.  Mik  Acad.,  West  Point, 

N.  Y. 
Campbell,  Arthur  G Va.,  190G.     C.  A.,  Off.,  Ch.  of  Staff,  War  Dept., 

Wash.,  D.  C. 
Christian,  Thomas  J.  J Ga.,    1909.     F.   A.,   R.   0.  T.   C,   Cornell  Univ., 

Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Clement,  Joseph  T S.  C,  1906.     Inf.,  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

Cock,  John Va.,  1896.     Cav.,  Douglas,  Ariz. 

Coldwell,  Philip Tex.,     1910.      Inf.,    Walter    Reed    Gen.    Hosp., 

Takoma,  D.  C. 

Currier,  William  P Va.,  1904.     C.  A.,  Vancouver  Bks.,  Wash. 

DeArmond,  George  W Mo.,  1905.     A.  S.,  Middletown,  Pa. 

DeVoe,  Ralph  G Wash.,  1905.     Med.  Corps,  Ft.  Slocum,  N.  Y. 

Dockery,  Albert  B Mo.,  1899.     Cav.,  Comd't.  Cadets,  V.  M.  I.,  Lex- 
ington, Va. 

Dodson,  Richard  S". Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Downer,  John  W Va.,  1902.     F.  A.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Downing,  Frederick  B Va.,  1902.     Eng.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Eastham,  Kenna  G Va.,  1910.     Cav.,  Ft.  Rilev,  Kan. 

Eglin,  Henry  W.  T Va.,  1905.     C.  A.,  Budapest,  Hungary. 

English,  Paul  X Va.,  1911.     Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  El  Paso  High  Sch., 

El  Paso,  Tex. 
Erck,  Alfred  H Porto  Rico,  1908.     Inf.,  care  The  Adjt.  Gen.  U.  S. 

A.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 
Falk,  Jr.,  David  B Ga.,  1911.     Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Pittsburgh  Univ., 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Gerow,  Leonard  T Va.,  1911.     Inf.,  Ft.  Sam  Houston,  Tex. 

Gill,  William  H Va..  1907.     Inf.,  care  Adjt.  Gen.,  Va.,  Richmond, 

Va. 

Goodwin,  Jr.,  Walton D.  C,  1901.     Cav.,  Ft.  Bliss,  Tex. 

Harrington,  Francis  C. .  . ; Va.,  1908.     Eng.,  U.  S.  Eng.  Office,  Bait.,  Md. 

Harrison,  Wm.  Burr Va.,  1892.     Eng.,  Off.,  Ch.,  Eng.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

(Appointed  since  Dec.  list  published.) 

Hawes,  Jr.,  George  P Va.,  1898.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Camp  Holabird,  Md. 

Hunt,  Claude  DeB Mont.,  1910.     Cav.,  Ft.  Clark.  Tex. 

Hyatt,  John  W Va.,    1900.     Inf.,    Hdqrs.,    First   Corps   Area,    99 

Chauncy  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Jenkins,  Coleman  W Va.,  1909.     C.  A.,  Camp  Eustis,  Va. 

Jordan,  Harry  L Va.,  1900.     Inf.,  Hdqrs.,  Third  Corps  Area,  Bait., 

Md. 

Keen,  Hugh  B Va.,  1909.     Inf.,  1705  Lawrence  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Kimberly,  Allen Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Totten,  N.  Y. 

Lyerly,  BaUard Tenn.,  1906.     F.  A.,  Q.  M.  Corps,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Maddux,  Rufus  F Ky.,    1912.     Chem.    Warfare    Serv.,    care    Chief, 

C.  W.  S.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 
Magruder,  John Va.,    1909.     F.   A.,   Asst.   Mil.   Attach^,   Peking, 

China. 
Marshall,  Jr.,  George  C Pa.,  1901.     (Inf.)  Gen.  Staff  Corps,  A.  D.  C.  to 

Gen.  Pershing,  Wash.,  D.  C. 


Appendix  385 

Marshall,  Gilbert Miss.,  1904.     C.  A.,  Off.,  Chief  of  Staff,  Wash., 

D.  C. 

Miller,  Benjamin  F. Va.,  1901.     F.  A.,  Ft.  SiU,  Okla. 

Moreno,  Aristides N.  Y.,  1899.     Inf.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Morrissett,  Daniel  G Va.,  1912.     Cav.,  Ft.  Sam  Houston,  Tex. 

Mort,  John  E Va.,  1904.     F.  A.,  care  65th  N.  Y.  F.  A.,  29  Masten 

St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Murphy,  Daniel  E D.  C,  1910.     Cav.,  Ft.  Brown,  Tex. 

McMillen,  Donald  R Wis.,  1909.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Nelly,  Henry  M W.   Va.,    1898.     Inf.,   Hdqrs.,   Sixth  Corps  Area, 

Ft.  Sheridan,  lU. 
Nichols,  William  R Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  care  Post  Commander,  Antwerp, 

Belgium. 

Patton,  Jr.,  George  S. .  .■ Cahf.,  1907.     Cav.,  Ft.  Myer,  Va. 

Peek,  George  M Va.,  1907.     F.  A.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Peek.  WiUiam  H Va.,  1906.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Pendleton,  Randolph  T Va.,   1908.     C.  A.,  R.  O.  T.  C,   Mass.  Inst,  of 

Tech.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Perkins,  Kenneth  S Va.,  1905.     F.  A.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  V.  M.  I.,  Lexington, 

Va. 
Pej^on,  Philip  B Va.,  1901.     Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Shattuck  Sch.,  Fari- 
bault, Minn. 

Polk,  Harding Tex.,  1907.     Cav.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Sinclair,  Jesse  L Va.,  1909.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Smith,  Estil  V Kan.,  1912.     Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Talbott,  Samuel  G Va.,  1899.     Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Templeton,  Hamilton Tex.,  1912.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Upshur,  Alfred  P Va.,    1904.     Med.    Corps,    Walter    Reed    Hosp., 

Takoma,  D.  C. 

Waddill,  Edmund  C Va.,  1903.     Inf.,  Ft.  Slocum,  N.  Y. 

Walker,  Walton  H Tex.,  1909.     Inf.,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Weaver,  Walter  R Ind.,  1904.     A.  S.,  March  Field,  Calif. 

Whiting,  Edgar  M Va.,  1904.     Cav.,  Douglas,  Ariz. 

Whiting,  George  W.  C Va.,  1906.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Wilbourn,  Arthur  E Va.,  1904.     Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kan. 

WiUiams,  John  S Va.,  1904.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Hancock,  N.  J. 

Wilson,  Gary  R Va.,  1906.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Wood,  WiUiam  S Va.,  1899.     F.  A.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Yancey,  James  P Va.,  1910.     Cav.,  Hdqrs.,  Eighth  Corps  Area,  Ft. 

Sam  Houston,  Tex. 

CAPTAINS. 

Adams,  Frederick  W Mo.,  1909.     Inf.,  care  The  Adjt.  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.     [Later — Camp  Jackson,  S.  C.l 

Almond,  Edward  M Va.,  1915.     Inf.  R.  O.  T.  C,  Marion  Inst.,  Marion, 

Ala. 

Arms,  Thomas  S O.,  1915.     Inf.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Powering,  Benjamin Va.,  1915.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Brown,  Charles  C Mo.,  1910.     Q.  M.  Corps,  Camp  Dix,  N.  J. 

Burress,  Withers  A Va.,  1914.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Chambliss,  Turner  M Va.,  1914.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Christian,  Mortimer  H Va.,  1916.     Cav.  Schofield  Bks.,  Hawaii. 

Cockrill,  Thomas  McF Mo..  1913.     Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kan. 

Crane,  .James  M Tex,,  1914.     F.  A.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Creswell,  Harry  I.  T ...  .Cahf.,  1913.     Inf.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Dalton,  Joseph  N N.  C,  1912.     Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Drewry,  Guy  H Va..  1916.     C.  A.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Gates.  Oscar  I Ark.,  1909.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Sih,  Okla. 

Gerow,  Lee  S Va.,  1913.     Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Goodman,  Moses Va.,  1912.     (C.  A.)  A.  S.,  Carlstrom  Field,  Fla. 

Handy,  Thomas  T Va.,  1914.     F.  A.,  Camp  Travis,  Tex. 


386 


Appendix 


Holmes,  Jr.,  Henry  B Va.,  1916.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Armstrong,  Hawaii. 

Hutton,  Jr.,  Francis  B Va.,  1913.     Med.  Corps,  Camp  Jackson,  >S.  C. 

Lafferty,  Frederick  R Calif.,  1917.     (Cav.)  A.  S.,  March  Field.  Calif. 

Marshall,  Richard  J Va.,  191.5.     Q.  M.  Corps,  care  Ch.,  Constn.  Div., 

Off.,  Q.  M.  Gen.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Marshall,  Samuel Va.,  1914.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Minton,  John  T Kan.,  1912.     Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kan. 

Moore,  Charles  E Va.,  1913.     Inf.,  Office,  Chief  of  Infantry   Wash., 

D.  C. 

McMillin,  Douglass  N Tenn.,  1910.     Inf..  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

McRae,  Donald  M D.  C,  1912.     Inf.,  Camp  Travis,  Tex. 

Nash,  John Va.   1906.     F.  A..  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Parks,  Jr.,  Victor Va.,  191.5.     (Inf.)'  A.  S.,  Kelly  Field,  Tex. 

Pendleton,  Arvid  M N.  Y..  1909.     C.  A.,  Manila,"  P.  I. 

Purdie,  Kenneth  S Va.,  1912.     C.  A.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Mi.ss.  A.  and  M. 

Coll..  Agricultural  College,  Miss. 

Rawls,  Jr.,  William  A Fla.,  1913.     Inf.,  care  The  Adit.  Gen.,  IT.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C     [Later — Camp  Jackson,  S.  C] 

Seaman,  Evan  C Pa.,  1915.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Randolph,  Canal  Zone. 

Smith,  Frank  M Tenn.,  1907.  Inf.,  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C.  (Former- 
ly, Calvin  M.  Smith.) 

TaUaferro,  Jr.,  Edward  H La.,  1908.     C.  A.,  Key  West  Bks.,  Fla. 

Thomas,  Charles  B Md.,  1916.     F.  A.,  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 

Walbach,  James  deB Md.,  1913.     (C.  A.)  Ord.,  Balboa  Heights,  Canal 

Zone. 

Wilson,  Rogers  M Ga.,  1911.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Wise,  Jr.,  James  B Va.,  1915.     Cav.,  Ft.  Brown,  Tex. 

Withers,  Alex.  Putney Va.,  1907.  Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany.  (Former- 
ly, Stephen  Putney,  Jr.) 

Yost,  Howard  McC O.,  1906.     Eng.  Gen.  Staff,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

Barrett,  William  S Va.,  1917.  Inf.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Bertschey,  Stanton  S Va.,  1918.  Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  V.  M.  1.,  Lexington, 

Va. 

Brabson,  Samuel  M Tex.,  1914.  Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Bradford,  WiUiam  B Fla.,  1916.  Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kan. 

Bucher,  Oliver  B Va.,  1917.  C.  A.,  Ft.  Amador,  Canal  Zone. 

Buracker,  Samuel  L Va.,  1916.  Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Campbell,  George  B Va.,  1911.  Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Chittum,  Harold  T Va.,  1916.  F.  A.,  Camp  Travis,  Tex. 

Colbern,  Wilham  H Mo.,  1916.  Inf.,  Tientsin,  China. 

Cole,  Jr.,  James  E Va.,  1917.  Inf.,  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C. 

Conrad,  George  B Va.,  1919.  Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Corzelius,  Frank  M Ky.,  1918.  Inf.,  Camp  Gaillard,  Canal  Zone. 

Coupland,  Richard  C Va.,  191.5.  C.  A.,  99  Chauncy  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Crockett,  Oilman  K Va.,  1912.  Inf.,  Camp  Devens,  Mass. 

Cutler,  Stuart N.  Y.,  1918.     Inf.,  Ft.  Porter,  N.  Y. 

Deeble,  Jr.,  William  R D.  C,  1914.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Sherman,  Canal  Zone. 

Echols,  Marion  P Va.,  1919.  F.  A.,  Camp  Bragg,  N.  C. 

Epes,  WiUiam  J Va.,  1919.  F.  A.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Foy,  Levie  W Ala.,  1918.  Inf.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Gaillard,  Fred.  E Tex.,  1916.  Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Geiger,  Henry  J Va.,  1902.  Chaplain,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Goodyear,  George  A Va.,  1915.  Cav.,  Gen.  Staff  Coll.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Gray,  Henry  P Va.,  1918.  Inf.,  Camp  Stephen  J.  Little,  Ariz. 

Hepner,  John  F Va.,  1915.  F.  A.,  Camp  Funston,  Kan. 

Hill,  Luther  L Ala.,  1916.  Cav.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Holt,  Jr.,  Henry  W Va.,  1917.  F.  A.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany 

Hughes,  John  B Va.,  1917.  Eng.,  Camp  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Va. 


Appendix  387 


Hurt,  Shirley  R Va.,  1914.     F.  A.,  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C. 

Jenkins,  Elmer  M Va.,  1919.     Inf.,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Jones,  Cateshv  ap  C Va..  1913.     Gen.  Staff  Coll.  Mess,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Jones,  Charles  P Ala'.,  1919.     F.  A.,  Ft.  Bliss,  Tex. 

Kibler,  A.  Franklin Va.,  1912.     (F.  A.)  Sig.  Corps,  Camp  Alfred  Vail, 

N.J. 

Lee,  Richard Va.,  1918.     Eng.,  Camp  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Va. 

Loth,  Moritz  A.  R Va.,   1916.     (Inf.)  Q.  M.  Corps,  Hdqrs.,  Fourth 

Corps  Area,  Ft.  McPherson,  Ga. 

Lunt,  Samuel  M Va.,  1915.     A.  S.,  Post  Field,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Martin,  Clarence  A Va.,  1917.     Inf.,  Camp  Funston,  Kan. 

Martin,  Marlin  C Ark.,   1912.     Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Los  Angeles  H. 

Schools,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Maury,  Lewis  A Va.,  1913.     Cav.,  Camp  Travis,  Tex. 

Minnigerode,  Karl Va.,  1908.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Moore,  Roy  C S.  C.,  1916.     F.  A.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Morris,  Wilham  S Md.,  1916.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Morrison,  Henry  T Va.,  1920.     (C.  A.)  A.  S.,  March  Field,  Calif. 

Munday,  Benton  F Mo.,  1915.     Cav.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

McKee,  John  L Va.,  1915.     Inf.,  Camp  Lewis,  Wash. 

Page,  Edwin  R Va.,   1904.     A.   S.,  Office,   Chief  of  Air  Service , 

Wash.,  D.  C. 

Ranson,  Henry  H Va.,  1914.     Inf.,  Hachita,  N.  Mex. 

Robinson,  Warren  S Va.,  1911.     F.  A.,  Camp  Stotsenburg,  P.  L 

Rodman,  John  W Ky.,  1912.     Inf.,  Ft.  Clayton,  Canal  Zone. 

Ruffner,  David  L Va.,  1917.     F.  A.,  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 

Scudder,  Irvine  C Miss.,  1918.     Inf.,  Camp  Funston,  Kan. 

Snidow,  Robert  C Va.,  1910.     C.  A.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany. 

Stark,  John  V Mo.,  1910.     Inf.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

Taber,  William  A Ala.,  1916.     Inf.,  R.  O.  T.  C,  Emory  Univ.  Acad., 

Oxford,  Ga. 

Taylor,  David  A O.,  1919.     Cav.,  Ft.  Myer,  Va. 

Taylor,  James N.  J.,  1918.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Tinsley,  George  C Va.,  1917.     A.  S.  care  Chief  of  Air  Service,  Wash., 

D.  C. 

Wilson,  Leroy  C Md.,  1912.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Wiltshire,  George  D Md.,  1915.     Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kan. 

Wysor,  Jr.,  Robert  E Va.,  1915.     Inf.,  Camp  Gordon,  Ga. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

Downing,  Leslie  B Va.,  1919.     F.  A.,  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 

Gillet,  Norman  D Va.,  1919.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,.  Ga. 

Healy,  John  H Va.,  1916.     Cav.,  Ft.  Huachuca,  Ariz. 

Keerans,  Jr.,  Charles  L N.  C,  1920.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Ladd,  Arthur  K Tex.,    1909.     A.  S.,   Hdqrs.,  Eighth  Corps  Area, 

Marfa,  Tex. 

Lowry,  Loi;er  B Fla.,  1920.     C.  A.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Roane,  Thomas  W Va.,  1919.     Inf.,  Camp  Benning,  Ga. 

Thornton,  Arthur  L Va.,  1917.     A.  S.,  Post  Field,  Ft.  Sill,  Okla. 

Wylie,  Robert  H W.  Va.,  1920.     Inf.,  Camp  Grant,  111. 

EMERGENCY  OFFICERS,  UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 

♦ChambUss,  Hardee Ala.,    1894.     Lt.  Col.  Ord.,  U.  S.   Nitrate  Plant 

No.  1,  Sheffield,  Ala. 

*Colonel  Chambliss  was  disqualified  for  permanent  commission  in  the  Regular  Army  by  reason  of 
his  far-sightedness  and,  accorciingly,  was  discharged  from  his  "Emergency"  position  in  the  Service 
November  29,  1920.  He  was  immediately  appointed  permanent  Plant  Manager  of  U.  S.  Nitrate 
Plant  No.  1,  Sheffield,  .'Alabama,  with  practically  the  same  duties,  pay,  etc.,  as  when  he  was  Lieutenant 
Colonel  and  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Plant.  His  Civil  Service  designation  is  that  of  Chemical 
Engineer,  for  which  he  passed  the  Commission's  examination  with  the  grade  of  94.1%.  Could  any 
act  of  the  Government  better  attest  its  high  appreciation  of  the  conspicuously  able  maniier  in  which 
this  distinguished  Officer  and  Scientist  organized  and  administered  this  great  Plant  during  the  War 
than  by  this  appointment? 


388  Appendix 

Fray,  John  M Va.,  1908.     Capt.,  F.  A.,  R.  0.  T.  C,  Culver  Mil. 

Acad.,  Culver,  Ind. 

Garnett,  Joseph  H Tex.,  1910.     2d  Lt.  A.  S.,  Walter  Reed  Gen.  Hosp., 

Takoma,  D.  C.  (Undergoing  Physical  Recon- 
struction.) 

Loop,  Chester  H Tenn.,  1905.     2d  Lt.,  C.  A.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Pickett,  III,  George  E Va.,  1916.     2dLt.  Q.  M.  Corps,  Walter  Reed  Gen. 

Hosp.,  Takoma,  D.  C.  (Undergoing  Physical 
Reconstruction.) 

RETIRED  OFFICERS. 
(Listed  Alphabetically.) 

Bull,  Raymond  C Major,     Med.     Corps.     Surgeon    and    Professor, 

V.  M.  I.,  Lexington,  Va. 

Chambhss,  Nathaniel  R Ala.,  1895.  1st  Lieutenant.  Sanatorium,  White- 
stone,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

Derbyshire,  George  A Va.,  1899.     2d  Lieutenant.     Col.  Va.  N.  G.  and 

Executive,  Officer,  V.  M.  I.,  Lexington,  Va. 

Gayle,  Jr.,  Lester  T Va.,  1912.     Captain.     Dutj^  Oklahoma  Agr'l  Coll., 

Stillwater,  Okla. 

Lee,  George  M Va.,    1896.     Lt.   Colonel,   care   MiUtary  Attach^, 

American  Embassy,  Paris,  France. 

Lohmeyer,  Jr.,  WiUiam W.  Va.,  1916.     Captain.     Care  WiUiam  Lohmeyer, 

Insurance,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

Merritt,  James  A Md.,     1915.     Captain.     963    11th    St.,    Boulder, 

Colo. 

Mills,  Morrel  M Va.,  1897.     Captain.     Care  The  Adjt.  Gen.,  U.  S. 

A.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Nichols,  Maury D.  C,  1880.  Colonel.  Cambridge  Crescent,  Nor- 
folk, Va. 

Owen,  William  O Va.,    1876.     2719  Ontario  Road,   N.   W.,   Wash., 

D.  C. 

Peyton,  James  W Va.,  1906.     Major.     Livingston  Apts.,  18  Vincente 

Terrace,  Santa  Monica,  Calif. 

Schwabe,  Harry  A W.   Va.,    1904.     Captain.     18   Grammercy  Park, 

New  York. 

Taylor,  Blair  D Va.,  "New  Market"  Corps.  Colonel.  755  Pied- 
mont Ave.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Townes,  Jr.,  John  E Va.,  1907.  Major.  208  S.  Sycamore  St.,  Peters- 
burg, Va. 

Walker,  Freeman  V S.  C,  1880.     Captain.     Bluff  ton,  S.  C. 

Wilson,  J.  Pendleton W.  Va.,  1911.     Captain.     Duty,  Salt  Lake  City 

H.  Schools,  410  Chff  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah. 

Wise,  Hugh  D Va.,  1891.     Colonel.     Watertown,  N.  Y. 

[Colonel  Taylor  was  retired  April  30,  1911,  at  his  own  request,  after  30  years' 
service.  He  had  gallantly  served  in  two  Wars,  having  been  a  member  of  the  his- 
toric ''New  Market"  Corps  of  the  V.  M.  I.  and  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A.,  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War.  The  others  named  were  retired  for  disabiUty  incurred  in  the  Ser- 
vice.] 

The  list  embraces  two  hundred  and  twenty-six  Commissioned  Officers.  This 
is  a  very  great  reduction  from  the  Institute's  Army  Commissioned  War  strength, 
though  it  is  not  as  great,  proportionately,  as  the  reduction  to  a  Peace  basis  of  the 
whole  Army's  Commissioned  Personnel.  The  large  number  of  Volunteers  (in  all 
branches  of  the  Service,  but  particularly  in  the  Army)  who  so  promptly  res])onded 
in  the  solemn  emergency  have,  for  the  most  part,  resumed  their  pre-war  pursuits. 
But  when  their  Country  shall  again  need  their  services,  it  is  very  certain  they  will 
be  as  freely  and  as  gladly  given,  as  before. 


Appendix  389 

United  States  Navy. 

The  V.  M.  I.'s  Commissioned  strength  in  the  Navy  has  been  considerably  re- 
duced from  that  of  the  War  period. 

The  following-named  Alumni  are  now  in  the  Service  (per  Navy  Directory  of 
December  1,  1920): 

CAPTAINS. 

Gatewood,  James  D Va.,  1876.     Med.  Corps.     Comd'g  Naval  Hospital, 

Gulfport.  Miss. 

DeVaUn,  Charles  M S.  C,  1888.  Med.  Corps.  Comd'g  Naval  Hos- 
pital, New  Orleans,  La. 

Procter,  Andre  M Ky.,   1891.     (Line.)     3d  Naval  Dist.     (Board  of 

'  Investigation;  also  Member,  G.  C.  M.) 

COMMANDERS. 

Hyatt,  Claudius  R Va.,  1906.     Naval  Acad.,  Annapolis,  Md.     (Asst. 

to  Officer  in  charge,  Post-Grad.  Course.) 
Staton,  Adolphus N.  C,  1900.     U.  S.  S.  Tennessee  (Exec.) 

LIEUTENANT  COMMANDERS. 

Belt,  Haller Tex.,  1906.  Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Co.,  Rochester, 

N.  Y.     (Inspector,  Ord.) 
Byrd,  Jr.,  Richard  E Va.,   1908.     Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     (Naval 

Operations,  Aviation — Planning  Division.     Re- 
tired, but  on  active  list.) 

HarriU,  William  K Tenn.,  1912.     U.  S.  S.  Nevada. 

Henderson,  Samuel  L Ark.,  1902.     Panama,  Canal  Zone. 

Hull,  Carl  T N.  Y.,  1910.     Comd'g  U.  S.  S.  R-25  and  U.  S.  S. 

0-15. 
James,  Jules .' Va.,    1906.     Aide  and  Flag  Lt.,   Staff,   Comd'r., 

Battle  Force,  Atlantic  Fleet. 
Kmg,  Ogden  D N.    C,    1909.     Med.    Corps.     Instructor,    Naval 

Med.  Sch.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Parsons,  Henry  E Va.,  1905.     U.  S.  S.  South  CaroUna  (Eng.). 

Peyton,  Thomas  G Va.,  1910.     Comd'g  U.  S.  S.  McCook. 

Read,  Jr.,  OUver  M S.  C,  1909.     Navy  Dept.,  Bureau  Eng.,  Wash., 

D.  C. 
Yeatman,  PhiUp  W Va.,  1912.     U.  S.  S.  Bell. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Campman,  John  H Tex.,  1914.     Home,  awaiting  Orders. 

Hartt,  WilUam  H Va.,  1916.     U.  S.  S.  Harding. 

Mason,  Harry  M Va.,  1917.     (S.  C.)     U.  S.  S.  Columbia. 

Price,  George  D W.  Va.,  1913.     U.  S.  S.  Mayflower. 

Rembert,  Arthur S.  C,  1915.     (S.  C.)     U.  S.  S.  Boggs. 

Rembert,  Gaillard S.  C,  1911.     Fleet  Supply  Base,  South  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 

Snead,  George  M Va.,  1916.     (S.  C.)     Asiatic  Station. 

Tobin,  Robert  G Va.,  1915.     Communicating  Officer,  Dest.  Div.  10 

(U.  S.  S.  Schley.) 

LIEUTENANT  (J.  G.). 
Barrett,  Russell  S Va.,  1917.     U.  S.  S.  S-17. 

ENSIGN. 
Cruzen,  Richard  H Mo.,  1918.     U.  S.  S.  Claxton  (Chief  Eng.). 


390  Appendix 

RETIRED  (INACTIVE  LIST). 

Lt.  Comd'r  Gilbert  P.  Chase....  Va.,  1894.     Boonton,  N.  J. 

Lt.  Cond'r  John  Q.  Lovell Miss.,  1879.  Care  Baltimore  Trust  Co.,  Balti- 
more, Md. 

Lt  Comd'r  John  J.  McCracken  .Va.,  1899.     Magnolia  &  Carroll  Sts.,  Larchmont, 

Norfolk,  Va. 

Lt.  Cond'r  Horace  B.  Worden..  .Mont.,  1904.     328  E.  Pine  St.,  Missoula,  Mont. 

United  States  Marine  Corps. 

A  number  of  Officers  have  left  the  Service — by  Retirement  for  Disability  in- 
curred in  the  Service,  and  by  Resignation. 

The  following  continue  in  the  Service,  according  to  the  latest  official  Directory 
(December  1,  1920): 

MAJORS. 

Lee,  Sydney  S Va.,    1903.     Div.    Officer,    U.    S.    S.    Wyoming, 

Pacific  Fleet. 
Upshur,  William  P Va.,  1902.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantioo,  Va. 

CAPTAINS. 

Bain,  James  M Va.,  1915.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va. 

Brewster,  Joseph  E N.    Y.,    1916.     1st    Prov.    Brig.    (Gendarmerie), 

Haiti. 

Brown,  Campbell  H Tenn.,  1917.     U.  S.  S.  Pennsylvania. 

Burks,  Jesse  J Va.,  1916.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va. 

Clement,  WilUam  T Va.,  1914.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va. 

Gumming,  Samuel  C Va.,  1917.  Temp.  Serv.,  France  (Map  Detach- 
ment).    [Later — Returned  to  U.  S.] 

Davis,  James  E Va.,  1915.     Naval  Air  Sta.,  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Denham,  James  L D.  C.,  1910.     Recruiting  Sta.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Gait,  Alexander Md.,  1914.  2d  Reg.,  1st  Prov.  Brig.,  Port  au  Prince, 

Haiti. 

Gever.  Jr.,  Peter  C Canal  Zone,  1916.     Marine  B'ks.,  Parris  Island, 

S.  C. 

Goodman,  Benjamin  A Va.,  1917.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va. 

Griffin,  Raphael Va.,  1915.     4th  Reg.,  2d  Brig.,  Santo  Domingo, 

D.  R. 

Hamner,  George  C D.  C,  1910.     Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va. 

Howard,  Samuel  L D.  C,   1912.     Marine  Recruiting  Sta.,  Richm'd, 

Va. 

Kingman,  Matthew  H la.,  1912.     Marine  Rec'tg  Sta.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Leech,  Lloyd  L Va.,  1913.     Naval  Ammu.  Depot,  Hingham,  Mass. 

Lloyd,  Egbert  T D.  C,  1912.     Naval  Ammu.  Depot,  Dover,  N.  J. 

Lockhart,  George  B Va.,  1917.     Marine  B'ks,  Parris  Island,  S.  C. 

McLean,  James  D Va.,  1915.     Naval  Torp.  Sta.,  Newport,  R.  I. 

MiUner,  Bruce  J Va.,  1916.     U.  S.  S.  Florida. 

Nelms,  James  A Va.,  1917.     Am.  Legation,  Peking,  China. 

Old,  Jr.,  Nimmo Va.,  1916.     Am.  Legation,  Managua,  Nicaragua. 

Pendleton,  Robert  S Va.,  1917.     Marine  B'ks,  Parris  Island,  S.  C. 

Shepherd,  Jr.,  Lemuel  C Va.,  1917.  Temp.  Serv.,  France  (Map  Detach- 
ment).    [Later — Returned  to  LT.  S.] 

Spotts,  George  W Va.,   1914.     4th  Reg.,  2d  Brig.,  Santo  Domingo, 

D.  R. 

Ward,  Joseph  G Va.,    1917.     Marine   B'ks,    Navy  Yard,   Norfolk, 

Va. 


Appendix  391 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT. 
Patton,  Jr.,  John  M Va.,  1914.    U.  S.  S.  Utah. 

RETIRED  (INACTIVE  LIST). 

Captain  J.  Addison  Ha^an,  Va.,  1916.     409  E.  FrankHn  St.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Captain  Jack  S.  Hart,  Tex.,  1917.     118  Columbia  St.,  Weatherford,  Tex. 

Captain  Frederick  C.  McConnell,  Ala.,  1902.     7  Rue  de  Tilsitt,  Paris,  France, 

Care  J.  A.  Logan. 
Captain  Charles  P.  Nash,  W.  Va.,  1917.     South  Boston,  Va. 
Captain  Thomas  S.  Whiting,  Va.,  1917.     V.  M.  I.,  Lexington,  Va.     (Asst.  Prof.) 
Second  Lieutenant  Hugh  M.  Howard,  D.  C,  1902.     Firemen's  Ins.  Co.,  7th  St. 

and  La.  Ave.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 


V.  M.  I.  Men  in  the  Marine  Corps  had  their  share  of  Casualties.     Nine  (9) 
were  killed,  or  died,  in  the  Service,  during  the  War,  as  follows: 

Captain  Jesse  H.  Fugate,  Jr.,  1916,  from  Reed  Island,  Va.     Died  of  Disease. 
Captain  Gustav  Karow,  1916,  from  Savannah,  Ga.     Killed  by  faU  of  his  plane. 
First  Lieutenant  John  M.  McClellan,  1916,  from  Richmond,  Va.     Killed  in  action. 
Second  Lieutenant  Richard  W.  Murphy,  1916,  from  Greensboro,  Ala.     Killed  in 

action. 
Second  Lieutenant  Vernon  L.  Somers,  1915,  from  Bloxom,  Va.     Killed  in  action. 
Second  Lieutenant  Melville  E.  Sullivan,  1917,  from  Richmond,  Va.     Killed  by  fall 

of  his  plane. 
Corporal  James  L.  Corey,  1917,  from  Argos,  Ind.     Killed  in  action. 
Private  Archibald  W.  Benners,  1919,  from  Ambler,  Pa.     Killed  in  action. 
Private  Powhatan  R.  Dance,  1920,  from  Richmond,  Va.     Killed  in  action. 

And  there  were  sixteen  (16)  officers  \Younded  in  action,  as  follows: 

Major  Matthew  H.  Kingman,  1913,  from  Des  Moines,  la.     (Severely.) 

Captain  Samuel  C.  Gumming,  1917,  from  Hampton,  Va.     (Seriously.) 

Captain  Frederick  W.  Clarke,  Jr.,  1917,  from  Savannah,  Ga.     (Twice,  severely.) 

Captain  Charles  A.  Etheridge,  191.5,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     (Severely.) 

Captain  Benjamin  A.  Goodman,  1917,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     (Slightly.) 

Captain  J.  Addison  Hagan,  1916,  from  Richmond,  Va.     (Seriously.) 

Captain  Jack  S.  Hart,  1917,  from  Weatherford,  Tex.     (Three  times,  twice  severely    . 

Captain  George  B.  Lockhart,  1917,  from  Honaker,  Va. 

Captain  Horatio  P.  Mason,  Jr.,  1917,  from  Hampton,  Va. 

Captain  Morgan  R.  Mills,  Jr.,  1917,  from  Richmond,  Va.     (Severely.) 

Captain  George  G.  Munce,  1914,  from  Richmond,  Va.     (Severely.) 

Captain  Charles  P.  Nash,  1917,  from  Alderson,  W.  Va.     (Lost  an  arm.) 

Captain  Allan  C.  Perkinson,  1914,  from  Petersburg,  Va.     (Severely.) 

Captain  Lemuel  C.  She.iherd,  Jr.,  1917,  from  Norfolk,  Va.     (Three  times,  severely.) 

Captain  Thomas  S.  Whiting,  1917,  from  Hampton,  Va.     (Five  or  more  serious 

wounds  and  many  smaller  ones — in  same  action.) 
Second  Lieutenant  Vernon  L.  Somers,  1915,  from  Bloxom,  Va.     (Severely.     Sub- 
sequently killed  in  action.) 

SUMMARY. 

V.  M.  I.  Alumni,  Officers  in  the  Military  and  Naval  Establishments  of  the 
United  States,  December,  1920: 

Army 226 

Navy 30 

Marine  Corps 35 

Grand  Total 291 


392  Appendix 

ADDITIONAL  DATA  FOR  THE  SERVICE  ROSTER. 


[The  following  important  facts  have  come  to  light  since  the  foregoing  was  put 
in  type  and  are  given  in  this  Appendix  as  a  part  of  this  Record,  and  belonging  to 
the  divisions  indicated:] 

Commissioned  Personnel. 

UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 

Major  Charles  W.  Kollock,  Class  1877.  From  South  Carolina  Commissioned 
liieutenant  Colonel,  Medical  Reserve,  U.  S.  A.,  after  the  Armistice.  (See  pages 
20  and  160.) 

Second  Lieutenant  Wadsworth  W.  Rogers,  Class  1919.  From  Michigan.  Served 
in  48th  (Regular)  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  from  November  1917,  to  September, 
1919.     (See  page  47.) 

Second  Lieutenant  Charles  E.  Ford,  Jr.,  Class  1917.  From  Virginia.  Commis- 
sioned 2d  Lieutenant,  F.  A.,  R.  C;  U.  S.  A.,  at  Camp  Taylor,  Ky.,  in  1918. 

Second  Lieutenant  Frederic  R.  Scott,  Class  1919.  From  Virginia.  Entered  O.  T. 
School,  Camp  Lee,  Va.,  October  12,  1918.  Assigned  to  30th  Company,  In- 
fantrv.  Honourably  discharged,  December  5,  1918.  Commissioned  2d  Lieu- 
tenant, O.  R.  C;  U.  S.  A.,  October  31,  1919. 

Second  Lieutenant  Raymond  Alvis,  Class  1920.  From  Virginia.  Trained  for  two 
months  in  Heavy  Artillery  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  previously  to  Armistice,  and 
afterwards  commissioned  2d  Lieutenant,  Engineers,  Reserve  Corps,  U.  S.  A. 
(See  page  59.) 

Second  Lieutenant  Max  R.  Recker,  Class  1921.  From  Indiana.  Enlisted  F.  A., 
Training  School  at  Camp  Zachary  Taylor,  Ky.,  October,  1918.  Commis- 
sioned 2d  Lieutenant.  F.  A.,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A.     (See  page  58.) 

U.  S.  MARINE  CORPS. 

2d  IJeutenant  Frank  M.  Page,  N.  C,  1923.  EnUsted  as  a  private.  Promoted  to 
2d  Lt.     Served  one  year  at  Parris  Island,  S.  C,  and  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Enlisted  Personnel. 

UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 

Private  Henry  D.  Draper,  Calif.,  1921.  Enhsted  in  144th  (2d  Cahf.)  F.  A.  Served 
six  months  at  Camp  Kearny,  Calif.,  in  1918. 

Private  Fairfax  I.  Gregory,  111.,  1924.  63d  Inf.  Served  nine  months  at  Ft.  Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga.,  in  1918. 

UNITED  STATES  NAVY. 

1st  Class  Radio  Electrician  Eugene  T.  Carlton,  Va.,  1924.  Served  two  years  on 
U.  S.  S.  Mississippi;  at  Harvard  Radio  School;  on  Gunboat  at  Compass  School 
at  Pelham  Bay,  N.  Y.;  at  Compass  Station,  Mantoloking,  N.  J.,  and  in  Cuba. 

Midshipman  James  M.  Mitchell,  Ala.,  1923.  At  U.  S.  Naval  Academy  from  June, 
1918,  to  June,  1920. 

U.  S.  MARINE  CORPS. 

Trumpeter  Charles  A.  Burress,  Va.,  1922.  Enlisted  Aug.  7,  1918,  and  served  until 
Feb.  25, 1920,  at  Mare  Island,  Calif.;  in  Honolulu,  Hawaii;  in  PhiUppine  Islands; 
at  Vladivostok,  Siberia;  at  Nagasaki,  Japan,  and  at  Guam.  (One  of  four 
brothers  who  gallantly  served  in  the  War.) 


Appendix  393 


STUDENTS'  ARMY  TRAINING  CORPS. 

Private  Russell  G.  Duff,  Mich.,  1921.     In  V.  M.  I.  Marine  Section  three  months, 

in  1918. 
Private  William  C.  Preston,  Jr.,  Tex.,  1923.     At  Texas  Christian  University  six 

months,  in  1918. 
Private  James  G.  Reid,  Va.,  1923.     At  Richmond  College,  three  months,  in  1918. 
Private  Charles  E.  Townsend,  N.  J.,  1922.     At  Dartmouth  College  (Lewis  Machine 

Gun  Co.)  three  months,  in  1918. 
Private  William  K.  Ford,  Va.,  1920.     At  W.  &  L.  University,  in  1918. 

DECORATIONS. 

Major  ROBERT  S.  SPILMAN,  Va.,  1893.  Medical  Corps,  59th  Infantry, 
4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Awarded  four  (4)  bronze  stars  and  one  silver  star,  per  G.  O.  75,  G.  H.  Q.,  A. 
E.  F.     (See  below.) 

CITATIONS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS. 

Major  ROBERT  S.  SPILMAN,  Va.,  1893.  Medical  Corps,  59th  Infantry, 
4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Cited  several  times  in  Brigade  and  Division  Orders,  and  recommended  for  pro- 
motion and  for  the  D.  S.  C.     (See  below.) 

The  War  Department  advises  that  Private  POWHATAN  R.  DANCE,  Auto- 
matic Rifle  Squad,  5th  Reg.,  Second  Division,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  was  promoted 
on  the  Field,  just  before  he  made  the  Supreme  Sacrifice.  He  was  killed  while  ad- 
vancing from  shell  hole  to  shell  hole  (having  received  two  machine-gun  wounds), 
November  1,  1918.  He  was  one  of  300  volunteers  called  for  to  attack  a  machine- 
gun  nest.     (See  page  339.) 

Sergeant  JOSEPH  R.  CUSHMAN.  It  is  gratifying  to  be  able  to  announce,, 
at  the  very  last  moment,  that  a  letter  has  come  from  the  mother  of  this  hero,  giving 
the  following  Citation  which  he  received: 

"Sergeant  Joseph  R.  Cushman,  Company  "K,"  107th  Infantry.  For  courage 
and  determination  in  battle.  On  September  29,  1918,  in  the  attack  on  the  Hinden- 
burg  Line,  this  soldier  displayed  unusual  bravery  m  leading  his  squad  against  hea\-y 
machine-gun  fire,  and  was  killed  while  advancing."     (See  page  302.) 

[A  friend  of  Cushman's  related  this  incident:  A  Major  inspecting  spoke  very 
highly  of  C.'s  squad,  and  asked  him — "Corporal,  where  did  j^ou  get  your  training 
before  you  came  into  the  7th?"  He  replied — "At  the  V.  M.  I.,  Sir."  The  Maiot 
then  said — "Oh,  I  am  a  regular  myself."] 

CASUALTIES. 

THOMAS  TODD,  Md.,  1901,  B.  E.  F. 

Since  this  work  was  printed,  word  has  come  from  his  brother,  J.  Talbott  Todd,. 
Commonwealth  Bank  Building,  Baltimore,  Md..  that  he  made  the  "Supreme  Sacri- 
fice" while  serving  with  the  British  Army  during  the  last  year  of  the  War.  Nothing 
further  is  known,  except  he  enlisted  in  the  B.  E.  F.  early  in  the  War.  His  brother 
has  been  asked  for  the  full  particulars  of  his  service  and  death,  but  no  response  has 
yet  come.     (See  page  68.) 

Major  ROBERT  S.  SPILMAN,  Va.,  1893.  Medical  Corps.  59th  (Regular) 
Infantry,  4th  Division. 

Gassed  in  action  on  the  Vesle  River  and  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  drive.  (See 
below.) 

Captain  BEVERLEY  H.  TUCKER,  Calif.,  1902.  M.  G.  Company,  137th 
Infantry,  35th  Division. 

Seriously  gassed  in  battle  of  the  Marne  and  evacuated  to  Hospital,  where  he. 
underwent  three  operations.     (See  below.) 


394  Appendix 

SOME  ALUMNI  IN  CIVIL  SERVICE  DURING  THE  WORLD  WAR. 

Charles  B.  Coffeen,  111.,  1894.  Associated  with  his  Classmate,  Lt.  Col.  J.  M.  S. 
Waring,  Ord.  Dept.,  commanding  U.  S.  Nitrate  Plant  No.  2,  at  Nitro,  W.  Va., 
and  did  fine  work  in  his  civil  capacity. 

Leonard  K.  Nicholson,  La.,  1901.  President  and  Joint  Owner  of  New  Orleans 
"Times-Picayune  Publishing  Company,"  who  threw  the  weight  of  his  paper — 
the  large.st  Daily  Newspaper  in  the  South — in  the  scale  for  victory  over  the 
Huns.  (His  brother,  Yorke  P.  Nicholson,  associated  with  him  in  the  ovsTier- 
ship  of  this  great  newspaper — bequeathed  them  by  their  Mother,  its  former 
owner  and  publisher — is  also  an  old  "V.  M.  I.  boy."; 

Paul  J.  Thomson,  W.  Va.,  1904.  Associated  with  his  older  brother  in  the  owner- 
ship and  management  of  "The  New  Orleans  Item"  worked  faithfully  for  the 
Cause  throughout  the  War.  Son  of  a  gallant  member  of  the  immortal  "New 
Market"  Corps  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  he  has  ever  been  faithful  to  the  traditions  of 
his  race. 

James  L.  Ewing,  La.,  1912.  Associated  with  his  father  in  the  ownership  and  man- 
agement of  "The  New  Orleans  States,"  and  with  three  V.  M.  I.  brothers  in  the 
Military  Service,  he  rendered  yeoman  service  in  the  War  for  Righteousness 
and  the  Freedom  of  the  World. 

David  T.  Williams,  Va.,  1899.  Rendered  efficient  service  as  a  member  of  the  Ex- 
emption Board  and  of  the  Legal  Advisory  Board  of  his  county  and  town  during 
the  War. 

Ross  A.  Cauthorrie,  Va.,  1905.  President  of  the  R.  A.  Cauthorne  Paper  Co.,  Inc. 
He  did  a  patriot's  part  in  the  War  and  a  generous  and  loyal  son's  part  in  helping 
to  give  to  the  World  this  glorious  record  of  his  Alma  Mater  and  her  Sons. 


REVISED  RECORDS. 


Some  of  the  Specially  Distinguished  Alumni  in  the  World  War 

Brigadier  General  RICHARD  C.  MARSHALL,  JR.  (See  page  115.)  Mem- 
ber, American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
and  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers. 

Born,  March  13,  1879,  at  Portsmouth,  Va.  Honour  Graduate,  Virginia  Mili- 
tary Institute,  1898;  served  as  Captain  of  Volunteers,  Spanish- American  War 
1898-1899;  Summer  Law  University  of  Virginia,  1899;  from  September,  1899,  until 
February,  1902,  Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Commandant  of  Cadets, 
Virginia  Mihtary  Institute;  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  Artillery  Corps, 
Regular  Army,  February  3,  1902;  Honour  Graduate,  Artillery  School,  Fort  Monroe, 
Va.,  190-1;  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  January  21,  1904;  Instructor,  Dept. 
Power  and  Electricity,  Artillery  School,  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  1905-1907;  Captain, 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  January  20,  1908;  Detailed  Captain,  Quartermaster  Corps, 
June,  1908  to  June,  1912,  also  January  7,  1915;  and  Major,  Coast  Artillery  Corps, 
August  5,  1917.  On  February  12,  1918,  assigned  as  Officer  in  Charge  of  Canton- 
ment Division,  which  was  later  reorganized  and  known  as  the  "Construction  Division 
of  the  Army."  Commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Quartermaster  Corps,  February 
13,  1918;  Colonel,  March  20,  1918,  and  Brigadier  General,  June  26,  1918.  As  Chief 
of  the  CoiLstruction  Division  of  the  Army  responsible  for  all  building  construction 
by  the  War  Department  in  the  United  States  and  insular  possessions,  involving  an 
expenditure  oi  more  than  $800,000,000.     With  this  fund,  he  organized  and  had  built 


Appendix  395 

more  than  500  projects,  on  which  there  were  employed  over  200,000  motors  at  one 
time,  and  some  of  which  projects  cost  as  much  as  $30,000,000.  The  projects  in- 
cluded camps,  cantonments,  barracks,  army  supply  bases,  port  terminals,  storage 
depots,  warehouses,  wharves,  docks,  roads,  hospitals,  aviation  fields,  hangars,  prov- 
ing grounds,  embarkation  camps,  engineers'  camps,  sjiecial  camps,  gunnery  schools, 
balloon  schools,  emergency  housing,  lighters,  power  })lants,  factories  and  shops, 
munition  plants,  and  special  new  plants  for  the  production  of  nitrates,  phosphorus, 
T.  N.  T.,  and  other  acids,  gas  and  explosives.  For  the  handling  of  such  a  vast  con- 
struction program  an  organization  of  some  1,500  officers  and  several  thousand 
civilian  experts  was  built  up ;  practically  the  entire  building  industry  in  the  United 
States  was  mobilized  to  carry  on  the  work,  not  only  from  Washington,  D.  C,  but 
at  each  of  the  project  sites.  In  recognition  of  services  rendered,  awarded  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Medal,  the  citation  reading:  "For  exceptionally  meritorious  and 
conspicuous  service  in  the  Construction  Division  of  the  Army.  His  zeal,  judgment 
and  exceptional  administrative  ability  have  enabled  serious  difficulties  to  be  over- 
come and  the  construction  necessary  for  a  great  army  to  be  provided." 

On  June  30,  1920,  resigned  from  the  Army  and  accepted  position  as  General 
Manager  of  The  Associated  General  Contractors  of  America,  with  offices  at  1037 
Munsey  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 

He  was  later  nominated  l)y  the  President  to  be  a  Brigadier  General,  E.  C, 
IT.  S.  A.     It  is  confidently  believed  the  nomination  will  be  confirmed  by  the  Senate. 

Colonel  BALLARD  LYERLY,  Class  1906.  From  Tennessee.  78th  Field 
Artillery,  A.  E.  F. 

He  carried  this  regiment  to  France,  commanded  it  with  great  gallantry,  through- 
out the  War,  and  brought  it  back  to  the  United  States. 

[It  is  a  great  disappointment  that  a  complete  report  of  the  services  of  this  con- 
spicuously able  and  distinguished  Officer  has  not  yet  been  secured.     See  page  133 . 

Lieutenant  Colonel  ALLEN  KIMBERLY,  Class  1896.  From  Virginia. 
Aide-de-Camp  to  Division  Commander,  and,  later,  Commanding  Division  Ammuni- 
tion Train,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  on  duty  in  the  Philippines  and  China  from  1915  to  1917.  When  War 
came  he  was  Major  of  Philippine  Scouts,  having  before  that  been  aide-de-camp  to 
the  Commanding  General. 

He  saw  no  prospect  of  being  transferred  to  the  Army  in  France  from  his  far-off 
Island  post;  so  he  applied  for  leave  of  absence  to  visit  the  United  States,  believing 
that  if  he  was  near  the  seat  of  Government  he  might  have  a  chance  to  see  active 
service  during  the  War.  His  application  was  approved,  and  he  came  home.  He 
was  successful  in  having  a  Division  Commander  going  overseas  select  him  as  aide-de- 
camp, and,  so,  for  two  months,  in  the  latter  part  of  1917,  and  early  the  next  year, 
he  did  a  tour  of  duty  on  the  French,  British  and  American  fronts. 

In  March,  1918,  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  in  April  he  was  assigned 
to  command  a  Division  Ammunition  Train.  In  July,  he  was  ordered  overseas  with 
hiis  unit,  and  was  on  duty  at  different  points  in  France  until  April,  1919,  when  he 
was  ordered  to  accompany  the  American  Embassy  to  Rome.  While  on  this  service 
he  was  taken  ill,  and  underwent  an  operation  in  Rome;  and,  as  he  thought  his  con- 
valescence was  not  as  rapid  as  it  should  be,  he  applied  for  leave  to  go  home. 

He  spent  several  months  on  sick  leave  on  the  Italian  Lakes,  and  his  recuperation 
there  was  complete;  so,  that  when  he  reached  Paris  he  was  ready  for  duty  again. 


396  Appendix 

He  was  then  assigned  to  the  Headquarters  of  the  American  Forces  in  France,  in 

charge  of  a  service  there. 

In  February,  1920,  he  returned  to  America  and  was  on  duty  in  Washington 
for  three  months.  In  May,  1920,  he  was  transferred  to  Headquarters,  Second  Coast 
Artillery  District,  at  Fort  Totten,  N.  Y.,  where  he  has  been  serving  since  last  July, 
as  the  Coast  Artillery  District  Adjutant,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A. 
(See  pages  17  and  151.) 

Major  ROBERT  S.  SPILMAN,  Class  1S93.  From  Virginia.  Medical  Corps, 
59th  U.  S  Infantry,  8th  Brigade,  4th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

[This  record  was  received  too  late  for  insertion  in  its  proper  place.     See  page  182.) 

Called  to  active  service  May  3,  1917.  Assigned  to  4th  Division,  U.  S.  Regulars. 
Regimental  Surgeon,  59th  U.  S.  Infantry.  At  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  and  Camp  Greene, 
N.  C,  organizing  and  training.  Sailed  from  New  York  May  3,  1918.  Arrived 
Liverpool  May  16;  by  train  to  Dover.  Arrived  Calais,  France,  May  17th.  With 
British,  May  20th,  Northern  France.  June  9th  his  outfit  ordered  to  Marne  to  help 
check  drive  to  Paris.     Then  with  French  troops  at  La  Ferte  Sous  Jouarre. 

In  following  battles:  Second  battle  of  the  Marne,  Chateau  Thierry,  Haute 
Oisnes,  Courchamps,  St.  Gongociept,  Hervilllers,  Vesle  River  Vesle  Savoye,  St. 
Martins,  Fismes,  Aisne-Marne,  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne. 

Gassed  on  the  Vesle  River  and  in  Meuse-Argonne  drive. 

Recommended  for  promotion  and  for  the  D.  S.  C. 

Cited  several  times  in  Brigade  and  Division  Orders  for  good  work. 

G.  0.  75,  G.  H.  Q.,  A.  E.  F.j  gave  him  four  (4)  bronze  stars  and  one  silver  star. 
He  was  in  the  front  line,  and  under  fire;  for  four  months,  lacking  three  days. 

Discharged  from  the  Service,  November  17,  1919. 

Major  CHARLES  A.  LYERLY,  Jr.,  Class  1907.  From  Tennessee.  Engineers, 
U.  S.  A. 

He  was  commissioned  Captain,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  early  in  1917.  Promoted, 
later,  to  Major.  His  service  during  the  War  was  so  distinguished  he  was  selected, 
under  the  Reorganization  Act,  for  appointment  to  the  Regular  Army,  his  commis- 
sion, as  Captain  of  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  being  received  in  July,  1920,  which  was  de- 
clined. 

Major  Lyerly  is  a  brother  of  Colonel  Lyerly  above. 

[It  is  regretted  in  this  Officer's  case  also  that  no  detailed  report  of  his  service 
has  ever  come  to  hand.     See  page  183.] 

Major  WILLSON  H.  CRALLfi,  Class  1891.     From  Virginia. 

Commissioned  Major,  Heavy  ArtDlory,  U.  S.  A.,  July,  1918. 

This  Graduate,  prominent  in  the  business  world  and  long  past  the  age  for  com- 
pulsory service,  was  so  anxious  to  serve  in  the  field,  that  he  submitted  to  a  surgical 
operation,  passed  the  mental  and  physical  examinations,  and  was  given  the  high 
commission  of  Major  in  the  Heavy  Artillery.  This  case,  it  is  believed,  had  few 
parallels  in  the  volunteer  service. 

His  father,  also  an  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  served  gallantly  as  a  youth  in  the 
Confederate  War;  and  a  brother,  a  Graduate  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy, 
served  with  conspicuous  distinction  as  a  Field  Officer  in  the  World  War. 

It  is  profoundly  regretted  that  the  name  of  this  beloved  Comrade  and  dis- 
tinguished Officer  was  omitted  from  the  list  of  Majors,  on  page  18  of  this  Record, 
and*  that  a  full  report  of  his  service  has  not  yet  been  obtained. 


Appendix  397 

LATER. 

|The  following  letter  from  Major  Crall^,  received  since  the  above, was  written, 
although  a  personal  one  and  never  intended  to  be  given  this  publicity,  is  an  historical 
document  of  such  great  value  that  the  Historiographer  of  the  V.  M.  I.  feels  that  it  is 
due — alike  to  Major  Crall^,  to  the  splendid  men  who  composed  his  four  Companies 
of  Heavy  Artillery,  and  to  the  State  of  Virginia,  that  it  be  inserted  here,  and  given 
the  widest  publicity,  and  he  hopes  he  will  be  forgiven  for  the  liberty  thus  taken,  in 
the  interest  of  the  truth  of  history.] 

Major  Oralis  said: 

"My  War  record  is  very  short;  due  to  the  fact  that  when  the  War  broke  out  I 
served  with  the  Lumber  Commission  for  Emergency,  with  the  exalted  salary  of 
'a  dollar  per  year.' 

"The  Secretary  of  War  asked  Governor  Stuart  to  raise  four  Companies  of  Ar- 
tillery, which  he  did  raise,  just  at  the  close  of  his  administration;  and  when  Governor 
Davis  came  into  office  he  found  these  four  Companies  mustered  into  service.  But 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  U.  S.  A.,  said  he  would  never  let  them  be  Federal  Soldiers.  So, 
Governor  Davis  asked  me  to  help  him  get  the  President  to  recognize  them  as  Federal 
troops.  I  agreed  to  do  this,  and  I  volunteered,  myself,  at  once,  as  a  private.  I  got 
the  Federal  Government  to  give  the  Companies  recognition.  But  this  act  involved 
the  appointment  of  a  Major.  I  was  told  to  stand  an  examination  (and  I  can  tell 
you  that  Colonel  Lyell,  in  his  best  V.  M.  I.  days,  never  put  up  a  harder  one.)  Bj'^ 
hard  study  I  passed,  and  was  recommended  for  Colonel  of  a  regiment  of  Artillery — 
to  teach  at  Fort  Monroe.  As  soon  as  I  found  this  out,  I  personally  visited  the  Secre- 
tary of  War^  and  stopped  the  recommendation — by  telling  him  I  would  rather  be  a 
private  in  France  than  Chief  of  Staff  in  America.  So,  my  appointment  as  'Major 
of  Artillery"  was  made.  I  wa«  stationed  for  a  short  while  at  Governor's  Island,  N.  Y., 
and  was  then  sent  to  Fort  Monroe  for  intensive  training,  and  it  was  there,  when  we 
had  just  received  orders  to  embark  at  Nevi^port  News  for  France  (being  a  part  of 
the  35th  Regiment  of  Heavy  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.)  that  the  news  of  the  Armistice 
came  to  us. 

"I  knew  then  that  the  end  was  in  sight.  I  told  the  Secretary  of  War  that  every 
man  under  me  was  a  Volunteer,  and  that  most  of  them  were  business  men,  and  asked 
him  to  issue  orders  for  the  demobilization  of  the  battalion,  if  he  had  no  further  use 
for  it.  We  were  then  transferred  to  Camp  Meade,  Md.,  and  there  demobilized  in 
December,  1918. 

"I  want  to  say  this  about  these  four  Companies — that  they  were  Volunteers 
who  suffered  because  the  Chief  of  Staff  wanted  to  keep  them  as  Home  Guards;  but 
the  President,  on  November  7th,  recognized  them  as  Federal  troops;  and,  on  Novem- 
ber 8th,  when  orders  came  to  proceed  to  France,  they  cheered  lustily — to  the  last 
man. 

"When  we  moved  into  Camp  Meade  I  was  told  by  Ex-Secretary  of  War  Stimson 
(who  was  then  a  Colonel  in  the  National  Army)  that  this  body  of  troops  that  I  had 
the  honour  to  command  was  the  best  that  had  ever  been  to  Camp  Meade.  I  said: 
'Colonel,  let  me  tell  you — every  Captain  is  an  Alumnus  of  the  V.  M.  I.,  and  some  of 
the  other  Officers,  and  many  of  the  enlisted  personnel,  are  also  V.  M.  I.  Men.' 
'Ah,  that,'  said  the  Colonel,  'explains  their  condition.' 

"I  have  written  you  much  more  than  T  expected;  but  I  feel  that  the  facts  as  to 
these  four  Companies  should  be  told.  You  can  imagine  the  amount  of  pressure 
that  had  to  be  brought  to  have  the  Secretary  of  War  override  the  Examining  Board's 
recommendation  for  my  appointment  as  Colonel  (to  teach  Mathematics),  and  also 
the  Herculean  task  of  overriding  the  Chief  of  Staff's  desire,  and  threat;  never  to  allow 
these  troops  to  be  a  part  of  the  Federal  Army,  except  as  Home  Guards,  or  Coast 
Artillery,  in  the  United  States. ' 

"But  the  Secretary  of  War  saw  the  justice  of  the  matter;  and,  in  company  with 
him  and  Senator  Martin.  I  placed  the  matter  before  the  President,  and  was  finally 
rewarded;  and  the  four  Companies  became  a  part  of  the  35th  Regiment  of  Heavy 
Artillery,  U.  S.  A." 

These  Companies  were — 

"A,"  commanded  by  Peyton  T.  Jamison,  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1900. 


398  Appendix 

"B,"  commanded  by  Henry  C.  Franklin,  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1918. 

"C,"  commanded  by  Samuel  K.  Funkhouser,  V.  M.  I..  Class  1904,  and 

"D/'  commanded  by  John  V.  Thompson,  V.  M.  I.,  Class  1910. 

These  were  all  highly  trained  and  accomplished  Officers;  and  they  were  aided 
by  lieutenants  who  had  been  carefully  selected. 

The  enlisted  men  were  of  unusual  inteUigence,  character,  zeal  and  patriotism. 
The  Companies  were  organized  quickly,  the  latter  part  of  1917.  The  Adjutant 
General  of  Virginia  declared  that  one  of  them  (Thompson's)  had  required  less  time 
to  be  mustered  in  the  State's  service  than  any  Military  organization  of  which  his 
Department  had  a  record.  The  men  were  all  eager  to  be  received  into  the  Federal 
Army  as  National  troops,  and  to  see  service  at  the  front.  And,  yet,  for  weary  months 
they  were  kept  in  this  country  as  "Home  Guards."  Though  disappointed,  and 
chafing  under  what  they  believed  was  unfair  treatment  by  the  National  Govern- 
ment, they  yet  performed  all  their  duties  faithfully  and  cheerfully.  (What  was 
said  of  one  of  these  Companies — Franklin's — by  the  leading  newspaper  of  the  town 
of  Chester,  Pa.,  when  it  left  the  great  shipbuilding  plant  in  that  town,  for  Camp 
Meade  to  be  demobilized — "a  splendid  body  of  men — the  last  one  of  them,"  could 
truthfully  have  been  said  of  all  )  But,  at  last,  justice  triumphed — when  they  got 
their  battalion  commander  in  the  person  of  Major  Willson  H.  Cralle,  an  Officer  of 
rare  soldierly  ability  and  decision  of  character. 

A  peculiar  interest  to  V.  M.  I.  Men  attaches  to  these  Companies,  because — 

Each  was  commanded  by  a  V.  M.  I.  Man 

Their  battalion  was  commanded  by  a  V.  M.  I.  Man. 

Their  regiment  was  commanded  by  a  V.  M.  I.  Man. 

And  the  Senior  Major  of  the  regiment  was  a  V.  M.  I.  Man. 

Colonel  Ayres  and  Major  Beirne,  with  a  portion  of  the  regiment,  saw  active 
service  on  the  "fighting  line,"  but  the  coming  of  the  Armistice  prevented  the  last 
battalion  from  participation  at  the  front. 

Captain  WILLIAM  LOHMEYER,  JR.  (See  page  199.)  Oct.  16,  1917, 
commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.;  Nov.  10,  1917- 
Jan.  4,  1918,  Student,  Engineer  Officers'  Training  School,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan.; 
Jan.  8-March  20,  1918,  Second  Lieutenant,  Co.  "B,"  Fourth  Engineer  Regiment, 
Fourth  Division,  Camp  Greene,  N.  C;  Mar.  21-Apr.  22,  1918,  First  Lieutenant,  Co. 
"B,"  Fourth  Engineers,  Camp  Greene;  Apr.  24-Apr.  29,  1918,  Camp  Merritt,  N.  J.; 
Apr.  30,  1918,  assigned  to  command  Co.  "B,"  Fourth  Engineers;  Apr.  30-May  12, 
1918,  en  route,  Hoboken  to  France;  May  13-May  20,  1918,  in  Rest  Camp,  Bassens, 
near  Bordeaux,  and  en  route,  British  Training  Area  at  Samer,  near  Calais;  May  21- 
June  4,  1918,  construction  of  Ranges,  Billets,  etc.,  for  Seventh  Brigade;  June  5- 
June  14,  1918,  en  route,  Samer  to  Crouttes,  on  the  Marne;  June  15-July  3,  1918, 
construction  of  portion  of  second  line  position  complete  with  accessories;  June  27, 
1918,  commissioned  Temporary  Captain,  Corps  of  Engineers;  July  4-July  17,  1918, 
en  route  to  Crouy-sur  Orque  and  construction  of  portion  of  second  line  near  there ; 
July  18,  1918,  accompanied  Infantry  attacking  waves  for  reorganization  of  captured 
terrain,  at  beginning  of  Aisne-Marne  Offensive;  July  19,  1918,  wounded.  Hill  172, 
near  Chezy-cn-Orxois;  relieved,  command  Co.  "B,"  Fourth  Engineers,  and  evacuated 
to  Hospital;  July  28-Nov.  28,  1918,  in  Base  Hospital  No.  6,  Bordeaux;  Dec.  11- 
Dec.  26,  1918,  in  Debarkation  Hospital  No.  3,  Fox  Hills,  N.  Y.;  Dec.  28,  1918-Aug. 
31,  1919,  in  Base  Hospital,  Camp  Sherman,  O.;  Jan.  7,  1919,  Captain,  Corps  of  En- 
gineers; Sept.  2,  1919-May  24,  1920,  in  General  Hospital  No.  28,  Fort  Sheridan,  111,; 


Appendix  399 

May  24,  1920,  retired  from  active  service  because  of  "phj^sical  disability  incident 
thereto,  caused  by  gun-shot  wound  received  in  action." 

His  wound  was  badly  infected  and  persistently  refused  to  remain  healed,  ac- 
counting for  his  long  stay  in  the  Hospital,  and  (together  with  some  limitation  of 
motion  in  his  knee)  causing  his  retirement.  It  has  now  been  healed  for  over  six 
months;  so  that  there  is  a  possibility  of  his  being  restored  to  active  duty.  His 
compulsory  withdrawal  from  the  field  was  a  keen  disappointment,  as  he  had  a  splen- 
did company  in  a  regiment  which  bridged  the  Vesle  in  the  Aisne-Marne  Offensive 
and  built  the  Aisne-Malancourt  road  in  the  Argonne,  the  latter  considered  the  great- 
est front-line  engineering  achievement  of  the  American  Army. 

Captain  BEVERLEY  H.  TUCKER,  Class  1902.  From  California.  M.  G. 
Company,  137tb  Infantry,  35th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

[It  is  most  gratifying  to  the  Historiographer  of  the  V.  M.  I.  to  be  able  to  give, 
at  this  last  moment,  the  brief  facts  below,  in  regard  to  this  worthy  Officer,  scion  of 
one  of  Virginia's  historic  families,  who  distinguished  himself  on  the  field  of  battle.] 

He  enlisted  in  California  early  in  1917,  and  was  commissioned  a  1st  Lieutenant. 
He  was  assigned  to  the  187th  Infantry,  35th  Division.  He  went  with  his  unit  to 
France  and  was  conspicuous  for  bravery  and  efficiency,  receiving  on  the  battlefield 
of  the  Marne,  in  that  famous  drive,  promotion  to  a  captaincy.  He  was  seriously 
gassed  in  this  battle  and  had  to  be  evacuated  to  the  Hospital.  Upon  his  release, 
while  still  unfit  for  active  military  duty,  the  Commander-in-Chief  ordered  him  to  the 
University  of  Sorbonne,  at  Paris,  to  take  a  literary  course,  and  he  was  awarded  a 
diploma  upon  graduating  therefrom.  A  few  days  later,  he  had  to  be  operated  upon, 
on  account  of  his  gassed  condition.  As  soon  as  he  could  leave  the  Hospital  he  re- 
ceived orders  to  join  the  5th  Division  for  transfer  to  the  United  States.  But  at 
Brest,  the  point  of  embarkation  for  home,  he  was  again  examined,  and  ordered  to 
the  Hospital  there,  where  two  more  operations  were  performed  on  him.  Upon  his 
discharge  from  Hospital,  he  was  placed  on  the  Casual  list  and  ordered  home.  (See 
page  32.) 

First  Lieutenant  WILLIAM  J.  PENN,  Class  1909.  From  North  Carolina. 
Motor  Transport  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

He  enlisted  in  the  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  May 
13,  1917,  and  was  graduated,  and  commissioned  a  2d  Lieutenant,  Q.  M.  Corps, 
August  15th 

On  August  29th,  he  was  ordered  to  Camp  Jackson,  S.  C.  After  attending  the 
Quartermaster  School  there  for  a  short  while,  he  was  transferred  to  the  306th  Sani- 
t  ary  Train  as  Supply  Officer.  On  December  20th,  he  was  ordered  to  Camp  Joseph 
E.  Johnston,  Fla.,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Advance  Spare  Parts  Depot, 
Unit  No.  1.  In  February,  191S,  his  Unit  received  sailing  orders.  At  the  time  of 
its  organization  this  Unit  was  composed  of  a  captain  and  three  lieutenants  and  fifty' 
enlisted  men.  It  went  from  Camp  Johnston  to  Camp  Merritt,  N.  J.,  where  it  em- 
barked on  the  White  Star  Liner,  Olympic,  then  doing  transport  duty.  This  ship 
was  a  fast  one  and  had  a  picked  crew  of  gunners  from  the  British  Navy  to  man  the 
large  guns,  so  that  the  voyage  was  made  without  mishap  in  six  days  and  without 
convoy. 

On  a  beautiful  day  in  March,  1918,  land  was  sighted  off  the  coast  of  France. 
An  honour-escort  of  several  submarine  chasers  and  torpedo  boats  and  five  airplanes 
came  out  to  meet  the  ship,  laden  with  six  thousand  troops  from  the  United  States 


400  Appendix 

to  join  the  Allied  Armies  fighting  for  World  freedom.  These  were  the  first  boats 
sighted  after  leaving  the  shores  of  America.  The  troops  weie  disembarked  at  Brest, 
and  for  a  few  days  were  quartered  in  the  barracks  at  that  port  that  were  built  by 
Napoleon.  Then  Lieutenant  Penn's  Unit  received  orders  to  entrain  for  a  little  town 
in  Northern  France  called  Langres.  There,  the  Unit  established  a  Spare  Parts 
Depot,  within  a  short  distance  of  the  front  lines.  In  August,  the  subject  of  this 
brief  sketch  was  transferred  from  the  Q.  M.  Corps  to  the  Motor  Transport  Corps. 
The  Depot  increased  in  size,  as  time  went  on;  and  as  the  line  moved  forward,  new 
Depots — ever  in  advance — were  established.  On  October  12th,  he  was  promoted 
to  First  Lieutenant,  M.  T.  C,  and  soon  after  that  he  was  given  command  of  the 
Supply  Depot,  then  known  as  Advance  Motor  Transport  Supply  Depot  No.  1. 
On  November  1st,  he  was  recommended  for  a  Captaincy,  and  the  recommendation 
went  to  Headquarters  for  approval;  but  the  Armistice  coming  so  soon  thereafter,  he 
never  got  the  promotion  his  distinguished  efficiency  and  fine  conduct  merited. 
In  January,  1919^  he  was  discharged  and  was  sent  to  a  Concentration  Camp-at  St. 
Aignan,  where  he  was  put  in  command  of  Casual  Company  No.  1409.  After  two 
weeks  there  he  was  ordered  to  Brest,  and  from  that  port,  he  sailed  for  home,  in  a  few 
weeks,  aboard  the  Mt.  Vernon,  formerly  the  German  Ki'onprincess  Cecelia  (named 
for  the  Kaiser's  daughter).  Upon  arrival  at  Camp  Merritt  he  was  relieved  of  his 
Casual  Company  and  given  command  of  an  outfit  of  men  from  his  own  section  of 
the  Country,  and  proceeded  to  Camp  Lee,  Va.;  where  he  received  his  final  honour- 
able discharge. 

Second  Lieutenant  WILLIAM  W.  WATSON,  Class  1918.  From  North  Caro- 
lina.    18th  M.  G.  Battalion,  53d  (Regular)  Infantry,  6th  Division,  A.  E.  F. 

Enlisted  in  first  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  May  8,  1917. 

Graduated,  and  commissioned  2d  Lieutenant,  August  1.5th,  and  assigned  to 
53d  (Regular)  Infantry.  Served  in  18th  M.  G.  Battalion  of  this  regiment  from  De- 
cember 25, 1917,  to  August  1,  1919,  when  he  was  honourably  discharged.  In  France 
with  the  18th  M.  G.  Battalion  from  June,  1918.  to  June,  1919.  In  action:  in  Gerard- 
mer  Sector,  August  l-Septembcr  8,  1918;  in  Meuse-Argonne,  November  1-11,  1918. 
With  Army  of  Occupation,  April-May;  stationed  at  Cochem,  Germany.  (See  page 
48.) 

Second  Lieutenant  THOMAS  M.  YANCEY,  Class  1914.  From  Virginia. 
44th  Regular,  U.  S.  Artillery,  Battery  "A,"  First  Army  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

Volunteered,  April,  1917. 

Training  at — 

Fort  Myer — where  he  received  a  Commission  of  2d  Lieutenant. 

Fort  Monroe  Va.,  and  Fort  Moultrie,  S.  C. 

Assigned  to  61st  Heavy  Artillery  (Regular),  C.  A.  C. 

Transferred  to  53rd  Ammunition  Train. 

Transferred  to  Battery  "A,"  44th  Regular  Heavy  Artillery,  1st  Army  Corps, 
A.  E.  F. 

Served  in  France  from  July  10, 1918,  to  February  5,  1919. 

Battles,  Engagements  and  Skirmishes: 

Thiacourt,  Bemy  Woods,  Saint  Benoit. 

Twelve  miles  from  Metz  when  Armistice  was  signed.     Last  orders  were; 

"Pull  up  Battery  and  follow  the  Infantry  to  h  *  *  *,  but  get  to  Metz." 
Discharged,  February  15.  1919  at  Fort  Totten,  N.  Y.     (See  page  49.) 


Appendix  401 

Private  THEODORE  J.  WOOL,  Jr.,  Class  1917.  From  Virginia.  Aviation 
Service.     Later.  34th  Art-'llery,  C.  A.  C,  U.  S.  A. 

Enlisted  December  8,  1917,  at  Wasliington,  D  C,  as  Private,  First  Class, 
Cadet  Detachment,  Aviation  Service,  U.  S.  A.  Ordered  to  Ground  School,  Uni- 
versity of  Texas,  Austin,  Feb.  9,  1918.  Graduated,  April  20,  1918.  Then  ordered 
to  Camp  Dick,  Texas,  and  remained  there  one  month.  Thence  ordered  to  Carlstrom 
Field  and  Dorr  Field,  Arcadia,  Fla.,  where  he  remained  until  August  18,  1918, 
when  he  was  honourably  discharged  from  this  branch  of  the  Service  because  of  "in- 
aptitude for  Aviation.'' 

He  returned  home  and  immediately  re-enlisted  m  the  Service — in  the  Coast 
Artillery,  and  was  assigned  to  Battery  "A,"  34th  Artillery. 

In  training  at  Fort  Wishington,  Md.,  and  Camp  Eustis,  Va.,  and  was  at  the 
latter  School  when  the  Armistice  occurred.  Honourably  discharged,  December 
3,  1918. 

[The  earnestness  with  which  this  young  Alumnus  sought  to  serve  his  country 
can  not  but  be  commended.  He  would  not  be  deterred  from  doing  his  "bit"  be- 
cause he  showed  he  lacked  the  essential  aptitude  to  be  an  Aviator,  but  quickly  en- 
listed in  another  branch  of  the  Service,  and  was  preparing  to  do  his  best  in  the  Ar- 
tillery, when  the  end  came.     See  page  65  ] 

Captain  JAMES  D.  GATEWOOD,  Class  1876.  From  Virginia.  Medical 
Director,  United  States  Navy. 

This  Graduate,  V.  M.  I.'s  senior  Naval  Officer,  has  always  been  distinguished. 
He  was  a  "Star"  man  in  his  Class  (after  only  two  years  at  the  Institute),  and  served 
as  an  Assistant  Professor  there  for  two  years  after  graduating.  Receiving  his 
Medical  degree  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  he  took  Post-Graduate  courses  at  the 
New  York  University  and  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  and  was  then  com- 
missioned Assistant  Surgeon,  U.  S.  Navy,  July  6,  1880.  He  was  promoted  Passed 
Assistant  Surgeon  July  6,  1883;  Surgeon,  January  28,  1896;  Medical  Inspector, 
September  19,  1908;  Medical  Director,  July  12,  1911.  He  served  on  the  Franklin, 
the  New  Hampshire,  the  Kearsarge  (the  ship  that  fought  the  Alabama),  the  Dis- 
patch (when  she  was  lost  in  1891).  the  Dolphin,  the  Puritan  (during  the  Spanish- 
American  War),  the  Lancaster,  the  Yankee,  the  Tennessee,  and  the  California.  He 
was  Instructor  at  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  1887-90;  Surgeon,  Naval  Station, 
Havana,  Cuba,  1899;  Assistant  to  Bureau,  Medicine  and  Surgery,  1900-2;  Instructor, 
U.  S.  Naval  Medical  School,  Washington,  1905-9;  Fleet  Surgeon,  Pacific  Fleet, 
1909-10;  President,  Naval  Examining  Board,  1910-12;  in  command,  Naval  Medical 
School  and  Naval  Hospital,  Washington,  1912-1917.  Delegate  to  International 
Congress,  Charities  and  Corrections,  Chicago,  1893;  International  Congress  on 
Leprosy,  Berhn,  1897;  International  Sanitary  Conference  of  American  Republics, 
Washington  1905,  City  of  Mexico,  1907;  and  Member  of  Second  Pan-American 
Scientific  Congress,  Washington,  1915-1916.  He  holds  the  Cuban  Campaign  Medal 
and  Badge.  Author:  "Naval  Hygiene,"  1909,  used  as  a  text-book  in  the  U.  S.  Naval 
Medical  School  and  in  the  British  Medical  School,  and  by  the  Naval  Services  of 
both  countries. 

When  the  World  War  came  this  accomplished  Officer  was  on  duty  in  Wash- 
ington. 

It  is  regretted  that  the  details  of  his  service  during  the  War  have  not  been  re- 
ceived; although  it  is  known  he  performed  distinguijhed  service. 
He  is  now  commanding  the  Naval  Hospital  at  Gulfport,  Mis.'^. 


402  Appendix 

Captain  Gatewood's  father  (of  blessed  memory  to  this  writer — one  of  his  old 
pupils),  the  Rev.  Robert  Gatewood,  A.  M.,  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  was  graduated 
at  the  V.  M.  I.  in  the  Class  of  1849,  and  spent  his  long  life  as  a  famous  Principal  of 
Boys'  Schools,  and  in  the  Holy  Ministry  (in  which  he  dechned  to  receive  pecuniary 
reward).  He  sent  three  sons  to  the  V.  M.  I.,  two  graduating  with  great  distinction 
and  the  third  meeting  with  a  tragic  death  while  standing  among  the  highest  in  his 
Graduating  year  at  the  Institute.  A  grandson  (son  of  WilUam  Gatewood,  "Second 
Honour"  Graduate  of  Class  1886,  the  prominent  Naval  Architect)  was  graduated 
in  the  Class  of  1918,  having  served  as  a  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  War,  and  his  younger 
brother  is  now  serving  as  a  Cadet  at  the  V.  M.  I. 

Captain  Gatewood  was  the  first  Graduate  to  be  awarded  the  degree  of  M.  A. 
by  the  Virginia  Military  Institute.  (There  have  been  so  far  only  three  recipients 
of  this  degree).  In  recognition,  and  in  testimony,  of  his  pre-eminent  scholarship, 
and  especially  of  his  valuable  writings  in  the  field  of  Medical  Science,  this  high 
honour  was  conferred  upon  him,  on  the  occasion  of  the  fortieth  anniversary  Reunion 
of  his  Class,  in  June,  1916. 

Captain  CHARLES  M.DeVALIN,  Class  1888.  From  South  Carolina.  Medi- 
cal Corps,  United  States  Navy. 

iThe  revised  record  here  inserted,  though  all  too  brief;  warrants  placing  this 
accomplished  Officer  in  the  "Specially  Distinguished"  Class  of  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  in 
the  World  War;  but  the  Historiographer  regrets  that  it  came  to  him  too  late  for 
insertion  in  its  proper  place  herein.     See  page  341.] 

Appointed  to  U.  S.  Navy,  January  27,  1892.  Medical  Director,  with  rank  of 
Captain,  since  October  15,  1917. 

Senior  Medical  Officer  at  U.  S.  Training  Station,  Great  Lakes,  111.^  from  May 
5  to  December  15,  1917;  then  to  command  the  U.  S.  Naval  Base  Hospital  No.  3 
at  Seafield,  LeJth,  Scotland,  A.  E.  F. 

He  was  created  Commander  of  the  Order  of  the  British  Empire  and  was  awarded 
the  U.  S.  Navy  Cross,  for  distinguished  services  in  the  War. 

Captain  GEORGE  B.  LOCKHART,  Class  1917.  From  Virginia.  U.  S. 
Marine  Corps,  A.  E.  F. 

He  reported  for  active  duty  as  a  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  Marine  Corps,  at 
Marine  Barracks,  Parris  Island,  S.  C,  May  25,  1917,  a  few  day«  after  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  his  Class  at  the  V.  M.  I.  He  remained  at  this  station  until  July  15,  1917. 
He  was  then  transferred  to  the  Marine  Barracks,  Quantico,  Va.,  and  he  attended 
the  Officers'  School  there  for  one  month. 

August  15,  1917,  he  was  assigned  to  the  6th  Regiment,  then  organizing  for  duty 
overseas.  His  Company  was  the  96th  (Captain  D.  F.  Duncan,  Company  Com- 
mander). He  was  second  in  command  and  aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Com- 
pany.    He  underwent  intensive  training  at  Quantico  until  January,  1918. 

In  October,  1917,  he  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant. 

On  January  18,  1918,  he  left  for  France  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Henderson,  and  arrived 
there  February  4,  landing  at  St.  Nazaire.  He  was  in  the  Training  Area  with  the 
6th  Regiment  until  February  22.  On  this  date  he  went  to  an  Army  School  for  a 
month's  intensive  training  in  trench  warfare. 

On  March  24  he  left  this  school  and  rejoined  his  Company,  then  in  the  trenches 
in  the  Verdun  Sector. 

His  regiment  continued  in  these  trenches  until  about  May  10,  and  during  this 


Appendix  403 

period  his  Company  occupied  four  different  positions  in  the  front  lines  and  as  many 
in  the  second  line. 

It  was  partly  engaged  in  one  raid  and  was  several  times  under  fire. 

From  May  10  to  29  his  regiment  was  in  the  Training  Area  for  rest  and  reorganiza- 
tion. 

On  the  latter  day  it  entrained  for  the  front,  on  a  hurry  call,  and  went  to  the 
Belleau  Woods  Sector. 

On  June  1,  the  regiment  took  its  positions.  Lieutenant  Lockhart's  platoon 
had  a  front  of  about  three  hundred  yards,  on  the  extreme  right  of  the  Regimental 
Sector,  his  platoon's  right  resting  on  the  Paris-Metz  road,  and  connecting  with  the 
9th  U.  S.  Infantry,  across  the  road. 

Lockhart's  platoon  (and  Company)  had  its  first  skirmish  on  June  3,  1918,  and 
after  that,  during  the  remainder  of  the  month,  it  was  in  the  midst  of  the  fighting. 
His  Company  captured  Bouresches  on  June  6. 

He  was  wounded  on  the  night  of  June  14,  1918.  Ankle  badly  smashed,  and  a 
scalp  wound,  and  badly  gassed — both  lungs — and  body  burns.  He  was  in  Base 
Hospital  No.  30,  at  Royat,  France,  from  about  June  16  until  August  10,  and  then  he 
was  on  six  weeks'  leave.  He  returned  to  duty  about  the  middle  of  September,  and 
was  classified  as  B-2  (that  is,  not  physically  fit  for  front  line  duty).  He  tried  to 
get  his  classification  changed,  twice  a  month  thereafter,  in  order  to  rejoin  his  regi- 
ment, but  he  was  continued  as  B-2  until  December.  However,  the  War  was  prac- 
tically over  then. 

He  was  Regimental  Adjutant,  First  Marine  Training  Regiment,  from  October, 
1918,  until  about  January  5,  1919  (Colonel  L.  M.  Gulick,  Commanding),  and  was 
stationed  at  Chattillon-sur-Cher.  In  October,  1918,  he  received  his  Captaincy, 
his  commission  bearing  date  July  1,  1918. 

He  was  Commanding  Officer  of  the  65th  Marine  Guard  Companj',  from  January 
4  to  July  25, 1919,  on  duty  as  Dock  Guard  at  St.  Nazaire,  France. 

He  rejoined  the  Second  Division  as  Casual  Officer  in  July,  and  returned  home 
with  the  Machine  Gun  Battalion  on  the  \J.  S.  S.  Santa  Paulo,  arriving  at  New  York, 
August  5,  1919. 

During  the  last  year  Captain  Lockhart  has  been  doing  routine  duty  at  Quant  ico, 
Va.,  and  Parj-is  Island,  S.  C. 

He  was  a  student  at  the  Marine  Officers'  Training  School  at  Quant  ico,  from 
January  to  June,  1920,  and  after  graduation  was  classified  as  an  "Honour  Graduate." 
His  certificate  from  the  Major  General  Commandant  accompanies  this  formal  re- 
port of  service.     (See  page  317.) 

[The  Historiographer  knows  the  modesty  of  this  gallant  3'oung  officer  and, 
therefore,  will  be  chary  in  his  words  of  praise;  but  it  can  be  said,  in  all  truth,  that 
his  splendid  Corps  does  not  contain  an  officer  of  his  grade  who  is  deserving  of  greater 
honour  than  Captain  Lockhart;  and  that  his  lovely  young  wife  whom  he  left,  as  a 
newly-made  bride,  to  go  overseas  to  fight  for  his  country  and  for  her,  during  the  long 
and  anxious  period  of  separation,  showed  the  same  heroic  spirit  that  characterized 
all  the  noble  wives,  mothers,  daughters  and  sweethearts  of  our  dauntless  American 
soldiers.] 

GILBERT  G.  WHITE,  Class  1910.  From  Virginia.  Production  Supervisor, 
Ordnance  Department,  L^.  S.  A. 

When  War  was  declared  he  was  with  the  Hudson  Motor  Car  Company,  with  the 


404  "  Appendix 

title  of  Assistant  to  Plant  Superintendent.  This  Company  received  an  order  from 
the  Government  for  4,000  trucks. 

When  Production  was  established  he  went  with  the  Ordnance  Department, 
May  27,  1918,  as  Production  Supervisor.  In  this  capacity  he  super\'ised  the  pro- 
duction of  Ordnance  material — first  the  production  of  Artillery  Ammimition.  This 
included  shells  of  all  calibres.  On  Nov.  11,  1918,  the  Go^■ernment  had  signed  con- 
tracts for  approximately  ten  million  shells,  of  which  four  million  were  actually 
made  and  delivered  on,  or  before,  Nov.  11,  1918.  After  the  Ammunition  Section 
was  well  under  way  he  was  given  additional  duties  in  the  production  of  Motor  Equip- 
ment— Trucks,  Automobiles^  Tractors  and  Tanks.  All  of  the  above  were  being 
manufactured  in  the  State  of  Michigan.  In  this  State  War  contracts  amounting  to 
approximately  one-half  billion  dollars  were  under  way. 

After  the  Armistice  he  was  Secretary  of  the  Claims?  Board  that  acted  in  the 
settlement  of  the  contracts  in  Michigan.  When  this  Board  was  dissolved,  March 
17,  1920,  he  was  made  Representative  of  the  War  Department  Claims  Board  for  the 
State  of  Michigan,  until  .July  1,  1920.  Since  that  date  he  has  been  Plant  Superin- 
tendent and  Personnel  Manager  for  the  Detroit  District  Salvage  Depot,  Ordnance 
Department,  U.  S.  A. 

He  says  he  will  always  regret  that  he  was  not  actually  in  the  Military  Service 
in  France.  He  tried  five  times  to  got  in,  but  was  turned  down  for  physical  reasons. 
He  did  the  best  he  could  in  trying  to  give  his  knowledge  and  experience  to  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  faithfully  and  very  ably  served  the  Cause. 

(See  page  107.) 

JAMES  L.  WATKINS,  Class  1871.     From  Alabama. 

This  most  loyal  son  of  the  V.  M.  I.  comes  of  good  old  Southern  fighting  stock, 
and  would  have  liked,  we  are  sure,  to  have  been  on  the  "fighting  line"  in  France; 
but  he  was  just  a  little  too  old  for  "that;  besides,  his  Country  could  ill  have  spared  him, 
for  he  is  reputed  to  be  probably  the  greatest  cotton  expert  and  cotton  statistician 
in  the  world,  and  is,  withal,  one  of  the  Country's  ablest  industrial  writers.  His 
fame  (it  is  not  extravagant  to  say)  is  co-extensive  with  the  limits  of  civilization. 

During  the  years  of  stress  and  suffering  through  which  the  world  has  hardly 
yet  fully  emerged,  he  wrought  earnestly  for  the  cause  of  Humanity. 

His  Alma  Mater  will  ever  hold  him  in  love  and  admiration. 


Index.  405 


I  N  DEX . 

EXPLANATION. 

(1)  The  Letters,  and  Words,  enclosed  in  ParenthesfS  immediately  following  Names  signify,  as  follows: 
(A.  E.  F.) — American  Expeditionary  Forces. 

(B.  E.  F.) — British  Expeditionary  Force. 
(U.  S.  M.  A.)— United  States  Military  Academy. 
(U.  S.  M.  C.) — United  States  Marine  Corps. 
(U.  S.  N.  A.)— United  States  Naval  Academy. 
(O.  T.  O— Officers'  Training  Camp. 
(S.  A.  T.  C.)— Students'  Army  Training  Corps. 
(Medical  Corps)— Of  United  States  Army. 
(Navy)— United  States  Navy. 
(Aviation) — United  States  Air  Service. 

(Civil  Service) — Civil  Position  in  U.  S.  Government,  or  service  in  its  behalf,  during  World  War. 
(French) — French  Army. 

(V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camps) — Service  in  the  Training  Camps  established  at  V.  M.  I.,  open  to  Citizen  Candi- 
dates for  Enlistment. 

(2)  Those  Officers  and  Enlisted  Men  whose  names  are  not  followed  by  letters,  or  names,  in  paren- 
theses, served  in  the  United  States  Army. 

(3)  The  Text  enclosed  in  Brackets  gives  the  Post-War  Occupation  and  Present  Address  of  Alumni, 
and  others,  who  served  in  the  War. 

N.  B. — See  Appendix  for  Post-War  Rank  of  all  Officers  in  the  Service. 


Abel,  H.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [85  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn„N.  Y.] 69 

Acker,  Capt.  Joseph  E.  (B.  E.  F.).    [Director,  Laboratory  of  Hygiene,  Health  Dept.,  Atlanta,  Ga.].      56 

Acree,  2d  Lt.  Vernon  D.    [Paymaster,  Army  Supply  Base  (Civil).    Norfolk,  Va.] _.. 42 

Adams,  Jr.,  Capt.  Arthur  A.     [Real  Estate  &  Insurance,  2120-12th  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala.) 23 

Adams,  Capt.  Frederick  W.     [Care  The  Adj.  Gen,,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 23,  72, 89, 195,  385 

Adams,  Jr.,  J.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [2116  Rose  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala.].... 69 

Adams,  2d  Lt.  J.  V.    [Student,  Colorado  Sch.  of  Mines,  Golden,  Colo.    Home,  600  W.  7th  St.,  Tay- 
lor, Texas.] 42 

Adams,  T.Stokes  (Navy).  [Union,  S.C.  Care  T.  T.  Adams,  L'br.,  Mutual  Bld'g,  Richmond,  Va.]  63 
Adams,  Lt.  Col.  Walker  H.  [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Mutual  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Co. ,  Lynchburg,  Va.]. .  15,147 
Addison,  G.  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [With  Old  Dominion  Trust  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.    4205  Forest  Hill 

Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.]-  _ 69 

Addison,  William  M.  (O.  T.  C).    [Care  Planters  Nat'l  Bk,  Richmond,  Va.] 67 

Additional  Data  for  the  Service  Roster 392 

Adelstein,  P'vt  Kenneth  M.  (Aviation).    (Mech.  &  Elec.  Eng'r  with  The  Richmond  Engineering 

Co.,  Box  514,  Richmond,  Va.     Home,  Smithfield,  Va.] 58 

Adkins,  Field  Clerk  Eugene  M.     [Adkins  Hardware  Company,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 58,  89 

Adkins,  Ensign  Frederick  B.  (Naval  Air  Serv.).    [Salesman,  Virginia  Paper  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.]...      55 

Adkins,  H.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Manager,  Southern  Auto  Co.,  Danville,  Va.] 69 

Ado ue,  James  H.  (A.  E.  F.).     [Care  J.  Adoue,  Calvert,  Texas.]. 58 

Agnor,  G.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Lexington,  Va.].... 69 

Aiken,  1st  Lt.  Archibald  M.    [Lawj'er,  and  City  Attorney,  Danville,  Va.]. 33 

•Ainslie,  Captain  George.    (Civ.  Serv.).    [Lawyer.    Mayor  of  Richmond,  Va.J    See  Footnote. 

Airth,  W.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [108  Parshley  St.,  Live  Oak,  Fla.] 69 

Akin,  Maj.  Spencer  B.  [Care  The  Adj.  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.  Home,  Greenville,  Miss.].-18,  384 
Albert,  H.  Greenway  (Civil  Serv.).  [Civ.  &  Mining  Eng'r  in  foreign  lands.    Home,  Cedar  Lawn, 

Govans,Md.] 75,100 

Alexander,  Charles  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Philadelphia,  Pa.]... 112 

Alexander,  1st  Lt.  Gail  H.    Killed  in  action  in  France 33,  75,  85.  275 

Alexander,  Maj.  George  Murrell.    [Pres.  &  Treas.,  Ivey  &  Kirkpatrick,  Res.  Agents,  Insurance, 

Lynchburg,  Va.] 18,89,172 

Allderdice,Maj.  Fitzhugh  B.    [Resigned  from  Service.    Pres.  Boatwright  Tie  &  Timber  Co.,  and 

inLoan&Investm'tBus.  414  BisbeeBldg.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.    Former  home,  Hagerstown,Md.]      18 

Allied  Armies — Commissioned  Personnel 56 

Allied  Armies — Enlisted  Personnel 64 

Allen,  Lt.  Col.  James  G.  (Civil  Serv.).    (Lt.  Colonel  and  Associate  Professor,  V.  M.  I.] 100 

Allen,  2d  Lt.  Joseph  C.     [Former  home,  Corsicana,  Texas.] - - 42 

Allison,  Ist  Lt.  James  A.    [Home,  Draper,  Va.] 33 

Allison,  2d  Lt.  Parker  R.    [Care Mrs.  BertaM.  Allison,  Douglas,  Ariz.] 42 

Allison,  1st  Lt.  Wesley  R.  (B.  E.  F.).    Salesman,  "Brookwood,"  Rosemont,  Pa.] 56,  89, 345 

Almond,  Maj.  Edward  M.    [Care  The  Adj't.  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Orange,  Va] 

18,  75,  89,  175,  385 
Aloe,  Col.  Alfred.    [Care  The  Adj't.  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  St.  Louis,  Mo.] 

rr    i-.t  t?   fc-    kkl  13,133,383 
I* 

_*It  was  the  good  fortune  of  the  City  of  Richmond  to  have  for  its  ExecutiA  e  Officer  during  the  whole 

geriod  of  the  War  this  distinguished  Graduate  of  the  V.  M.  I.  who  knew  no  surcease  from  labour  in  be- 
alf  of  the  triumph  of  American  Arms. 


406  Index. 

Alsop,  Capt.  Thomas  (M.  C).    [Physician,  1801  Pacific  Ave.,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.].. 23 

Alston,  2d  Lt.  Edwin  S.    [1800N.  Pearce  St.,  Dallas,  Texas.] 42 

Alt  G  T.  fS.  A.  T.  C).    [P.  O.,  University  of  Virginia]- 69 

Alv'erson,  2d  Lt.  Henry  L.    [Home,  207  Jefferson  Ave.,  Danville,  Va.] 42 

Alvey,  1st  Lt.  R.  W.    [Care  Capt.  J.  P.  Alvey's  Family,  Galveston,  Texas.] 33 

Alvis    2d  Lt.  Raymond.      [Instructor   Science,  Fishburne  Mil.  Sch.,  Waynesboro,  Va.     Home, 

Fishers ville,  Va.] - 67.392 

Amerine,  1st  Lt.  Warren  M.    [Actuary,  Ga.  Casualty  Co.,  Macon,  Ga.] 33,  275 

Amiss,  Jr.,  F.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.    Home,  Luray,  Va.] 69 

Amory,  1st  Lt.  George  S.    [Salesman  with  Gen.  Motors  Acceptance  Corp.,  120  West  42d  St.,  New 

York.    Home,  Wilmington,  Del.] 33 

Amory,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  D.     Killed  in  action  in  France 33,  72,  8.5,  89,  247, 378 

Ancker,  P'vt  W'illiam  M.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [3507  N.  Charles  St.,  Balto.,  Md.    App'td  to  U.  S.  Naval 

Acad,  on  his  fine  record.] 62 

Anderson,  Sg't  Maj.  Brooks  N.    [With  N.  N.  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.,  Newport  News,  Va.    Home,  354 

Ward  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 5S 

Anderson,  Calvert  A.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Farmer,  Lee,  Va.] 109 

Anderson,  C.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Sandy  Level,  Va.] 69 

Anderson,  1st  Lt.  George  K.    [Blast  Furnace  Business,  Mallow,  Va.    Home,  Clifton  Forge,  Va.] 33 

Anderson,  Lt.  Col.  James  A.     [Lt.  Colonel  and  Associate  Professor,  V.M.  I - -.-15,  140 

Anderson,  1st  Lt.  John  Kyle.    [Field  Dept.  Eng'g,  Midwest  Refining  Co.,  Casper,  Wy.    Home, 

Lexington,  Va.] --- 33 

Anderson,  Col.  Joseph  R.     [Historiographer,  V.  M.  I.    P.  O.  Lee,  Va.] - 380 

Anderson,  1st  Sg'tMarvin  J.     [Former  Newspaper  Owner,  Marion,  Va.]— - 58 

Anderson,  Capt.  Stewart  W.     [Lt.  Col.  and  Associate  Professor,  V.  M.  I.] 23,  233 

Andrews,  2d  Lt.  Harris  G.     [Home,  1132  Hampton  Ave.,  Newport  News,  Va.] 42 

Angle,  1st  Lt.  James  M.    [Eng'r.    With  Morris  Knowles,  Inc.,  Consulting  Eng'rs,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Address:  5728  BaumBlv'd.] - -- - -33,89,296 

Appendix -- - 383 

Arens,  R.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [1422  Charles  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.]— 69 

*Armistead,  2d  Lt.Moss  W.    [Florist,  402 Middle  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.) 42 

Armistead,  2d  Lt.  Fred  V.    [Gen.  Elec.  Co.    Res.,  216  Glenwood  Blv'd.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.] 42 

Arms,  Maj.  Thomas  S.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  St.  Clair  Road, 

EuoUd,0.]-..- -- 18,181,385 

Armstrong,  P'vt  Allan  G.     [Auditor,  1601  Debree  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 58 

Armstrong,  1st  Lt.  Anthony  G.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.    Eng'r  with  Const'n  Co.  in 

New  York.     Died  Jan'y  23,  1921,  from  accidental  asphyxiation.     Sister,   Mrs.    H.    E.   Moran, 

East  Falls  Church,  Va.]- - — - 51 

Armstrong,  Reuben  C.  (U.  S.  M.  C.    Aviation  Section).    [Planter,  Gilnockie  Plantation,  Leland, 

Miss] 62 

Armstrong,  2d  Lt.  William  D.    [Of  firm  W.  E.  Armstrong  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Druggists,  13-15  N. 

Union  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 42 

Arrington,  William  A.  (O.T.C.).      [Automobiles.     176  Banj-on  Place,  Miami,  Fla.     Home,Arring- 

ton,  Va.] - -- -      66 

Ashley,  Sg't  Eueene  H.    [Gen.  Elec.  Co.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.    Home,  Valdosta,  Ga.] -58,  90 

Atkins,  Jo.seph  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.] 110 

Atwill,  2d  Lt.  Charles  B.    [Trav.  Salesman,  M.  P.  Hubbard  Co.,  Inc.,  Ba^to.,  Md.    Home,  Kin- 
sale,  Va.] 42 

Austin,  2d  Lt.  Samuel  L.  (Aviation).    [Asst.  Dept.  Sales  Mgr.,  Chicago  Mill  &  L'b'r  Co.    Res.,  112 

Clinton  Ave.,  Oak  Park,  Chicaeo,  111.] ----42,90 

Averill,  2d  Lt.  Henry.    [American  Vice  Consul  at  Port  au  Prince,  Haiti.    Home,  Orange,  Va.] 42 

Ayres,  IstLt.  Blackstone  D.     [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Home,  Accomac,  Va.] --      33 

Aj-res,  Lt.  Col.  Henry  Fairfax.  [Pre-war  add.,  V.  P.,  Dickey  Steel  Co.,  233  Broadway,  New  York]  16 
Ayres,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Accomac,  Va.) .— 69 

Bacharacb,  P'vtBertramM.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [With  "Bragers,"  Dept.  Store,  1910Eutaw  PL,  Balto., 

Md.    Home,  Parkway  Apt's,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.] 62 

Backus,  P'vt  J.  H.  (Engineers).    [Care  A.  J.  Backus,  Real  Estate,  Norfolk,  Va.]— 58 

Baecher,  Joseph  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.) -- 112 

Bader,  Ralph  M.  (Civil  Service).    [Vice-Consul,  Teheran,  Persia,  since  1915.    Home,  McGayes- 

ville,Va.]- - - 100 

Padgett.  J.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Farmville,  Va.] --      69 

Bagby,  1st  Lt.  English  (Aviation).    [Major  and  Adjunct  Professor,  V.  M.  I.,  1919-20.    Resigned. 

Dept.  Philosophy,  Yale  Univ..  New  Haven,  Conn.] 33.  90 

Bagley,  P'vt  Isham  t.    [Real  Estate.    Capt.,  Va.  N.  G.,  1920.    Blackstone.  Va.] --      58 

Bailey,  2d  Lt.  Nathaniel  H.    [Griffin,  Ga.) -      42 

Bailey,  Capt.  WeldonM.    [Lawyer.    Southern  Bld'g,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Gainesville,  Tex.] 23 

Bain, Capt.  James  M.(U.  S.M.  C.).  (Care  MarineCorpsH.Q..  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.].S0,390 

Bain,  Jr.,  K.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [326  North  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.] 69 

Baker,  Capt.  Arthur  M.    [Salesman  for  H.  D.  Adams  Company,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Macon,  Ga. 

Res.,  10  Nevarro  Apt's.] --- 23 

Baldineer,  Maj.  OraM.  (Aviation).     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  .\.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home, 

Norfolk,  Va.]- -_ - 18.161,384 

Baldwin,  1st  Lt.  .L  Favre  (Medical  Corps,  B.  E.  F.).    Killed  in  action  in  France- 56,  75,  85,  346,  378 

Baldey,  Charles  T.  (Nav\-).    [Care  Charles  Thorn,  Cotton  Broker,  New  Orleans,  La.] 63 

Balfour,  .Ir.,  C.  H.  (S.  A. '"T.C).  [Student,  V.M.  I.  Home  add.,  619  Olney  Road,  Norfolk,  Va.]..  69 
Ballou,  J.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [With  Imperial  Tobacco  Co.,  Limited,  Oxford,  N.  C] 69 

•Appointed  2d  Lieutenant,  U.  S.M.  C,  in  September,  1916,  but  rejected  for  underweight.  Through 
the  efforts  of  Maj.  General  (then  Colonel)  Lejeune  he  secured  are-examination  by  the  Surgeon  General 
of  the  Navy,  whosent  him  back  to  the  Examining  Board,  with  recommendation  to  pass  him.  But  this 
Board  still  rejected  him.  A  few  months  later,  he  was  appointed  to  the  Officers'  Training  Cnmp,  but 
was  rejected  by  the  Examining  Board  at  FortMonroe,  for  the  same  reason — underweight. 


Index.  407 

Bancroft,  2d  Lt.  John  T.    [Stud,  of  Architecture,  Univ.  of  Pa.    Home,  47  5th  Ave.,  New  York.]...      42 

Bancroft,  Thomas  C.  (O.  T.  C.)    [Student.    Home,  Orange,  Texas.) 67 

Banning,  Jr.,  Lt.  Hancock  (Navy).     [Eke.  Engineer,  45  Regent   St.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.     Home 

add.,  594  Pacific  Elec.  Bld'g,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.l... 53 

Barbour.  Louis  W.  (Aviation).     (Home,  304  N.  Wash.  Ave.,  Wellington,  Kansas.].. 58 

Barker,  C.C.  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [Merchant.    Axton,  Va.] 69 

Barksdale,  Capt.  Alfred  D.     [Lawyer.    Kemp  &  Barksdale,  Law  Bld'g,  Lynchburg,  Va.)     23,72,190 

Barley,  Jr.,  Louis  C.  (U.  S.  M.  A.).     [U.  S.  M.  A.,  West  Point,  N.  Y.     Home,  211  N.  Wash.  St.,  Alex- 
Barlow,  Jr.\  J. 'AV(V!MVIVTV.'Qimp)^"'TNorfofk^Va.T.'I^  113 

Barnard,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  James  H.    [Mercantile  Bus.    Care  P.  B.M.  Co.,  Wichita  Falls,  Tex.] 42 

Barnes,   Capt.   Olin  B.     [Sales  Mg'r,  Provident  Estates  Co.,  230  Ohio  Bld'g,  Akron,  O.    Home, 

2031  "O"  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C.].... ._ 23 

Barnes,  2d  Lt.  Robert  E.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.     With  Underwriters  Ass'n,  Norfolk, 

Va.     Home,  Hotel  Matz,  Bluefield,  W.  Va.] 52 

Barr,  Capt.  Albert  T.    (Address  not  known— formerly,  Norfolk,  Va.    Son  of  late  James  M.  Barr, 

formerly  Pres.,  S.  A.  L.  Ry.] 23 

Barrett,  Jr.,  Frank M.  (O.T.C.).     [225-25th  St.,  Newport  News,  Va.] .        66 

Barrett,  Frank  S.  (O.  T.  C).     (225-25th  St.,  Newport  News,  Va.] 67 

Barrett,  Ensign  Russell  S.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Newport  isfews, 

Va.] 54,389 

Barrett,  1st  Lt.  William  S.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Newport  News, 

Va.] 33,386 

Barringer,  Brandon  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [1242  Real  Est.  Trust  Bld'g,  Phil.,  Pa.].  Ill 

Barringer,  Jr.,  D.M.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [1242  Real  Est.  Trust  Bld'g,  Phil  ,  Pa.] 111 

Barron,  Edward  M.  (Civil  Serv.).  [In  Gov't  Serv.  Room  523,  U.  S.  Customs  House,  New  York.].  100 
Barrow,Jr.,F.  P.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  (Student,  V.M.  I.  Home,  400Chautauqua  Ave.,  Portsmouth.  Va.]  69 
Barry,  2d  Lt.  Arthur  P.  (B.  E.  F.).     [Care  Capt.  N.  J.  Shelton,  U.  S.  A.  Retired,  264  Waverly  Place, 

New  York.] ...     .      66 

Barry,  N.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Asst.Mg'r,  R.M.  Barry's  Coco  Cola  Plant, Middlesboro,  Ky.]    69 

Bartenstein,  L.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Dep.  Circuit  Ct.  Clerk,  Fauquier  Co.,  Warrenton,  Va.].. 69 

Bass,  Capt.  Lucian  L.     (Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Van  Doren  Constn.  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] 23 

Batten,  1st  Lt.  Raymond  M.  (Aviation).     (Care Mrs.  Ida  L.  Batten,  Smithfield,  Va.]..     33,90 

Battle,  J.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [927  Jefferson  St.,  Charlottesville,  Va.. 69 

Baugham,  1st  Lt.  William  E.     [Tobacconist.     Washington,  N.  C] .33,287 

Baughn.  P.  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Harrisonburg,  Va.] 108 

Baxter,  Maj.  Jere.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Nashville,  Tenn.].18, 384 

Beard,  2d  Lt.  Charles  G.     [Hillsboro,  W.  Va.] 42 

Beasley,.Ir.,  James  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  Beasley  Hdw'e  Co.,  210-lOth  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C.]  69 

Beasley, Capt. Oscar H.      [CareBeasley  Hdw'eCo.,210-10thSt.,  N.W.,Wash.,  D.C.] 23 

Beasley,  Capt.  Thomas  H.     [Wholesale  Commission  Merchant.  Roanoke,  Va.] 23 

Beauehamp,  James  R.    [With  TheMd.  Casualty  Co.,  lOOLagunna  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    Home, 

Princess  Anne,  Md.] 58 

Beavers,  Jr.,  John  M.     (Sec'y  to  Lawyer  and  doing  Export  Commercial  Work.    Address,  1752  Co- 
lumbia Road,  Washington,  D.  C] 58 

Becker,  Capt.  Leland  S.    [Eng'r.    With  H.  W.  Johns-Manville  Co.,  Chicago,  III.    Home,  Roa- 
noke, Va.] 23 

Beckner,  Maj.  William  H.    [Lumber.   Galax,  Va.     Former  home,  Winchester,  Ky.] 18,166 

Beirne,  Maj.  Richard  F.     (Pres.,  Industrial  Commn.  of  Va.,  Ashland,  Va.]. 18,  180 

Bell,  Pv't  Alden.     (Lawyer  and  Journalist.    Culpeper,  Va.]... ..58,  75,  90,  308 

Bell,  Jr.,  Capt.  Francis.     (Farmer.    Dublin,  Va.] 23 

Bell,  George  C.  (V.M.  LTr.  Camp).    (Alcoa,  Tenn.] .  Ill 

Bellezza,  2d  Lt.  Russell  G.     [Post-Grad.    Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Care  Mrs.  LydiaG.  Whed- 

bee,  Hertford,  N.  C] 42 

Belt,  Lt.  Comm'dr  Haller  (Navy).     (Care  Nav>'  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Dallas,  Tex.].S3, 389 

Bender,  1st  Sa't  Theodore  K.     (Phoenix  Furniture  Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.) ...      58 

Benners,  Pv't  Archibald  W.  (U.  S.M.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.).. 62,  75,  85,  ,339 

Benners,  Jr.,  Thomas  H.  (O.  T.  C).    (With  his  father  in  Pig  Iron,  Coal  &  Coke  Bus.,  605  Am.  Trust 

Bld'g,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 6R 

Bennett,  G.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  (Buckhorn,  Va.] 69 

Bennett,  Corp.  JohnR.    (Law  Student,  28  S.  Battery,  Charleston,  S.C.]    .        58 

Bennett,  S.C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]..._ Ill 

Bentley,  Capt.  James  B.     (Comd't,  Shen.  Valley  Acad.,  Winchester,  Va.     Home,  Hampton,  Va.]  23 

Bergman,  Maj.  Llo.vdH.     [Teacher.    Home,  1212  N.  Ballinger  St..  Fort  Worth,  Texas.] 18 

Berman,  Gus.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Asst.  to  Executive  Head,  Snyder  &  Berman,  Inc.,  Box  636,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.]... 69 

Berry,  D.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Care  Horton&  Horton,  Houston,  Texas.] 69 

Berry,  Capt.  Edwin  S.     [Eng'r.     Care  Pope  Yeatman,  Inc.,  60  Broadway,  New  York.] 23 

Berry,  .Ir.,  2d  Lt.  Francis  W.     [Civil  Engineer,  West  Palm  Beach,  Fla.     Home,  Lurav.  Va.]     42 

Berry,  Marshall  K.  (O.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home  add.,  Herring  Nat'I  Bank  Bld'g,  Vernon, 

Texas.]... . 68 

Berry,  .Ir.,  2d  Lt.  William  T.     [Rivermont  Ave.,  Lvnchbure,  Va.l     42 

Bertschey,  Capt.  Stanton  L.     [U.  S  A.    Detailed  as  Asst.  Prof.,  Mil.  Sc.  &  Tactics,  V.  M.  I.,  1920. 

Home,  Phoebus,  Va.] 23,90,208,386 

Beverley,  J.  H.  C.  (Civil  Service).     [Farmer,  The  Plains,  Va.] 100 

Biedler,  William  T.  (Civd  Service).    [Sup't,  Const.  Dept.,  Consol.  Gas,  Elec.  L.  &  P.  Co.,   Balto, 

Md] 100 

Bigbee,  2d  Lt.  William  O.     (Accountant.    900  Court  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 42 

Billups,  Ford  I,.  (O.  T.  C).    (With  Zumwalt,  Willson  &  Garnett,  Certified  Pub.  Accountants,  304 

Patterson  Bld'g,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla.] 66 

Bingham,  R.  S.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Talladega,  Ala.] Ill 

Biscoe,  Col.  Earl.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Washington,  D.  C. 

13,  132,  384 


408  Index. 


Black,  Munro  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.] 108 

Black,  1st  Lt.  William  L.    [Local  Mg'r,  Amer.  Finance  &  Trad.  Co.,  Paris,  France.    Care  Judge  J. 

W.  Black,  Nashville,  Tenn.]. - 33 

Black,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  William  M.     [Care  Gen.  W.M.  Black,  2324  CaUfornia  St.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 33 

Blackford,  Benjamin  O.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Agent,  B.  &  O.  R.  R.,  Staunton,  Va.]. 100 

Blackford,  Lt.  Col.  Charles M.— Died  in  the  Service. 16,  85,  135 

Blackford,  1st  Lt.  George  T.    [Civil  Eng'r,  with  Mayfield  Bros.  Constn.  Co.,  Box  312,  Eastland, 

Texas.] - - ...33,75,290 

Blackmore,  Maj.  Philip  G.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Hamp- 
ton, Va.] 18,181,384 

Blair,  2d  Lt.  Alexander  H.    [With  West  India  Oil  Comp'y.    Home,  Max  Meadows,  Va.] 42 

Blair,  Jesse  H.  (U.S.  M.  A.).     [West  Point,  N.  Y.     Home,  1929  S.  Meridian  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.]..      68' 
Blake,  Col.  Edmund M.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Columbia, 

S.  C]     13,72,128,383 

Blake,  O.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [CareUnderpinning  Foundation  Co.,  Woolworth  Bld'g,  New  York.] 69 

Blanford,  I.  I.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  Portsmouth  Stationery  Co.,  Portsmouth,  Va.]. 69 

Bletcher,  Jr.,  Frank  O.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     Died,  July  30,  1920 69 

Bloch,  L.  John  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [3025  Fairfield  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  O.] 112 

Blomquist,  CM.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Manager.  P.  G.  Oil  Works,  Port  Gibson, Miss.] 100 

Blow,  AllmandM.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Mining En'g'r.    Oil  Producer.    241  Kennedy  Bld'g,  Tulsa,  Okla.]    100 

Blow,  Maj.  George  A.    [Mining  Eng'r.    Knoxville,  Tenn.].. 18,  182 

Blow,  2d  Lt.  George  W.     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Harvard  Univ.    Home,  LaSalle,  111.] 42 

Blum,  2d  Lt.  Albert  H.     (Aviation.)     [Clk.,  with  The  Nelms  &  Blum  Co.,  Greenville,  Miss.] 42 

Blundon,  1st  Lt.  Montague.    [Civil  Eng'r.    Care  D.  C.  Gallaher,  Lawjer,  Charleston,  W.  Va.]..-33,  263 

Bly,  2d  Lt.MerwinC.  (Aviation).     [AdvertisingBus.  inNew  York.     Home,  Leesburg,Va.] 42 

Boatwright,  Jr.,  J.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add..  Care  John  L.  Boatwright, 

Hampton  Place,  Portsmouth,  Va.] 69 

Bolen,  2d  Lt.  Charles  H.     [R.  F.  D.',  Culpeper,  Va.] 42 

Boiling,  R.W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Mem.  firm,  W.  H.  Boiling  &  Son,  Lumber Mfrs.,  Roanoke,  Va.    Head 

of  Branch  Office,  Box  161,  La  Grange,  Ga.] 69 

Bond,  A.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  [Student,  V.M.  I.  Home  add..  Care  Va.-Car.  Chem.  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.]      69 
Bond,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Edward  J.     [1st  V.  P., Mary  land  Casualty  Co.,  Balto.  &  North  Sts.,  Balto.,Md.]..      33 

Bond,  Jr.,  Robert  N.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Cotton  Bus.  with  Flippin&  Hurt,  Memphis,  Tenn.] 69 

Bonnvcastle,  Col.  Henry  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.j 13,  130,  383 

Bonsai,  2d  Lt.  Hall  P.     [511  Calvert  Bld'g,  Baltimore,  Md.].. 42 

Booker,  Jr.,  H.  R.  (S  A.  T.  C).     [Clerk  with  H.  R.  Booker  &  Co.,  Hampton,  Va.] 69 

Booker,  Col.  Philip  W.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.]-13,  133,  384 
Booth,  Electrician  Charles  Murray  (Navy).    [Sp'l  Salesman.    With  Nat'l  Biscuit  Co.,  190  Albany 

St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.] 63 

Borde,  1st  Lt.  Harry  J.    [Lawyer.    1009  Title  Ins.  Bld'g,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Appointed  1st  Lt., 

U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Declined.] 33 

Borden,  Chief  Yeoman  Edward  B.  (Navy).     [Planter.    Goldsboro,  N.  C.]. 63 

Borden,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Frank  K.    (Aviation).    [Brick  Mf'r,  Goldsboro,  N.  C] 33 

Borden,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  F.     [Banker,  Goldsboro,  N.  C] 42 

Bosley,  Col.  John  R. — Die  1  soon  after  retirement,  January  8,  1920 ...13,  127 

Bouldin,  Thomas  V.     [With  American  Motors  Corpn.    305  Hendrix  St.,  Greensboro,  N.  C] 58 

Bowe.  Jr.,  Capt.  William  F.    [Contractor.    Perm,  add.,  332  Greene  St.,  Augusta,  Ga.] 23,234 

Bowering,  Capt.  Benjamin.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Fredericksburg, 

Va.]— 23,211,385 

Bowles,  Jr.,  Aubrey  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] 109 

Bowles,  Jr.,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Columbia,  Va.] 69 

Bowles,  Jr.;  1st  Lt.  William  B.      [Salesman  with  Lidgerwood  Mf g.  Co.     Address,  403  N.  Mertland 

St.,  Homeward  Station,  Pittsburjrh,  Pa.     Home,  Salem,  Va.]. 33 

Boyd,  John  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Richmond,  Va.] 108 

Boykin.2dLt.  HenleyP.    [Majorand  Adjunct  Prof.,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Suffolk,  Va.] 42 

Boykin,  Lt.  Maury  W.  (Navy).     [Resigned  from  Service.    Care  C.  C.  Boykin,  Druggist,  Norfolk, 

Va] 53 

Boykin.  1st  Lt.  Richards.    [With  Stand.  Oil  Co.,  Elizabeth,  N.J.    Res.,308Westfield  Ave.    Home, 

Suffolk,  Va.] 33 

Boykin,  1st  Lt.  Robert  S.    [Real  Estate.    Wilson,  N.  C] 34 

Boylan,  Corp.  Rufus  T.     [Banker.    Raleigh,  N.  C] 58 

Boynton.P'vtPaulW.  (Canadian  Volunteers).     [Student.     112  Parker  St..  Ithaca,  N.  Y.l 64 

Brabson,  1st  Lt.  Samuel  M.    [A'p'd  l.st  Lt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S. 

A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Greenville,  Tenn.] 34,386 

Bradbury,  Maj.  Eugene.     [.Architect.     Charlottesville,  Va.] ...18,  182 

Bradford,  2d  Lt.  John  R.  (Aviation).    [With  Fed.  Reserve  Bk.,  Richmond,  Va.    Res.,  24  N.  Blv'd 

St.] -. 42 

Bradford,  Capt.  William  B.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Talla- 
hassee, Fla] 23,386 

Branch.  Alpheus  (O.  T.  C).     [With  J.  P.  Taylor  Co.,  Inc.,  Carrollton,  Ky.    Leaf  Tobacco.    Home, 

600  W,  Nash  St.,  Wilson,  N.  C.]. 67 

Brander,  Maj.  William  W.  (Chaplain).    [Retired  from  Service  after  War.    Rector  of  Episcopal 

Church  at  Clovis,  New  Mexico.] 18,  1|1 

Branton,  P'vt  James  L.     [Cotton.     Burdette.Miss.] ^ 

Brazelton,  Capt.  Thomas  B.    [Lumber.    324  N.  12th  Street,  Waco,  Texas.].. .-      23 

Breeden,  Bvrd  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] -.-     109 

Brennan,  Rudolph  W.  C.  (Aviation).     [Care Mrs.  M.  G.  Brennan,  Oakland  Apt's,  Wash.,  D.  C.]...      58 
Brett,  Maj.  George  H.  (Aviation).    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home, 

Cleveland,  O.) 18,155.384 

Brevard,  Robert  J.  (Aviation).    [Rancher  and  Miner,  Medford.  Oregon.] 58 

Brewster,  Capt.  Joseph  E.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [CareMarine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home  of  former 

Guardian,  Chas.  A.  Miller,  Lawyer,  Utica,  N.  Y.] 50.  a90 


Index.  409 

Bridgforth,  Richard  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Kenbridge,  Va.] 110 

Brigadier  Generals "  13 

Briggs,  2d  Lt.  Archer  K.     [2319  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.) """"""I"^]^"""""/" 42 

Briggs,  Jr.,  R.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     Eng'r  Student,  Rice  Institute,  Texas.    Home,  Taylor,  Texas. l-.L        69 

Briggs,  2d  Lt.  William  H.    [Merchant.     Felden-Briggs  Co.,  Greensboro,  N.  C.) 42 

Brister,  Jr.,  Capt.  Charles M.     [Asst.  Metallurgist.     With  Balto.  Copper  Smelting  &  R.  Co',"BalVi- 

more,  Md.j 23 

British  and  French  Armies — Commissioned  Personnel .     gg 

Brittle,  P.  N.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Garage  Business.    Warrenton.Va.j...  ".'"""" 69 

Broaddus,FrancisC.(O.T.  C).     [Asst.  Cash'r,  The  Border  Nat'l  Bank,  El  Paso,  Texas.)  "1      66 
Brockenbrough,  Jr.,  Austin  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Homeadd.,  7  South  Byrd  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Va  ) _  69 

Brooke,  Col.  George  M.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S  A..   Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  hornei  Lexing- 
ton, Va.l _._ 13,125,383 

Brooke, Maj.  Richard.     [Div.  Eng'r,  B.&  O.  R.  R.     Home,  Sutherlin,  Va.],.. 18, 183 

Brooks,  1st  Lt.  George  R.     [Cost  -Accountant  in  Charge,  Duquesne  Steel  Foundry  Co.,Coraop"oHs, ' 

Pa.     Former  home,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.] 34 

Brooks.  J.  K.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [CareMrs.  W.  A.  Brooks,  Forney,  Texas. ].._'.1""II^""II"""II''"'"      69 

Brooks,  Sg't  Flyer  Reginald  R.  (Aviation).     [Artist.    Missoula.Montana.]... '.V.58',75,303 

Brown,  Capt.  AlansonD.     [Salesman,  Hamilton-Brown  Shoe  Co.,  St.  Louis, Mo.    Box484,  Ruston, 

La.] '_   _  23,208 

Brown,  Maj.  Charles  C.     [App'dCapt.Q.M.  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.       Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  5842  Clemsen  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.]     _  18,385 

Brown,  Capt.  Campbell  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  i3.  C.     Home'lZl  ' 

Davis  Ave.,W.  N>w  Brighton,  .Staten  Lsland,  N.  Y.j ^..50,  390 

Brown,  1st  Lt.  Ernest  C.     [Merchant.     Care  Brown-Ross  Shoe  Co.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.] rj.34,'9o',  274 

Brown,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Foster  V.     [Lawyer.     Chattanooga,  Tenn.) _34',  72,' 90|  246 

Brown,  Capt.  FrancisM.     [Lawyer.     With  Tillman,  Bradley  &  Morrow,  2100-28  Jeff.  Co.  Bk  Bld'g,  ' 

Birmingham,  Ala.) _     .  _  23  239 

Brown,  H.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Clk.  with  The  Young  &  Vann  Supply  Co.,  BirminghamVAia.)  '   69 

Brown,  H.O.  (V.M.  LTr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]. ......!..       .""""     109 

Brown,  Lt.  Col.  JamesMcK.  (B.  E.  F.).    [Farmer  in  Canada.    CareMrs.  C.  W.  Brown,  Mt.  Vernon 

Ky.) __.._..  56,72,344 

Brown,  1st  Lt.  John  S.     [With  Evans-Snider-Buel  Co.,  Live  Stock  Agents,  Fort  Worth,  Texas.] 34 

Brown,  1st  Lt.  Mills.     [Real  Estate.     La  Grange,  Texas.) "..      34 

Brown,  2d  Lt.  Percy.     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Yale  Univ.     Home,  Lexington,  Va  j  42 

Brown,  Lt.  Willard  C.  (Navy).     [Elec.  Eng'r,  Nat'!  Lamp  Works,  Nela  Park,  Cleve!and,'0.1"II""I      53 
Browne,  Lt.  Col.  Bowyer  B.     [Appointed  Major,  Eng'rs,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Care  The  Adj't 

Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Winchester,  Va.]. ' 16,  151,  384 

Bruce,  Howard  (Civil  Service).     [Pres.,  Bartlett  Hayward  Co.,  Balto.,  Md.]  100 

Bruner.  F.  D.  P.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [N.  &  W.  Ry,  Roanoke,  Va.] ."I.  69 

Bruns,  Sg'tT.M.  Logan.     [Lawyer.    2308  Prytania  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.].. .  58 

Bryan,  Jr.,  B.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  Red  River  Oil  Co.,  Alexandria,  La.)  69 

Bryan,  C.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Univ.  of  N.  C.     Care  State  Hospital,  Goldsboro,  N.  C.) 69 

Bryan.  2d  Lt.  Edward  D.     [Rep.  in  Chicago  of  Richmond  Hosiery  Mills,  Rossville,  Ga.    Home  adcf  , 

Care  Capt.  H.  T.  Bryan,  Tarboro   N.  C.) 42 

Bryan,  Jr.,  Capt.  Henry  T.     [Gen.  Sup't,  Richmond  Hosiery  Mills,  Rossville,  Ga.    Home,  Tar- 
boro. N.  C.) 23 

Bryan,Jr.,Maj.  L.Randolph.     [Asst.  Cashier,  The  Lumberman's  Nat'l  Bank,  Houston,  Tex.)         19,  159 
Bryson.  J.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  Univ.  of  Ga.     Home,  214  Broughton  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.]  69 

Buch,G.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Care  FrankM.  Buch,  315  8th  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va]  69 

Bucher,  Capt.  OUver  B.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Phoebus, 

Va  1 23,386 

Buckner,  Jr..  Maj.  Simon  B.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,   Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  near 

Munfordville,  Hart  Co.,  Ky.].. 19,384 

Bulkley,  Edward  A.    [With  The  Lackawanna  Steel  Co.,  2  Rector  St.,  New  York.    Home",  16  E.SOth 

St.,  New  York.] 58 

Bull,  Lt.  Col.  Raymond  C.  (Med.  Corps).     [Colonel  and  Surgeon,  and  Professor,  V.  M.  I.]  16,  388 
Bullington,  Jr.,  R.McC.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Home  add.,  1323  E.  Gary  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.j _. 69 

Bunting,  Jr.,  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Homeadd.,  Care  City  Stove  &  F'dy  Co.,  Bristol, 

Va] 69 

Buracker.  Jr.,  Instructor  Edward  M.  (Navy).     [Merchant.    2800  Calvert  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.]  63 

Buraeker,  1st  Lt.  Samuel  L.    [App'd  1st  Lt.  Inf.,  Reg.  Army,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Luray,  Va.) 34,386 

Burchell,  Arthur  L.  (V.M.  LTr.  Camp).     [Brooklyn.  N.  Y.) 113 

Burdeau,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Georae  T.     [513  Wainright  Bld'g,  St.  Louis,  Mo.)     .  34,76 

Burdeau,  Jr.,  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [513  Wainright  Bld'g,  .St.  Louis,  Mo.) .""  ..      69 

Burger,  2d  Lt.  Henry  I.     [Instructor,  Fishburne  Mil.  Sch.,  Waynesboro,  Va.     Home.NaturalBridge, 

Va] 42 

Burgin,  Samuel  E.  (Civil  Serv.).     [1130  N.  25th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala.].. 100 

Burks,  Capt.  Jesse  J.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Compton 

Bridge,  Va.) _ 50.390 

Burleson,  Murray  F.  (Civil  Serv.).     (Engineer.    8  W.  40th  St.,  New  York.)     100 

Burress,  Trumpeter  C.  A.  (U.  S.M.C.).      [Student,  V.M.  I.      Home,  Walnut  Hill,  Richmond,  Va.)    392 
Burress,  1st  Lt.  Jack  W.     [Asst.  Manager,  PattenMf 'g  Co. ,  Box  "D,"  St.  Elmo  Station,  Chattanooga, 

Tenn.     Former  home,  Richmond,  Va.) 34,  90,288 

Burress,  William  B.  (V.M.  I.Tr.  Camp).     [Box "D," Chattanooga,  Tenn.   Former  home, Richmond, 

Va.].. 110 

Burress,  Capt.  Withers  A.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] 23,72,203,385 

Burton,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Reuben.    [Capt.,  Co.  "B,"  R.  L.  I.  Blues,  1920.    (Resigned  later)    806  Semi- 
nary Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] .■ 34 


410  Index. 

Butler,  Jr.,  Corp.  Charle.s  N.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [i:US  Land  Title  Bld'g,  Philadelphia,  Pa.)  6' 

Butler,  Edward  L.  (O.T.C.).     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Tulane  Univ.     Home,  Bains,  La.] 67 

Butler,  2d  Lt.  Percy  S.     (Clinchfield  P.  Cement  Co.,  Kingsport,  Tenn.]_       _  43 

Butt,  Ellis  VV.  (V.M.  LTr.  Camp).     [Portsmouth,  Va.) """  108 

Button,  Jr.,  Conyers  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Philadelphia,  Pa.l     .  112 

Button,  2d  Lt.  Frank  W.     [Home,  646  Elsmere  Park,  Lexington,  Ky.] 43 

Byrd,  Jr.,  Lt.  Commander  Richard  E.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Win- 
chester, Va.] 53,389 

Cabell,  C.  F.     [Address  not  known, — formerly.  Bowling  Green,  Ky.l _         _  58 

Cabell.  M.  N.  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [Norwood,  Va. J "'  69 

Caffee, Mahlon  (O   T.  C— Died  in  the  Service.). 66,  85 

Caffery,   Capt.  .lames  P  (Aviation).     [Division  Storekeeper,  Southern  Pacific  Linesin  La.    Home 

Lafayette,  La.) _  _  _         _                                  _         _     _       _  23 

Cahill,  Martin  O.  (V.M.  LTr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.  J """ " 109 

Caldwell,  IstLt.  Francis  Y.     [East  Radford,  Va.) 34 

Calisch,  Abraham  W.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [1643  Monument  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.].       .  108 

Cameron,  E.  D.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.].-- 111 

Cammer,  1st  Lt.  Claude  R.     [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  The  Valley  Service  Stations,  Inc.,  Winchester,  Va.] 

c  ,   ^■,  34,  76,  90,  246 

•Camp,  Sg'tGilmanL.  (O.T.C.).   [Special  Agt.,  Hartford  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  120  West  Granite  St.,  Butte, 

Mont.     Home,  Billings,  Mont.] 68 

Camp,  Capt.  P.  Ryland.    [Gen'lM?'r,  Roanoke  Ry  Co.  and  Associated  with  Camp Mf'g  Co.,  Frank- 
lin, Va.] 24 

Camp,  1st  Lt.  Vaughan.     [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Carolina  Wood  Exp.  Corp.,  Norfolk,  Va.     Home,  Frank- 
lin, Va.].... 34 

Camp  Fremont  (O.  T.  C).  68 

Camp  Gordon  {O.T.C.)..  68 

Camp  Grant  {O.T.C) 68 

Camp  Hancock  (O.  T.  C.) I"."1^^^I  68 

Camp  Joseph  E.  Johnston  (O.  T.  C.) I.^.I"  68 

Camp  Kearny  (O.  T.  C.)...                                                                                                                                 -  -   -  ^^ 

Camp  Lee  (O.T.C.) "                                       67 

Camp  Pike  (O.T.C.)....     .                                                                            '                            67 

Camp  Taylor  (O.  T.  C .) ".'...M.!!"""""  68 

Campbell,  Capt.  Alexander  G.    [Tobacco  Bus.,  Lexington,  Ky.    Home,  1201  W.  Franklin  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.j _.  .  24 

Campbell,  Lt.  Col.  ArthurG.    [Care  The  General  Staff,  \J.  S' A','Wash.rD.  C.  "Home,"  Lexington" 

Va.] 16,76,  146,384 

Campbell,  1st  Lt.  A.  Horace.     [Consfn  Engineer,  with  The  Foundation  Co.,  125  Liberty  St.,  New 

York.     CareFather,  A.  I.Campbell,  Hotel  .\shton,  1306Madison  Ave.,  New  York.) .34,90 

Campbell,  Jr.,  A.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add..  Care  Glamorgan  P.  &  F.  Co., 

Lynchburg   Va.]..   .. .                         _            __              _  69 

Campbell,  Capt.  George  B.      [App'd  1st  Lt.,  Inf.,  U.  S.  "A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  A'dj't  Gen.,  U. 

S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  CI 24,386 

Campbell,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Hugh  A.     (Asst.  Sup't  Const'n  for  J.  C.  Curtis,  Denbigh,  Va.     Home,  Mul- 
berry Island,  Va.] .                                                                                                    _  34 

Campbell,  T.  P.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  J.  F.  Campbell,  Morristown,  Tenn.j. 69 

Campbell,  William  E.   (Civil  Serv.).     [Production  As.st.,  Delco  Light  Co.,  Dayton,  O.    Home, 

Irving  Coll.,  Mechanicsburg,  Pa.] 100 

Campbell,  2d  Lt.  William  P.     (With  Reo  Automobile  Co.,  Lansing,  Mich.     Home,  Augusta,  Ark.]..  43 

Campbell,  1st  Lt.  William  S.     [Home,  Lexington,  Va.) 34 

Campman,  Lt.  J.  Henry  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Houston,  Texas.] 53,  389 

Candidates  for  Commission 66 

Cann,  IstLt.  Samuel  A.     (Insurance.     Home,  114  W.  Gaston  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.J     ."-'.'"-."..34,262 

Cann,  1st  Lt.  William  G.     [Lawyer.     Home,  114  W.  Gaston  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.] 34,  90,  262 

tCannon,  Corp.  Edward  R.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Trav.  Salesman,  Charlotte  Casket  Co.,  Charlotte,  N. 
C]     See  Footnote. 

Cantrell,  2d  Lt.  Charles  C.     [Journalist.    Greenville,  Te.xas.     Colonel,  Governor's  Staff.] 43 

Captains — British  Army . . 56 

Captains—U.  S.  Army  (After  War) 385 

Captains— U.  S.  Army  (During  War)       .                      -  ...   - -  -.- -..  23 

Captains~U.  S.  Marine  Corps  (After  War) 390 

Captains~U.  S.  Marine  Corps  (During  War).     ...   -..  50 

Captains~U.  S.  Navy  (After  War) 389 

Captains~U.  S.  Navy  (During  War) 53 

Carlton,  1st  CI.  Radio  Electrician  Eug-ne  T.  (Navy).      [Student,   V.  M.  I.     Home,  Roanoke,  Va.]  392 
Carlton,  Capt.  Harry.     [Sr.  Mem.,  Carlton,  Young  &  Catlin,  Inc.,  Mfrs.  The  "C.Y.C."  Elec.  Gen- 
erating Plant.    Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York.     Home,  Centralia,  Va.] 24 

Carneal,  2d  Lt.  Charles  W.  (Aviation).     (Real  Estate  and  Insurance.     4  N.  11th  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]  43 

Carneal,  Capt.  William  L.     [Architect.     707  Chamb.  Commerce,  Richmond,  Va.] -.-  24 

Carpenter,  1st  Lt.  John  I.     [Automobile  Supplies.     Lawrenceburg,  Kj'.] -.- 34 

Carr,  IstLt.  Allen  P.  (U.S.  M.C.).     [Resigned  after  War.    SOSMcGowan  Ave.,  Houston,  Texas.]...  51 
Carr,  IstLt.  Harrison  F.      [Drilling  Contractor  &  Oil  Producer.     217  N.  Second  St.,  Independence, 

Kan.     Home,  Fred'ksb'g,  Va.] 34 

Carrington,  William  T.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [930  Park  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 110 

Carroll,. Sg't  Adrian  M.     [Civil  Eng'r.    409  W.  1st  St.,  Burlington,  N.  C] 58 

•He  was  in  the  .\viation  Service  at  the  Ground  School  at  University  of  California,  and  was  discharged 
from  the  Service  in  March,  1919. 

tEnlisted,  U.  S.  M.  C,  April  26,  1918.  Received  Warrant  as  Drill  Instructor  and  Corporal,  August 
8,  1918.    Stationed  at  Parris  Island,  S.  C.    Discharged,  February  10,  1919. 


Index.  411 

Carroll,  Jr.,  E.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Charlottesville,  Va.) 69 

Carroll,  Pv't  Irwin  A.— Died  in  the  Service. ___ __. 58,  85 

Carroll,  Maj.  John  W.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.     811  Church  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.) _..i9,'l75 

Carson,  Maj.  Charles  H.     [Pres.,  Charson  System  of  Advertising,  12|  Campbell  Ave.,  Roanoke, 

Va.] 19_  177 

Carson,  George  L.  (Civil  Service).     [With  U.  S.   Steel  Corp.,   116   Walnut  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Home,  Riverton,  Va.] .   .  _  _  __  100 

Carson,  H.G.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Abingdon,  Va.] 112 

Carter,  Jr.  A.  B.  (S.  A.T.  C).     (1101  W.  Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]- . .  69 

Carter,  1st  Lt.  Charles  S.     [Sales  Eng'r.     With  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Co.    Res.,  5599  Baum  Blv'd, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.  1 _  34  293 

Carter,  Ferd.  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Chevy  Chase,  Md.] V.V.V.""." ".    '  110 

Carter,  Ist  Lt.  Franklin  W.     [Elec.  Eng'r  &  Dept.  Asst.,  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Co.,  New  York. 

Home,  Warrenton,  Va.) 34,  72,  90,  263 

Carter,  2d  Lt.  J.  Prescott.     [Student  of  Spanish,  Madrid,  Spain,  till  Apl,,  1921.     Home  adr...  Box  21, 

Lynchburg,  Va.]. _ 43 

Carter,  James  S.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Civ.  Eng'r.     With  Va.  State  H'wy  Comm'n.     Home,  Chatham', 

Va.) _..     101 

Carter,  Jr.,  P'vt  S.  Fain  (Aviation).     [Care  S.  F.  Carter,  Banker,  Houston,  Texas.]  58 
Cary,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  T.  Archibald  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.     With  Spotless  Company,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] __  5'' 

Casey,  J.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Care  J.  F.  Casey  &  Co.,  Lynchburg,  Va.) ""     " 69 

Casey,  B.  Weldon  (O.  T.  C).     [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Care  J.  F.  Casey  &  Co.,  Lynchburg, 

Va] 67 

Caskie,  H.  B.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Construction  Eng'r,  Bethlehem  Steel  Co.,  P.  O.  Box  282,  Bethlehem, 

Pa.    Former  home,  Bedford,  Va.) 101 

Castleman,  Capt.  Howard  B.     [Farmer.    Gaylord,  Va.) 24 

Casualties _ ...  _  _  ___  85,39.3 

Caswell, W.D.  (S.A.T.C).     Student,  Univ.  of  Ohio.     Homeadd^,  CarelstNat'iBk.,ClevelandrO.)      69 

Gates,  McF.  L.  (S.A.T.C).     [Care  R.  Z.  Gates,  Spartanburg,  S.  C] 69 

Cauthorne,  Ross  A.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Pres.  R.  A.  Cautborne  Paper  Co.,  Inc.,  Richmond,  Va.) 394 

Chambers,  Middleton  (Aviation).     Died  from  effect  of  Service .58,  85 

Chambliss,  Lt.  Col.  Hardee.     [Ph.  D.,  Chemist,  etc.,  continuing  as  Permanent  Manaper  of  U.  S. 

Nitrate  Plant  No.  1,  Sheffield,  Ala.) 16,  76,  136,  387 

Chambliss,  1st  Lt.  Nathaniel  R.     [Retired.     Sanatorium,  Whitestone,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.]  _  388 

Chambliss,  Maj.  Turner  M.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home.  N.  Emporia. 

Va.] 19,90,177,385 

Chapin,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Cornelius  C.     [Real  Estate  &  Insurance.     Home,  922  Floyd  Ave.,  Richmond, 

Va] 43 

Chapin,  Jr.,  P'vt  William  E.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Medical  Student,  Johns  Hopkins  Univ.     Home,  922 

Floyd  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.) .  ...  62 

Charas,  Charles  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington.  Va.) _.     113 

Charbonnet,  Capt.  Pierre  N.  (Medical  Corps).     [Retired  for  disabilify  incurred  in  the  Service. 

Former  home,  1114  Carrollton  Ave.,  New  Orlean.s,  La.] 24 

Charlton,  Capt.  S.  Allen.     [Lawyer  and  Asst.  City  Atty.     1023^  Main  St.,  Dallas,  Texas.] 24  236 

Charlton,  Powell  T.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington,  Va] 109 

Chase,  Lt.  Commander  Gilbert  P.  (Navy).     [Retired.    Boonton,  N.  J.     Former  home,  Lancaster 

Co..  Va.]-- _ 53,390 

Chen,  Ting  Chia  (Chinese  Army).     [Care  Chin-Tao  Chen,  Inspector  of  Education,  Canton,  China.]      57 
Cheyne,  William  E.  (O.  T.  C).     [Eng'r  with  S.  East'n  Underwriters  Assn.,  Atlanta,  Ga.    Honr^e, 

144  Victoria  Ave.,  Hampton,  Va.) 67 

Childs,  1st  Lt.  J.  Rives.     [Journalist.    Home.  911  Rivermont  Ave.,  I  ynchburg,  Va.l '4   72,76,279 

Chittum,  1st  Lt.  Harold  T.     [App't'd  1st  Lt.  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.C.     Home,  Timber  Ridge,  Va.l 34,386 

Christian,  Capt.  Arthur  H.     [Civil  Eng'r.     Care  1519  West  Ave.,  Richmond.  Va.l 24 

Christian,  .Jr.,  Capt.  Camillus.     [V.  P.,  Dicks,  David  Co.,  Inc.,  19  N.  Moore  St.,  New  York.    Mf 'rs. 

Dye  Stuffs,  etc     Home,  909  Court  St.,  I  ynchburg,  Va.] 24,76,90,221 

Christian,  1st  Lt.  John  H.    [Merchant.     Huntington.  W.  Va.     Former  home.  I  ynchburg.  Va.) 34 

Christian,  H.  T.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  T.     Home.  1519  West  Ave..  Richmond.  Va.l 69 

Christian,  Capt. Mortimer  H.     [Care  The  Adi  't  Gen..  U.S.A.,  Wash..  D.C.     Home,  Keswick,  Va.]-24, 385 

Christian.  Lt.  Col.  Thos.  J.  .lackson.     [Care  The  Adi't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 16,384 

Christie,  W.  McL.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [232  E.  Ashley  St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.] 109 

Church,  2d  Lt.  John  F.  (U.  S.  M.  C.)     [Resigned  after  War.     With  Western  Elec.  Co.     Home,  1027 

Valley  Lane,  Avondale,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.) _._ ^2 

Citations  and  Recommendations 75,  393 

Clapp,  2d  Lt.  Robert  V.     [.Student,  Cornell  University.     Care  R.  G.  Clapp,  Mentor.  O.) 43 

Clark,  E.M.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  830  Green  .St.,  Danville.  Va.l 69 

Clark,  Maj.  Harvey  R.     (Lawyer,  San  Diego.  Duval  Co.,  Tex.     Former  home,  Schulenburg.  Tex.).      19 
Clark,  W.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Law  .Student.  T'niv.  of  Texas.    Care  L.  H.  Clark,  Greenville,  Texas.).      69 

Clark,  Wallace  T.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.) _     110 

Clarke,  Ashton  W.  (O.  T.  C).     [.Ship  Draftsman.     122  .34th  .St.,  Newport  News,  Va.) 68 

Clarke,  2d  Lt.  Basil M.  (Aviation).     [800  S.  2nth  .St..  Birmingham,  Ala.] , 43 

Clarke,  Capt.  Charles  K.     [Sales  Manager,  Babcock  Corporation,  New  York.     Home,  53  larch 

Ave.,  Bogota,  N.J _ 24,232 

Clarke,  Jr.,  Capt.  Frederick  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    (Resigned  after  War.    Box  170,  Savannah,  Ga.l 

50,  72,  76,  91,  319 

Clarke,  N.K.  (O.  T.  C).    [205  E.  Hall  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.l._ 66 

Clarkson,Mai.  Blandy  B.     [Capt.  and  Asst.  Prof.,  V.M.  I.     Former  home,  Millboro,  Va.) 19,  181 

Clarkson,  Clifford  C.  (O.  T.  C).     JBanker.  819  E.  33rd  .St.,  North  Portland,  Ore  ] 68 

Clarkson,  Holland  W.  (Navy).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home  add.,  5749  Midway  Park,  Chicago,  III.].  63,  110 


412  Index. 

*Clement,Maj.  Joseph  T.    [Care  The  Ad j't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Charleston,  S.  C] 

19,  72,  91,  173,  384 
Clement,  Capt.  WilHam'T.  (V.  S.  M.  C).    [Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C,  Care  W.  J.  Clem«it, 

■"    Trav.  Salesman,  I.ynchbiire,  Va.) 50,  390 

Clemmer,  Capt.  Richard  H.     [With  Loth  Stove  Co.,  Waynesboro,  Va.    Home.Middlebrook,  Va.]_24,  236 

Clemmer,  Thomas  F.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Farmer,  Middlebrook,  Va.l 101 

Clopton,  1st  Lt.  Edward  J.     [Insp.,  Office  Ch.  Eng'r  of  M.  of  W,.  B.  &  O.  R.  R.,  Balto.,Md.    Home, 

Washington,  Rappahannock  Co.,  Va.] 35 

Coburn,  1st  Lt.  Hugh  S.     [Special  Agt.,  Insurance  Co.  of  North  America.    Bo.x  922,  Salt  Lake  City, 

LTtah.    Home.  Meridian,  Miss.] 35 

Cocke,  Lt.  Col.  John.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home.  Prince  George 

Co.,  Va.] 16,  140,  3S4 

Cocke,  Capt.  P.  St.  George.     [Cotton.    Care  Boston  Club,  New  Orleans,  La.] 24 

Cocke,  Maj.  William  H.     [Pres.,  Southern  Acid  &  Sulphur  Co.,  Boatmen's  Bank  Bld'g,  St.  Louis, 

Mo.] 19,181 

Cochran,  P'vt  Carreck  F.     [3rd  &  Washington  Sts.,  Madison,  Ind.] 59 

Cochran,  T.B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [The  Plains,  Va.] 113 

Cochran,  Brig.  Gen.  William  B.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home.  The 

Plains.  Va.] 13,  116,383 

Cockrill,  Capt.  ThomasMcF.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Kansas 

City,  Mo.] 24,385 

Cockshaw,  Jr.,  Herbert  (Navy).     [932-934  E.  174th  St.,  New  York.]- 63 

Cofer,  Jr.,  Johnl.  (Aviation).     (Home,  Smithfield,  Va.] 59 

Coffeen,  Charles  B.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Eneineer.     Peoria,  111.] 394 

Cohen,  Capt.  Rodney  S.     [Lawyer.     1030  Greene  St.,  Augusta.  Ga.] 24 

Cohoon,  Thomas  J.  (O.  T.  C).     [Paving  Teller,  The  Farmers  Bank,  Suffolk,  Va.] 67 

Colbern,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  William  H.     [Still  serving  in  Tientsin,  China.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Lee's  Summit,  Mo. 1 35,386 

Colburn,  2d  Lt.  Albert  E.     [Home,  46  Maple  St.,  Somersworth.  N.  H.] 43 

Coldwell.Maj.  Philip.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.      Home,  El  Paso,  Texas.] 

19,91,181,384 

Cole,  C.  Raymond  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    (Simpson.  Va.] 108 

Cole,  H.  Normon  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond,  Va.l 111 

Cole,  Jr.,  Capt.  James  E.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.] 

24,  76,  202.  386 
Cole,  Pv't.Tohn  (U.S.  M.C.).     [law  Stud.,  Univ.  of  Va.    Bk.  of  Commerce  Bld'g,  Norfolk,  Va.].—      62 

Coleman,  Clarence  (Civ.  Eng'r,  U.  S.  Eng'r  Corps.    Died  in  Service.) 101 

Coleman.  M.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [202  W.Main  St.,  Ardmore.  Okla.]. 69 

Collins,  Col.  Christopher  Clark  (Medical  Corps).     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Home,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 13,72,76,  121,383 

Collins,  Maj.  Charles  J.    [Office  Manager,  E.  E.  MacCrone  &  Co.,  Brokers,  301  Penobscot  Bld'g, 

Detroit.  Mich.     Hom.e,  Tampa,  Fla.l _19,  76,  160 

Collins.  2d  Lt.  George  R.     [V.  P.,  Smokeless  Fuel  Co.    Home,  1116  Kanawha  St.,  Charieston,  W. 

Va] ...      .  .....     43 

Collins.  2d  Lt.  Harold M.     [CareMissMollie  Collins,  Marion,  Va.]. 43 

Colonels— U.  S.  Army.     (After  War.)... 383 

Colonels— U.  S.  Army.     {Durino  War) 13 

tColonra,  Capt.  B.Allison.     [With  C.  D.  Jackson  &  Co..  Inc.,  140th  St.  and  Locust  Avenue,  New 

York.    Imnorters,  etc.     Former  home.  140  "B"  St.,  N.  E.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 24,  91 

Comegvs,  Jr.,  E.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [N.  Y.  Life  Insurance  Co.    Home,  504  Colcord,  Oklahoma  City, 

Okla] 69 

Commanders— U.  S.  Nary  (After  War) 389 

Commanders — TK  S.  Nary  (During  War).. -.      53 

Commissioned  Personnel — Allied  Armies 56 

Commissioned  Personnel — V.  S.  Army  (After  War). 383 

Commissioned  Personnel — X'.  ,9.  Army  (Dvrino  War) 13,392 

Commissioned  Personnel — U.  S   Nary  (After  War) 389 

Commissioned  Personnel — U.  S.  A'or?/  (During  War) 53 

Commissioned  Personnel^U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (Dxiring  War) 55 

Commissioned  Personnel — Tf.  S.  Marine  Corps  (After  War) ..-     390 

Commissioned  Personnel— U .  S.  Marine  Corps  (During  War).. 50,392 

Compiler's  Note _   ._         _ 3 

Compton.  Sg't  William  B.    [Mine  Engineer  The  Carbon  Fuel  Co.,  Carbon,  W.  Va.] 59 

Conrlusion.. _  _  . 379 

Connally.M.  Hammond  (S.  A.  T.  C.).    M^'W.  Fifth  St..  Jackson^^lle,  Fla.l ..69,  111 

Conquest,  Capt.  Edwin  P.     [Lumber.     Maj.  Va.  N.  G.,  1920.    Res.,  110  Cathedral  Place,  Rich- 
mond, Va.]_ _,. 24,226 

Conrad.  2d  Lt.  George  Brvan.     (IstLt.  Inf..  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S. 

A..  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Winchester.  Va.] 43,386 

Conrad.  Capt.  Robert  Y.— Killed  in  action  in  France 24,  72.  85,  197,  378 

Contents I 

Converse.  Ss-'t  Alexander  J.  (B.  E.  F.).      (On  duty,  Office  of  Att'y  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Home.  Columbus,  O.I 64,76.91,360 

•Retired  becauseof  wounds  received  inaction,  but  still  on  act  iveduty  with  Recruit  and  Replacement 
Depot  at  Fort  McDowell.  Calif. 

tCalled  to  active  dutv  as  2d  Lt.,  Inf.,  R.  C,  Mav  8,  1917.  Madison  Barracks  Training  Camp,  May 
l.i-Aug.  15,  ]ni7.  Captain  311th  Inf.,  Sept.,  1917.  Camp  Dix  during  training  period.  Regt'l  Supply 
Officer  until  Dec.  6.  1017:  thereafter,  in  command.  Company  "B."  Left  for  overseas,  May  15,  1918. 
Sliahtly  wounded,  Sept.  26,  1918,  in  St.  Mihiel  Sector.  Company  adv.Tnced  about  one  kilometer,  with- 
outsupport.  when  it  was  surrounded  and  forced  to  retire.  Frtered  St.  Mihiel  drive  with  187men;morn- 
ine  report,  Sept.  27,  showed  57  men.  Graduated  Army  School  of  the  Line,  Langres,  France,  Jan.  1, 1919. 
Returned  to  U.  S.  and  mustered  out.  May  20,  1919. 


Index.  413 

Converse,  2d  Lt.  Joseph  B.    [Engineer.    Home,  Selma,  Ala.] _..  43 

Conway,  Capt.  Coleman  B.     [With  Danville  Knitting  Mills,  749  IMain  St.,  Danville,  Va.    Home, 

Moss  Neck,  Va.)... 24 

Conway,  Jr.,  Eustace  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C.).    [Tobacco  Business.    Home,  104  Adams  St.,  Henderson, 

Ky.l - 69 

rook,Jr.,Capt.RobertE.L.     [Home,Tarboro,N.C.]. 24 

Cooke,  H.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Care  C.  E.  Cooke,  Charfes  Town,  W.Va  ]"      69 

Cooley,  H.  R.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Richmond,  Va.) 113 

Cooper,  Herman  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [439  Rivermont  Ave.,  Lynchburg.  Va  1  109 
Cootes,  Col.  Harry  N.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash..D.C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.fYs'Ye'm  38.3 
Core,  J.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [.Student,  Columbia  Univ.,  New  York.    Home,  411  N.  Davis  Ave.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] 69 

Corey,  Corp.  James  L.  (TJ.  S.  M.  C. — Killed  in  action  in  France.) .-_62,  76,  85,  338 

Corey,  1st  Lt.  Lawrence  O.     [Ed.  &  Publisher.    Monticello.  Ind.] .  '35 

Corzelius.  2d  Lt.  Frank  M.     [CareThe  Adj'tGen.,U.  S.  A.,  Wash..  D.  C.     Home,  Richmond,  Ky  J  43  386 
Cosby,  Walter  W.  (Post  Adj't,  V.  M.  I.).    [Tenn.  Elec.  Supply  Co.,  Johnson  City,  Tenn.    Home, 

Brandy,  Va.] 101 

Coulbourn,  2d  Lt.  Charles  B.     [Care  Insurance  Comm'r,  Richmond,  Va.] 43 

Coulbourn,  Cap.  Daniel  L.     [Chemist,  Va.Ag'lDept.,  Richmond,  Va.] ...24,76 

Coulbourn,  2d  Lt.  Joseph  O.  (Aviation).     [220  Woodward  Bld'g,  Birmingham,  Ala.] '43 

*Couper,  Lt.  Col.  William.    [Asst.  Gen.  Manager,  The  Associated  General  Contractors  of  America 

1037  Munsey  Bld'g,  Wash.,  D.  C] 16    77    13.5 

Coupland,  Carter  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] -. 109 

Coupland.  Capt.  Richard  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  26  York  Place, 

Norfolk,  Va.] 24,237,386 

Cox,  1st  Lt.  Daniel  E.     [Farmer.    Carson ville,  Va.] 3.5 

Cox.  Levv-is  Berkeley  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp.     Later.  1st  Lt.  A.  E.  F.     Severely  wounded.)      [Professor 

W.  &  L.  University,  Le.xington,  Va.] .  108 

Cox,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Ross  P.     [Medical  Student,  .Teff.  Med.  Coll.,  Phil.    Home,  Rome,  Ga.]     -  '"      43 

Craig,  John  E.  (O.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Deerfield,  Va.] 66 

Craig,  1st  Lt.  M.  L.  Weems.    [Student,  Univ.  Texas,  Austin.    Care  Mrs.  A.  L.  Craig,  Columbia, 

Texas.] 35 

Craighill,  Dabney  H.  (O.  T.  C).    [Instructor,  Augusta  Mil.  Acad.,  Ft.  Defiance,  Va.    Care  Col. 

R.  E.  Craighill,  Lynchburg,  Va.l - 66 

Crane,MajorWiIlsonH.    [Lumber.    Firm  of  J.  R.  Wheler  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Home,  Blackstone, 

Va.l 396 

Crane, Maj.  James M.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen..  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,D.  C] 19,  385 

Crenshaw,  Alfred  F.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Civ.  Eng'r.    With  DuPont  Powder  Wks.     Home,  1016  W. 

Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]. _-_ .- 101 

Creswell,  Mai.  Henry  I.  T.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  2412  Webster 

St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.] 19,77,91.  165,385 

Crist,  Jr.,  George  W.  (U.  S.  M.  A.).    [Student,  Harvard  Univ.    Home,  Clover  Dale  Road  &  Locker- 
bie St.,  Montgomery,  Ala.] 59 

Crittenden,  George  B.  (Navy).     [Bank  Clerk,  Merchants  Sav.  Bk,  Greenville,  Mi.ss  ] 63 

Crittenden,  2d  Lt.  John  D.    [Bonds  &  Stocks.    CareSecurityT.&  S.  Bk,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Home, 

Kansas  City,  Mo.] .._.- 43,  299 

Crittenden,  Jr.,  Orlando  B.  (.\viation).     [Cotton.    Greenville,  Miss.] .  ..      59 

Crocker,  M.J.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Charleston,  W.Va.] 110 

Crockett,  Ensign  Albert  S.  (Navv).     [Cadillac Motor  Car  Co.,  Detroit, Mich.     Home,  Bedford,  Va.)      f4 

Crockett,  J.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Dublin,  Va,] 69 

Crockett,  Jr.,  Ist  Lt.  George  S.  (Aviation).    [Grain  Brokerage  Bus.,  Nashville,  Tenn.    Home,  Ac- 

comac,  Va.] 35,  91 

Crockett,  1st  Lt.  Gilman  K.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Bedford,  Va.] 

35,91,289,386 
Crockett,  Jr.,  William  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [With  Comm'l  Nat'l  Bk,  Shreveport,  La.    Home,  Ardmore, 

Okla.] 69 

Cross,  Jr.,  Charles  F.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Collection  Supervisor,  Ches.  &  Potomac  Tel.  Co.  of  Va.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.]... 101 

Crowder,  1st  Lt.  Robert  T.    [Mf'r,  Coca-Cola  Bld'g.  Kansas  Citv.Mo.l... ...35,  261 

Crowdus,  IstLt.  John  W.     [Engineer.    220  Mills  Building,  ElPa-^o,  Tex.] 35 

Crowson,  Major  Benjamin  F.  (Head  of  Literary  Institution  during  War).    [Lt.  Colonel  and  Asso. 

Prof.,  V.M.  I.] 101 

Crump,  Col.  Malcolm  H.  (Civil  Service).    [Consulting  Geologist,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.] 101 

Crump,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Malcolm  H.     [Insurance.    Bowling  Green,  Ky.l 35 

Cruzen,  Ensign  Richard  H.  (Navy).     [CareNavy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Home,  Gallatin,  Mo.] .54,389 

Gumming,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Hugh  S.     [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.    Care  Surg.  Gen.  H.  S.  Gumming,  Pub. 

Health  Serv.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 43 

Gumming,  Capt.  Samuel  C.  (U.  S.M.C.).     [Care  Marine  Corps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Home.  Hamp- 
ton, Va.] 50,  72,  77,  91,  319,  390 

Cunningham,  Capt.  W.  Frank.    Taxicab  Business.    Birmingham,  .Ma.] ..- 24 

Currier,  Lt.  Col.  William  P.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Witt,  Va.].  16,  151,384 
Curry,  Robert  D.  (In  Mil.  Service).     [Care  W.  G.  Curry,  Automobile  Salesman,  Glasgow,  Mont. 

Home,  Kansas  City,  Mo.] 59 

Curtis,  2d  Lt.  Douglas  C.     [Contractor.    Home.  Lee  Hall,  Va.l 43 

Curtis,  Lloyd  E.  (Navy).     [Contractor.    Home.  Lee  Hall,  Va.) 63 

Cushman,  P'vt  Joseph  R. — Killed  in  action  in  France 59,  85,  302,  393 

*Colonel  Couper  spent  four  months,  after  the  War,  preparing  elaborate  plans  for  the  enlargement 
of  the  V.  M.  I.,  which  were  approved  by  the  Board  of  Visitors.  June,  1920,  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
V.  M.  I.  Endowment  Fund.  Soon  afterwards,  he  was  called  by  Brigadier  General  Richard  C.  Marshall, 
Jr.,  (V.  M.  I.),  late  Chief  of  The  Construction  Division  of  the  Army  (his  War  Chief)  to  become  closest  to 
him  in  his  post-war  work,  with  the  title  of  Assistant  General  Manager  of  The  Associated  General  Con- 
tractors of  America.    Verbum  sat  sapienti. 


414  Index. 

Cutchins,  2d  Lt.  Frank.    rEngineers.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France.) 43,  86,  301 

Cutchins,  Jr.,  Sol  (S.  A.  T.  C.).     [With  Export  Leaf  Tobacco  Co.    Home,  1007  W.  Franklin  St., 

Richmond,  Va.] -.._ 69 

Cutler,  Capt.  Stuart.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home  of  father,  T.  R.  Cutler, 

101  Park  Ave.,  New  York.] 24,91,220,386 

Dabney,  Robert  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Estimating  Dept.,  Wright  Aeronautical  Corpn.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Home  add..  Mason  Bld'g,  Houston,  Texas.) 69 

Dance,  P'vt  Powhatan  R.  (U.  S.  M.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.) 62,  77,  86,339,393 

Dance,  P'vt  Willis  J.     [Tobacco.     Wilson.  N.  C] 59 

Dadmun,  Edward  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] 108 

Dalton,  Capt.  Joseph  N.     [Capt.,  Inf.,  Am.  Forces,  Germany.     Caie  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C.]... 24,208,386 

Daniels,  Lt.  (J.  G.)  George  S.  (Navv).     [With  Bank  of  Wavne,  Goldsboro,  N.  C] 55 

Darbv,  P'vt  James  F.  (U.  S.M.  C).     [Home,  Lampasas,  Texas.] 62 

Dashiell,  Capt.  George  F.— Killed  in  action  in  France 25,77,86,205 

Dashiell,  Capt.  Harry  G.     [Farmer.     Smithfield,  Va.] -_25,  206 

Dashiell,  ]Ma.i.  Robert  M.    [Mai.,  Va.  N.  G.,  1920.    Sales  Specialist,  Western  Elec.  Co.,  Richmond. 

Home,  920  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 19,  174 

Davant,  2d  Lt.  Charles  R.     [Home,  1225  Clark  Ave.,  Roanoke,  Va.] 43 

Davant,  Capt.  Edward  T.     [Home,  1225  Clark  Ave.,  Roanoke.  Va.] ....25,  77,  91,  193 

Davant,  Capt.  Henry  W.     [Home,  1225  Clark  Ave.,  Roanoke,  Va.] 25 

Davenport,  Capt.  Ralph  M.     (With  Stevens-Eaton  Co.,  1  Madison  Ave.,  New  York.     Home,  153! 

Ogden  St.,  Denver,  Col.]     25,  77,  91,  238 

David,  2d  Lt.  Robert  F.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Refer  toMarine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash., 

D.  C.].. 52 

Davidson,  Richard  P.  (O.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add..  Care  H.  Bradley  Davidson, 

Chevy  Chase,  Md.] 66 

Davies,  William  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]-- 109 

Davis,  Capt.  James  E.  (U.S.M.C.).     [CareMarine  Corps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home  address.  Box 

403,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 50,390 

Davis,  2d  Lt.  J.  K.     [Care  Dr.  Charles  N.  Davis,  1931  Spruce  St.,  Phil.,  Pa.] 43 

Davis,  N.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Univ.  of  Fla.     Care  H.  A.  Davis,  Palatka,  Fla.) 69 

Davis.  2d  Lt.  Ronald  L.  (Aviation).     [201  Washington  St.,  Monroe.  la.] .---.--.-      43 

•Davis,    Governor   Westmoreland.    (Civil   Service).    [Lawyer.    Farmer.    Governor   of   Virginia. 
Home,  Morven  Stock  Farm,  Leesburg,  Va.]    See  Footnote. 

Davis,  T.  Calvin  (O.  T.  C).     [Tobacco  Business.     Home,  Pamplin,  Va.] 66 

Dawes,  1st  Lt.  Bvron  F.     [V.  P.,  Guaranty  Trust  Co.     In  charge  of  Constantirople  Branch.    Home 

add.,  2062  E.  105th  St.,  Cleveland,  O.] 35 

Dean,  John  Randolph  (Civil  Serv.).     [Chemist.     Care  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.]     101 

Dearborn,  James  B.  (Navy).     [1730  15th  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 63 

DeArmond,  Lt.  Col.  George  W.  (Aviation).     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home, 

Butler,  Mo.] 16,  3f  4 

Dearing,  A.W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home.  1731  Columbia  Road,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C]      69 

DeBardeleben,  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [46  Elizabeth  Apt's,  Chatta.,  Tenn.] 69 

DeButts,  1st  Lt.  Henry  A.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.    Train  Master,  Sou.  Ry,  Birming- 
ham, Ala.     Home,  Upperville,  Va.] 51,333 

DeCew,  2d  Lt.  Llewellyn.     [Civil  Eng'r.     Care  Mother,  4£6  E.  14th  St.,  N.  Portland,  Ore.] 43 

Decorations _.  _ 72,393 

Deeble,  Jr.,  Capt.  William  R.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home  of  Mother,  Mrs. 

W.  R.  Deeble,  formerly,  2020  "P"  St.,  Wpsh.,  D.  C] 25,386 

DeGraff,  2d  Lt.  DeLancy  A.     [Engineer.     With  DeGraff  &  Hogeboom,  Inc.,  Contractors,  168  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  Kingston,  N.  Y.j     43,298 

Deitrick,  E.  U.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [2324  W.  Grace  St..  Richmond,  Va.] --.     109 

tDeitrick,  Geo.  W.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Pres.  and  Treas.,  Pr.  Geo.  Elec.  L.  &  P.  Co.,  Hopewell,  Va.]    See 
Footnote. 

DeLeon,  1st  Lt.  J.  Waldo.     [Banker.    1st  Nat'l  Bk,  Key  West,  Fla.l 35 

Denham,  Capt.  James  L.  (U.S.M.C.).     [CareMarineCorps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  1324 Mon- 
roe St.,  Washington,  D.  C.]. 50,318,390 

Dennis,  Maj.  William  F.     [Rw'v&  Consulting  Eng'r.     Home,  220Ma.ss.  Ave.,  Wash.,  D.  C] ..-       19 

Denny,  Sg't  Walter  E.  (B.  E.  F.).     [Home,  1128  Ele- nore  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.] - 65,92 

Derbyshire,  2d  Lt.  George  A.     [Colonel  and  Executive  Officer,  V.  M.  I.l 43,300,388 

Derryberry,  Jr.,  Marshall  E.  (O.  T.  C).     [Wholesale Merchant.     Home,  Hillsboro  Road,  Nashville, 

Tenn.]...     66 

DeShazo,  J.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     ["Teacher.    R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Houston,  Va.] 69 

DeShazo,  1st  Lt.  Martin.     [Comd't,  High  School,  Hollywood,  Cal.    Home,  Houston,  Va.] -      35 

DeValin,Medical  Director  CharlesM.  (Navv).     [Care  Navv  Dept.,  Wash..  D.  C.l 53,72,341,389,402 

DeVoe,  Lt.  Col.  Ralph  G.  (Medical  Corps). '  [Care  The  Adj't  Cen.,  V.  S.  A..  Wash.,  D.  CI 16,  384 

Dew.  2d  Lt.  Thomas  R.     [Insurance  Adjuster,  Aetna  L.  Ins.  Co.,  Am.  Nat'l  Bk  Bld'g,  Richmond. 

Home,  Wvtheville,  Va.] _ 43 

Dickens,  2d  Lt.  Frank  A.     [N.  N.  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.,  Newport  News,  Va.]... - - 43 

Dickerson,  H.W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  3510 E.  Broad  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]....      69 

•Governor  Davis  was  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1877.  Called  to  the  high  office  of  Governor  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Virginia  after  the  Country  had  entered  upon  War.  he  executed  with  consummate 
ability  and  tirele.ss  energy  the  momentous  duties  that  devolved  upon  him  during  the  trying  period  that 
followed.  No  son  of  the  V.M.  I.  rendered  more  successful  or  more  devoted  service  to  his  Country's  cause 
than  he,  and  his  .Mnia  Mater  will  always  be  proud  of  his  brilliant  administration  during  this,  the  great- 
est crisis  in  the  world's  history. 

fGraduate  of  Class  1885.  He  made  strenuous  efforts  to  get  into  fheMilitary  Service,  biit  was  barred 
by  the  age  limit.  Nevertheless,  he  saw  to  it  that  his  Company  should  do  a  p'atriotic  part  in  helping  to 
bring  the  War  to  a  victorious  end  by  furnishing  light  and  power  for  those  engaged  in  making  gun  cotton, 
during  the  entire  War. 


Index,  415 

Dickson,  2d  Lt.  Horace  K.     (Mg'r,  Lumber  Dept.,  No.  American  Wood  Products  Corpn.,  50  Union 

Sq.,  New  York.     Home  add.,  SI  Harrison  St.,  Ap't  4,  E.  Oran?e,  N.  J.]  43 

Dickson,  R.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Ore-an  Cave,  W.  Va.I     -  69 

Dickson,  R.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Williamsburg,  Va.]... ".. '. '.""/."."'/.'""/.".      69 

Died  in  the  Service... g5  39,3 

Dillard,  Maj.  Alexander  W. — Died  in  the  Service .  _  19    72   86  "92*  180 

Dillard,  2d  Lt.  John  A.  B.     [Care  Mrs.  Mary  Q.  Hicks.  Fredericksburg.  Va.]  '      '    35 

Dillard,  Capt.  John  W.     (Tobacconist.     With  W.  T.  Clark  Co.,  Wilson,  N.  C.     Home,  Chatham, 

Va  1 25 

Dillard,  Corp.  William  V.  (O.  T.  C).     [Asst.  Sales Mg'r,  U.  S.  Gypsum  Co.,  977  EUicott  Sq.,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y.     Home,  601  Court  St  ,  Lynchburg,  Va.] _.. _.. ...  66 

Dillon,  Jr.,  Edward  (O.  T.  C).     (Civ.  &  Min.  Eng'r,  Consol.  Copper  Mines,  Kimberiy,  Nevada. 

Home,  Indian  Rock,  Va.] _  68 

Dil'ey,  Edward  S.  (O.  T.  C).     [Iron  Manufacturer,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. ]__ ^]I"I"II"'""^]'I      66 

Dishman,  2d  Lt.  Charles  H.     [Contractor.     Henderson,  Ky.]  _        _  _  _  43 

Dixon,  Brewer  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Talladega,  Ala.) Ill 

Dixon,  William  H.  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [Physician.     Rocky  Mount,  N.  Cj.  "  69 

Dockery,  Lt.  Col.  Albert  B.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Prof,  and  Comd't,  V. 

M.  I.  since  1920.     Former  home,  Hernando,  Miss  )     ...  .  _  16   144  384 

Dodd,  2d  Lt.  Randell  S.     [4324  McPherson  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.)  "" "'"     '        '   43 

Dodson,  Lt  Col.  Richard  S.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Norfolk,  Va  ] 

16.  151,384 
Dorsey,  A.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Centre  Coll.,  Danville,  Ky.     Home,  211  Pleasant  St.,  Hills- 

boro,  111.) _  69 

Dougherty,  Hugh  L.  (V,  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]._- '/_     110 

Douglas,  1st  Lt.  Howard  N.     [Care  Sister,  Mrs.  Lilian  D.  VanHoose,  Mcintosh,  Ala.]  _  35 

Douglas,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  B.     [1st  Sg't,  "A"  Co.,  V.M.  I.,  1920-1921.     Home,  Pittsfield,  iif."]....^".!      44 
Downer,  Lt.  Col.  John  W.     [Maj.  F.  A.,  with  American  Forces  in  Germany.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen 

Wash..  D.  C.     Home.  343  W.  Bute  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.) 16,  72,  92,  134,  384 

Downes,  1st  Lt.  Joseph  W.     [Home,  109  E.  German  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.j !.._.'_..  '    35 

Downing,  Col.  Frederick  B.     (Care  The  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Fair- 
port,  Va.]._ 14,  133,384 

Downing,  2d  Lt.  Leslie  B.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Fairport,  Va.]      44,387 

Doyle,  H.  A.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] "'       110 

Doyle,  2d  Lt.  Hobert  E.     (Supt.  Constn.,  J.  T.  Wilson  Co.,  Inc.     Home,  Chesterfield  Ap'ts,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] _  44 

Doyle,  Jr.,  J.  C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.) "     110 

Doyle,  Capt.  John  E.     [Br.  Manager.  U.  S.  Tire  Co.,  1303  H.  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C.]'  25 

Drake,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  James  H.  (B   E.  F.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France.)  56,  72,  77  86,  350 

Draper,  Pv't  H.  D.     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Santa  Barbara,  Calif.]     .       .  392 

Drayton,  Capt.  Charles  H.     [Stocks,  Bonds,  etc.     19  Tradd  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C.]... __ 25,  211 

Drennen,  Charles  W.  (O.  T.  C.).     [DrenTen  Motor  Car  Co.,  Birmingham.  Ala.] 67 

Drennen,  Donald  W.  (Navy).     [Drennen  Alotor  Car  Co.,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 63 

Drew,Maj.  OctaviusC.    (Manager, etc.    Pre-Waraddress.  54SPeachtreeSt.,  Atlanta, Ga.)  19,  181 

Drewry,  Capt.  Guy  H.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.   U.  S.  i^.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Capron,  Va.]        .25,385 

Drewry,  Capt.  Herbert  R.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician,  1029  Redgate  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 25 

Driscoll,  1st  Lt.  Marvin  G.     [Instructor,  Columbia  Mi'.  Inst.,  Columbia.  Tenn.j  35 

Dudley,  H.  E.  (S.  A.  T  C).     (Student.  University  of  Va.      Home  add..  Box  394,  Danville,  Va.].  69 

Duff,  2d  Lt.  Joseph  E.     [Belfast  Mills,  Va.] 44 

Duff,  R.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Saginaw, Mich.]. ..    393 

Duffey,  H.  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.] 113 

Duffy.  2d  Lt.  Frank  L.     (Civil  Engineer.     Home,  Cynthiana,  Kv.j ...  44 

Dufur,  1st  S'gt  Walter M.     [IronMf'r.    309  N.  Howard  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.] 59 

Dunbar,  Maj.  Richard  B.     [Eng'r  &  Contractor,  Route  5,  Box  77B,  Fort  Worth,  Texas.    Former 

home,  Augusta,  Ky.] ...  .     19.92,162 

Duncan,  2d  Lt.  Paul  H.     [Civil  Eng'r  for  U.  S.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  Wharncliffe,  W.  Va.    Home,  Jones- 

ville,  Va.] 44 

D  unlap.  Field  Clerk  Wi'liam  A.     [With  American  Consulate,  Sydney,  Australia.    Care  W.  M.  Dun- 
lap,  City  Eng'r,  Bristol,  Va.]... 59 

Dunn,  William  McKee  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond,  Va.] _  111 

Dunseth,  J.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  142  S.  15th  St.,  Paris,  Texas.] 69 

Durant,  Capt.  Armand.     [Home,  Peachtree  Road,  .Atlanta,  Ga.] 25 

♦Durham,  Walter  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Real  Estate.     108  N.  9th  St.,  Richmond,  Va.     Former 

home,  Appomattox,  Va.I 109 

Dykeman,  1st  Lt.  Conrad  F.     (Civil  Eng'r,  Underpinning  Foundation  Co.,  New  York.    Home, 

657  Jefferson  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.]... 35 

Eanes,  Isaac  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Chattanooga,  Tenn.] 108 

Earle,  Capt.  Lawrence  H.     [Eastn.  Sales  Mg'r,  The  Buda  Co.,  Mf'rs  of  Truck  &  Tractor  Engines, 

Harvey,  111.    Perm,  add.,  33  W.  42  St.,  New  York.] 25,212 

Earley,  Corp.  Richard  N.     [Home,  Dawsonville,  Va.] 59 

Easley,  1st  Lt.  Gary  B.     [Electrical  Eng'r.    Di  d,  January  22,  1920.]..- 35 

Easley,  2d  Lt.  Richard  B.     [In  Business.     Hom",  Riverview,  Richmond,  Va.] 44 

East,  Frank  T.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]... -110 

Eastham,Maj.  KennaG.     (CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,D.C.    Home,  Harrisonburg,  Va.I 

19,  174,  384 
Eastham,  Capt.  Robert  F.    (Civil  Eng'r.    Office  of  U.  S.  Public  Roads,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home, 

Flint  Hill,  Va.] - -  25 

Eastham,  Major  Robert  L.  (Civil  Service).    (Comd't,  G.  C.  Mil.  Acad.,  Gulf  Port,  Miss.    Home, 

Harrisonburg,  Va.] ..- - --  101 


♦Commissioned  2d  Lt.  R.  C,  U.  S.  A. 


416  Index. 

Eberle,  Ist  Lt.  Eugene  G.    [With  Bosley  &  Johnson,  Mdse.  Brokers,  etc.,  Little  Rock,  Ark.    Home, 

Care  Dr.  J.  G.  Eberle,  Fort  Smith,  Ark.) 35 

Echols,  2d  Lt.  Charles  L.    (Chem.  Eng'r.,  W.  Va.  Pulp  &  Paper  Co.    Covington,  Va.] 44 

Echols,  Ernest  C.  (Civil  Service).     [Coal  Operator.    Care  Ernest  Echols,  Glasgow,  Va.] 101 

Echols,  1st  Lt.  Frank.    [Dist.  Road  Eng'r,  Pocahontas  Co.,  W.  Va.    Marlington,  W.  Va.    Home, 

Glasgow,  Va.) 35 

Echols,  2d  Lt.  Joseph.    [With  WestinghouseE.  &M.  Co.    Care  Ernest  Echols,  Glasgow,  Va.].. 44 

Echols,  2d  Lt.  Marion  P.    [IstLt.  F.  A.    CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Uni- 
versity of  Va.] . .44,386 

Echols,  Ralph  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [With  WestinghouseE.  &M.  Co.    CareErnest  Echols,  Glasgow,  Va.]..      69 

Edwards,  2d  Lt.  Augustus  D.     [Jr.  Mem.,  Edwards,  Parr  &  Co.,  Cotton,  Terrell,  Texas.] 44 

Edwards,  Jr.,  George  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Kirkwood,  Mo.j 113 

Edwards,  Maj.  Murray  F.  (Red  Cross  in  France).    [Head  of  Planning  &  Production  Dept.,  Rich- 
mond Hosiery  Mills,  Rossville,  Ga.    Home,  Kirkwood,  Mo.) 101,  376 

Edwards,  Lt.  Col.  Roberto.    [Resigned,  October 4, 1920.    CareGarrett&  Co.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 16,  144 

Edwards,  William  H.  (Civil  Service).    [Operating  Eng'r,  H.  Kappers  Co.,  Union  Arcade  Bld'g, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Home,  Leesburg,  Va.] 102 

Effinger,  ist  Lt.  Williams  L.    [Lumber.    404  Wheat  Bld'g,  Ft.  Worth,  Texas.    Home,  Baltimore, 

Md.] 35,259 

Eglin,  Maj.  Henry  W.  T.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Lewinsville,  Va.] 

19,  175,  384 

Elden,  1st  Lt.  John  A.    [Lawyer.    Williamson  Building,  Cleveland,  O  ] 35 

Elebash,  Ist  Lt.  Clarence  C.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician  in  Charge,  Medical  Dept.,  Vaughan  Me- 
morial Hospital,  Selma,  Ala.).. 35 

Eley,  Claud  E.  (Navy).    [Care  J.  W.  Eley,  Suffolk,  Va.]. 63 

Ellerson,  Sg't  Douglas  G.    [Care  Mr.  Armstrong  Thomas,  Lawyer,  Maryland  Trust  Bld'g,  Balti- 
more, Md.) 59 

Ellerson,  Maj.  John  H.    [Care  Mr.  Armstrong  Thomas,  Lawyer,  Maryland  Trust  Bld'g,  Balti- 
more, Md.) 19 

Elliott,  R.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Edenton  Cotton  Mills,  Edenton,  N.  C.) 69 

Elliott,  Maj.  Samuel  T.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.    Charlotte,  Va.) 19 

Ellison,  Capt.  Alexander  H.    [Civ.  Eng'r.    Mg'r,  Eastn.  Dept.,  Clyde  Iron  Wks.,  141-9  Centre  St., 

New  York.    Home,  519  Pa.  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va] 25,  210 

Ellison,  Cant.  Lewis  H.    [Eng'r.    Elec.  Eng'r,  in  Ch'ge  all  Elec.  Equipment,  U.  S.Mail  S.  S.  Co.,45 

B'wy,  New  York.    Home,  519  Pa.  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.) 25,  210 

Ellis,  J.  S.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Waynesboro,  Va.) 112 

EUyson,  2d  Lt.  Robert  W.    [Home,  406  N.  Mulberry  St.,  Richmond,  Va.    Eng'r.    With  W.  P. 

Thurston  Co.) 44 

Ely,  Pv't  Gus  Z.    [Store  Manager  for  Coal  Company.    Home,  Jonesville,  Va.]... -^9 

Ely,  Sg't  Price  W.    [Miner.    Home,  Jonesville,  Va.] 59 

Emergency  Officers — United  States  Army 387 

Emery,  Ist  Lt.  Nathaniel  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C.).     [Resigned  after  War.    Add.  not  known.]. 51 

Emory,  Samuel  T.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Chase  City.  Va.] 110 

Engleby,  2d  Lt.  George  B.     (Home,  338  Campbell  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va] 44 

Engleman,  Jr.,  James  W.  (Civil  Serv.).     [In  Railroad  Service.     Home,  Route  No.  1,  Lexington,  Va.]    102 

English,  Maj.  Paul  X.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Richmond,  Va.) 19,  384 

Enlisted  Personnel — Allied  Armies  (During  War) 64 

Enlisted  Personnel — U.  S.  Army  (During  War). 68,  392 

Enlisted  Personnel — U.  S.  Marine  Corps  (During  War) 62,  392 

Enlisted  Personnel — U.  S.  Navy  (During  War) 63,  392 

Ensigns— U.  S.  Navy  (After  War) 389 

Ensigns — U.  S.  Navy  (During  War) 54 

Ensigns— U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (During  War) 55 

Epes,  2d  Lt.  William  J.     [Ist  Lt.  F.  A.,  Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Ports- 
mouth, Va.)... .-44,386 

Erck,  Maj.  Alfred  H.     (CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 19,384 

Erck,  IstLt.  Carl  B.  (Aviation).     [Care  Atlantic  Hote!  Supply  Co.,  676  Hudson  St.,  New  York.]...      35 

Estes,  Carlton  C.  (In  Military  Service  during  War.).     [Home,  Longmont,  Colorado.] •'•9 

Estes,J.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  163  Va.  Ave.,  Danville,  Va.]... 69 

Etheridge,  Capt.  Charles  A.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Nor- 
folk? Va.).. . . 50,77,92,313 

Etheridge,  Capt.  David  M.     (U.  S.  Int.  Rev.  Service,  States-iille,  N.  C,  or  Portsmouth,  Va.]. 25 

Etheridge,  1st  Lt.  Fletcher  H.     [Home,  621  Orange  St.,  Macon,  Ga.) 35 

Eva,  2d  Lt.  Victor  F.    [Mg'r,  H.  V.  Eva  Tire  Co.,  527  Superior  St.    Home,  2135  Woodland  Ave., 

Duluth,  Minn.] 4* 

Evans,  Capt.  Robert  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.     Chemist.     With  Graphite  Co., 

Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.     Home,  1364  Rivermont  Ave.,  Lynchburg,  Va.) 50 

Evans,  T.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Church  View,  Va.) 69 

Ewald,  William  A.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [700 Park  Ave.,  Portsmouth,  Va.) 109 

Ewell,  Jr.,  Ist  Lt.  James  H. — Died  in  the  Service  in  France 35,  77,  86 

Ewell,  2d  Lt.  Jesse  R.     [Home,  9.35  W.  Redgate  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 44 

Ewell,  Capt.  Nathaniel McG.     [Farmer.    Ruckersville,  Va.] 26 

Ewing,  Major  James  L.  (Civil  Service).     [.\dv.  Manager,  "The  States,"  New  Orleans,  La.] 394 

Ewing,Capt.  John  D.     [Associate  Publisher,  The  Daily  Times.  Shreveport,  La.]  — 25,  72,  218 

Ewi-ng,  Jr.,2d  Lt.  Robert.     (Home,  2009  Carondelet  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.]- .--      44 

Ewing,  2d  Lt.  Toulmin  H.     [Home,  2009  Carondelet  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.).... 44 

Eypper,  Charles  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Montclair,  N.  J.) 110 

Eypper,  George  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Montclair,  N.  J.) HO 

Fain,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  Care  John  A.  Fain,  620  W.  32d  St.,  Oklahoma 

City,  Okla.) ---. -      69 

Fairlamb,  Wilbur F.(S.  A. T.C.).    (WestinghouseE.&M.Co.,  VVilkesb'g,Pa.    Home,  2614  W.Grace 

St.,  Richmond,  Va.) 69 


Index,  417 

Faison,  2d  Lt.  Preston  K.    [Insurance.    Care  Dr.  W.  W.  Faison,  Goldsboro,  N.  C]  44  92 

Falk,Jr..Maj.Da\'idB.  [CareThe  Adj'tGen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.  Home,  Savannah,  Ga.i.._20,  384 
Falligant,  Maj.  Louis  A.    [Resigned  Commission  after  War.    Care  Raeford  Falligant,  Lawyer, 

Savannah,  Ga.) _                                                  20  72  157 

Falligant,  Lt.  (J.  G.)  Philip  L.  (Navy).     [Care  Raeford  Falligant,  Lavv-j-cr,  Savannah,  Ga. J  ""           '  55 

Farrell,  1st  Lt.  Doddridge.     [Home,  6306  MoPherson  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. I. 35 

Fauntleroy,  Maj.  James  D.     [Civil  Eng'r.     Care  Walter  Fauntlerov,  Altavista,  Va.j     ...  20,183 

Fechheimer,  1st  Lt.  John  H.     [Curb  Broker.    Home,  176  W.  87th  St.,  New  York.)     .        35,  77,  92  291 

Fenner.Maj.  Guy  C.     [Died,  April  9,  1919.) 20,  181 

Fenno,  Capt.  Sylvan  A.     [Home,  Cairo  Apt's,  Wash.,  D.  C.j 25 

Fentress,  T.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  364  W.  13th  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.]. 69 

Ferebee,  Jr.,G.  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Home,  727  Raleigh  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.l 109 

*Ferguson,  Edwin  C  (Navy).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Waynesville.  N.  C.l    See  Footnote. 

Ferguson,  Jr.,  J.  W.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [U.  S.  Naval  Acad.,  Annapolis,  Md.     Home,  Waynesville,  N.  C.l  69 

Ferguson,  Wilfred  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.l 109 

Fergus.?on,  Bruce  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.].. 109 

Fetterolf,  1st  Lt.  CarlosM.     [Asst.Mg'r,  Brokerage  Dept.,  Cosmopolitan  Ship.  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York. 

Home,  135  Bellevue  Ave.,  Upper  Montclair,  N.  J.l 36 

Field,  Emory  A.  (Civil  Service).     [Home,  1324Quarrier  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.l ""...1  102 

Figgins,  Lt.  Commander  B.  W.  (Navy).    [With  Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Balto.,  Md.    Home, 

Arlington,  Va.) .  55,344 

Finley,  Corp.  Hugh  P.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [After  June  1,  1921,  Mining  Engineer  with  Proctor  Coal  Co., 

Williamsburg,  Ky.) _. 62 

First  Lieutenants — British  Army 56 

First  Lieutenants — U.  S.  Army  (After  War) 386 

First  Lieutenants — U.  S.  Army  (During  War) 33 

First  Lieutenants — U.  S.  Marine  Corps  (During  War) 51 

Fishburne,  1st  Lt.  Richard.    [Elec.  Eng'r,  222  S.  Washington  St.,  Ale.xandria,  Va.    Home,  Lees- 
burg,  Va.l - 36 

Fisher,  P'vt  Ralph  A.  (IT.  S.  M.  C).    [Care  William  Fisher,  Lawyer,  Pensacola,  Fla.] 62 

Fitzgerald,  1st  Lt.  John  H.     [Tobacco.     Home,  Maysville,  Ky.]- 36 

Fitzgerald, Marian  N.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.j... 109 

Flannagan,  Capt.  Coke.     [With  Assembled  Tire  Corpn.  of  Newark,  N.  J.    Care  Dallas  Flannagan, 

Lawj-er,  20  Broad  St.,  New  York.] ..25,  72,  77 

Fleming,  Capt.  Charles  S.     [Lawyer.    Jacksonville,  Fla.] 25 

Flenniken,  Jr.,  W.  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Applied  for  Mil.  Serv.  three  times,  but  rejected  for  phys.  un- 
fitness; then  Teller  in  Nat'I  City  Bank,  New  York,  till   health  broke  down.     Died,  Feb.  21, 

1920.] 102 

Fletcher,  E.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Cost  Accountant,  Am.  Saw  Mill  Mach'y  Co.,  Hackettsville,  N.  J. 

Home,  Accomac,  Va  ] ..  69 

Fletcher,  2d  Lt.  Marshall  P.     [CareMrs.  Mary  P.  Fletcher,  Charlottesville,  Va.l 44 

Follett,  J.  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add..  Care  Mrs.  John  D.  Follett,  Berwyn, 

Pa.].- 69 

Fontana,  Jr.,  A.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  29  Warrington  Place,  East  Orange, 

N.  J] 69 

Fort  Monroe  (O.  T.  C.) 67 

Fort  Sheridan  (O.  T.  C.)._. 68 

Foster,  Capt.  Sidney.    [Address  not  known — formerly,  Care  Maj.  James  M.  Foster,  San  Antonio, 

Texas  1             _.                      ..-_....._  25 

Ford,  jr.,  2d"Lt."Charfes"E.     [Lawj'er.    Box  284,  Newport  NewRrVaT-".-"-------------""---I-I-II  392 

Ford,  Pv't  William  K.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Elec.  Student.     Home,  Clifton  Forge,  Va.] 393 

Fowler,  E.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [437  N.  3d  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.] 69 

Foy.Corp.  Fred.  H.  (U.S.M.  C).    [With  W.  R.  Grace  &  Co.,  New  York.     Home,  Care  W.  H.  Foy, 

Eufaula,  Ala.] 62 

Foy,  2d  Lt.  Levie  W.    [1st  Lt.  Inf.    CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Eufaula, 

j^]g^  ] 44  3g6 

Franklin,  Capt."HenryC^.''IStock  Promoter.  Earf  Court.  Preston  &"si"PauiStV."Balto.'.MdX'-^^  '  25 
Franklin,  Jack  R.  (O.  T.  C).     [Clothing  Business  with  father.    Home,  600  Court  St.,  Lynchburg, 

Va.l 67 

Frary,  2d  Lt.  Charles  C.     [Gen.  Elec.  Co.,  Lynn,  Mass.     Home,  Eustis,  Fla.] 44 

Frary,  2d  Lt.  Rodney  W.    [Comd't,  Chalmers  Military  Acad.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.    Home,  Eustis, 

Fla.l 44 

Fraser,  1st  Lt.  Alexander  H.  (AN-iation.— Died  in  the  Service.) ..36,86,286 

Eraser,  Instructor  Douglas  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Insp.  N.  News  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.,  Box  771,  Newport 

News,  Va.     Home  add.,  Box  547,  Staunton,  Va.l 62 

Fraser,  2d  Lt.  DouglasM.  (A\'iation).     [Home,  1.501  Main  Ave..  San  Antonio,  Texas.] 44 

Fraser,  2d  Lt.  Malcolm  W.  (Aviation).   [Examiner  of  Patents,  U.  S.  PatentOffice.    Homeadd.,  Care 

Peoples  Bank,  Johnstown,  N.  Y.] 44 

Fray,  Capt.  JohnM.    [Emergency  Capt.,  F.  A.,  at  Culver  Mil.  Acad.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S. 

A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Culpeper,  Va.]... 25,388 

Frazer,  1st  Lt.  Edward  J.  (.Aviation).     [V.  P.,  G.  T.  Howard  Co.,  Wholesale  Hdw'e,  Front  Bld'g, 

San  Antonio,  Texas.]. 36 

Freeman,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Edward  W.    [Asst.  Bus.  Mg'r,  Pine  Bluff  Commercial,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.] 44 

Frenkel,  Julius  F.  fV.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [3571  Alaska  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  O.] 112 

Frey,  Jr.,  William  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va.l --- 109 

Friedman,  2d  Lt.  Robert  H.     [Real  Estate  &  Ins.,  737  Chapel  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.].. 44 

Fry,  1st  Lt.  Henrv  P.     [Lawyer.    Home,  738  Broad  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.] 36 

Fudge,  Capt.  Caleb  S.     [Broker.    Care  Union  Trust  Co.,  Chicago,  111.] 25 

Fusate,  Jr.,  Capt.  Jesse  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C— Died  in  the  Service.) .50,  86,  315,  378 

*E.  C.  Ferguson  enlisted  in  U.  S.  Navy  Sept.  17, 1917,  and  served  at  Norfolk,  Mare  Island  and  Brook- 
lyn Navy  Yards,  and  on  U.  S.  Destroyer  McKee  in  the  Bermudas  and  the  Azores  on  Convoy  and  Patrol 
duty.    Discharged,  January,  1919.    Entered  V.  M.  I.,  September  5,  1920. 


418  Index. 

Fuller,  W.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add..  West  End  Pharmacy,  Danville,  Va.]_.  69 

FuUton,  J.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Brown-Marx  Bkl'c,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 69 

Funkhouser,  Capt.  Samuel  King.     [Lawyer,  McBain  Bld'g,  Roanoke,  Va.j 2,5 

Furr.ee,  John  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Kansas  City,  Mo.].- 109 

Gaillard,  C.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  2303  Stonewall  St.,  Greenville,  Texas.] 69 

Gaillard,  Capt.  Frederick  E.     [Appointed  1st  Lt.,  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Greenville,  Texas.] 25,386 

Gaines,  Col.  Grenville  (Civil  Service).     [Lawyer.    Mem.  Bd.  Vis.,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Warrenton,  Va.]     102 

Gaither,  Jr.,  W.  G.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Elizabeth  City,  N.  C.j 112 

Galeski,  Walter  S.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] 108 

Gallagher,  1st  Lt.  John  C.     [Teacher,  Augusta  Mil.  Acad.,  Fort  Defiance.  Va.] .  36 

Gallalee,  R.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  910  Dinwiddie  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.] ..      69 

Galleher,  J.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  R.  F.  D.,  Leesburg,  Va.] 69 

Gallman,  Jr.,  O.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Merchant.     Home,  Commerce  St.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C] 69 

Gait,  Jr.,  Capt.  Alexander  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  207 

Monroe  Road,  Charlotte,  N.  C] ._ 50,  .390 

Gamble,  Lt.  John  G.  (Navy).     [Elec.  Eng'r.     With  Gen.  Elec.  Co.,  Ft.   Wayne,  Ind.    Home,  care 

Howard  Gamble,  Tallahas.see,  Fla.] 53 

Gannaway,  1st  Lt.  Walter  C.     [Hardware.    500  Wash.  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 36 

Gant,  Capt.  Edwin  H.     [Cotton  Mf 'r.  &  Prop'r,  Edwin  H.  Gant  Textile  Works,  Burlington,  N.  C.].        25 

Gant,  Roger  (Civil  Service).     [CottonMf'r,  Burlington,  N.  C] 102 

Garber,  Daniel  M.  (Civil  Service).     [Gen.  Contractor  in  New  York.     Care  D.  A.  Garber,  Con- 
tractor, Ridgewav,  N.  .L] 102 

Gardenhire,  2d  Lt.  Birch  C.    [Merchant.    Dayton,  Tenn.] .        44 

Gardner,  2d  Lt.  Jamep.     [Cotton  Buyer.     127  Sth  St.,  Augusta   Ga.j ...        44 

Garland.  1st  Lt.  Herbert  G.     [Civil  Eng'r.     Home,  303  Madison  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 36,  294 

Garing,  Capt.  Robert  F.     [Care  Dai!  v  States  Pub.  Co.,  New  Orleans,  La.     Home,  Lexington.  Va.]  26 

*Garnett,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  .Joseph  H.  (Aviation).     [Hom.e.  Gainesville,  Tex.) 44,  92,  299,  3!S8 

Garrard,  Lt.  Col.  Louis  F.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen. .  U.  S.  A..  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home.     Columbus,  Ga. [-16,383 
Garry,  Corp.  Edward  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned.     Stud.  Marquette  Dental  Coll.     Home,  109 

7th  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.] 62 

Garth,  W.  Willis  (O.  T.  C).     [.\utomobiles.     Address,  1st  Ave.  &  21st  St.,  Birmingham.  Ala.] 68 

Garvey,  Capt.  Willis  A.     [With  International  Mack  Motor  Truck  Co.,  4-6  Harvey  St.,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J.     Home,  515  Buchanan  St.,  Topeka,  Kans.] 26,  77,  92,  224 

Gary,  2d  Lt.  Barham  R.     [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Home,  129  33d  St.,  Newport  News,  Va.] 44 

Gassed  in  Action 89,  393 

Gates,  Maj.  Oscar  I.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Fort  .Smith,  Ark.] 20,  385 

Gatewood,  2d  Lt.  Arthur  R.     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.     Home,  327  52d  St.,  New- 
port News,  Va.] 44 

Gatewood,  Capt.  and  Med.  Director  James  D.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Washington,  D    C] 

53,  389,  401 
Catling,  1st  Lt.  Peter  F.  P.    (Real  Estate.    Box  1266,  Wichita  Falls,  Tex.    Former  home,  1019  W. 

Graydon  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 36 

Gayle,  Jr.,  Capt.  Lester  T.    [Retired  for  dis.  incurred  in  the  Serv.    On  duty,  Oklahoma  A.  andM. 

Coll.,  Stillwater,  Okla.     Home,  Portsmouth,  Va.] 26,92,388 

Gavle,  Pharmacist  Roberts.  (Navy).     (Lawver.     Office   209  N  Ninth  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 63 

Gee,  Sg't  W.  Webb.     (Home,  1030  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 59 

Geiger,  1st  Lt.  Henry  J.  (Chaplain).     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home, 

Staunton,  Va.] 36,  242,  S.'-e 

Gelzer,  Edward  DuPont  (Civil  Service).     [Address  not  known.] 102 

General  Pershing's  Extimate  of  V.  M.  I 3.^1 

Gentry,  Alonzo  H.  (Ci\nl  Service).     [Architect.     1169  Schofield  Bld'g,  Cleveland,  O.] 102 

George,  Capt.  Robert  C.  (Chaplain).     [Director,  City  Surveys  for  Ark.  Inter-church  World  Move- 
ment, 9  Pythian  Bld'g,  Little  Rock,  Ark.] 26 

Gerow,  Maj.  Lee  S.     [Capt.  Inf.,  with  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Petersburg,  Va.] 20,  78,  167,  385 

Gerow,  Lt.  Col.  Leonard  T.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Petersburg, 

Va.] 16,72,  142,384 

Gerson,  Capt.  Gustave  R.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.    2502  LaBranch  St.,  Houston,  Texas.) 

26,  72,  92,  237 

Gettysburg,  Pa.  O.  T.  C 68 

Getzen,  2d  Lt.  Thompson  H.     (Lawj'er.    Lakeland,  Fla.] 44,298 

Getzen.  Sg't  W.  L.     [Phvsician.     Webster,  Fla.) .59 

Geyer,  Jr..  Capt.  Peter  C.  (U.  S.M.  C).     [CareMarine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.]_.. 50,  390 

Gibson,  Corp.  Holcombe  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [With  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Co.    Care  Mrs.  H.  D. 

Gibson,  Fredericksburg,  Va.l 62 

tGibson.M.  L.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Westinghouse  E.  &M.  Co.    Care  Mrs.  H.  D.  Gibson,  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.) 67 

Gibson,  Capt.  William  L.    [Salesman.    Care  Dr.  W.  S  Gibson,  Bureau,  Med.  &  Surg.,  Navy  Dept., 

Wash.,  D.  C  ]..._ _._ ..     26 

Giffin,  Capt.  David  E.     (Real  Estate  &  Building.    Pre-war  add.,  414  Atlanta  Nat'l  Bk  Bld'g,  At- 
lanta, Ga.l 26 

Giffin,  W.  Russell  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Roanoke,  Va.] 110,  113 

Gignilliat,  Col.  Legh  R.     [Sup't,  C\iIverMilitarv  Acad.,  Culver,  Ind.] 14,  72,  127 

Gilbert,  C.  B.  (S.  A.  T.C.).    [Student,  V.  M.  I."  Home,  Donner,  La.]. __ 69 

*Lt.  Garnett  was  very  seriously  hurt  when  he  fell  with  his  plane  600  feet.  He  is  still  retained  in  the 
Service,  but  is  in  Walter  Reed  General  Hospital,  at  Takoma,  D.  C  undergoing  physical  reconstruction. 
He  hopes,  when  recovered  sufficiently,  to  resume  his  pre-war  position  of  Claim  Adj\)ster  for  the  G.  C.  & 
S.  F.  R.  R.  Co. 

tM.  1j.  Gibson  took  the  examination  for  the  Aviation  Servicetheday  before  the  Armistice  was  signed. 
He  then  returned  to  the  V.  M .  I .  to  continue  his  course  there. 


Index.  419 

Gill,  Edward  H.  (O.  T.  C).     (Home,  3  Old  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 67 

Gill,  Capt.  Howard  F.— Died  in  the  Service 26,86  214 

Gill,  Richard  S.  (O.  T.  C).     [Home,  109  Franklin  St.   Petersburg,  Va.l-       .  .  68 
Gill, Maj.  William  H.     [CareThe  Adj'tGen.,  U  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Leesburg,  Va.1.20,  78,  154,  3''4 
Gillespie,  2d  Lt.  Victor  R.     [Maj.  &  Asst.  Comd't  and  Senior  Tactical  Off.,  C.  H.  Mil.  Acad.,  Le- 
banon, Tenn.,  of  which  he  is  part  owner.]..  _____  44 

Gillet,  2d  Lt.  J.  N.  D.     [App'd  2d  Lt.,  Reg.  Army,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  'A'.,  Wash., 

D.  C.     Home,  337-5.')th  St.,  Newport  News,  Va.] .  44  3H7 

Gilliam,  Jr.,  James  R.  (O.  T.  C.).    [Cashier,  The  Lynchb'g  Tr.  &  S'vgs  Bk,  Lynchburg,  Va.]       " .        66 

Gills,  J.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C.).    (Appomatto.x,  Va.)... '.[ 69 

Gills,  James  P.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Appomattox,  Va.] 109 

Gish,  P.  T.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.|._ 1"".!!.^'     113 

Glazebrook,  Jr.,Capt.  Larkin  W.  [Hon'bly  discharged  from  Service  Oct.,  1919.  Now  taking  Course 
of  Commercial  Art,  under  Vocational  Bureau,  U.  S.  A.     Home,  2022  "P"  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash., 

D.  C] .-._ 26,78,93,219 

Glazebrook,  D.  D.,  Otis  A.  (U.  S.  Consul,  Jerusalem).  [Continue!  to  serve  as  Consul  at  .lerusalem 
till  July,  1920,  and  wa--  later  appointed  U.  S.  Consul  at  Nice,  France.  Care  Dr.  L.  W.  Glaze- 
brook, 2022  "P"  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] ___ .  102,370 

Gleason,  H.C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  L.  M.  Gleason,  Clifton  Forge,  Va.] 69 

Cleaves,  Clifton  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.  Home,  care  Mrs.  Taylor  Cleaves,  Roa- 
noke, Va.) 69 

Cleaves,  Col.  Samuel  R.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Wytheville,  Va.] 

14,  72,  78,  119,383 
Glenn,  2d  Lt.  William  R.     [Local  Mg'r,  Overland  Automobile  Co.,  P.  O.  Box  284,  Asheville,  N.  C.]..      44 

Goddard,  Sg't  Walter  S. — Killed  in  action  in  France _ .59,  86,  303 

Goldsmith,  2d  Lt.  Henry  C.  [Asst.  Sup't,  Tannery,  Ziegel,  Eisman  &  Co.,  Leather  Mf'rs.  Ad- 
dress .59  Hillside  Ave.,  Newark,  N.  J.] 44 

Goodall,  Yancey  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student.  Univ.  of  Ala.    CareMrs.  R.  M.  Goodall,  Glen  Iris  Park, 

Birmingham,  Ala.]_. .        .  70 

Goodfellow,  Col.  John  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A. ,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Formerhome,  Wash., 

D.  C.]... - ..._14,  128,  383 

Goodman  Capt.  Benjamin  A.  (U.  S.M.  C).  [CareMarine  Corps  H.  Q.  Wash.  D.  C.  Home,  Nor- 
folk, Va.l_. .50,78,93,390 

Goodman,  Capt.  Moses.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.].  .26,385 

Goodman,  2d  Lt.  Willard  G.  (Aviation).     [Farmer.    Bondville,  111.] .      44 

Goodwin,  Jr.,  Lt.  Col.  Walton.     [Care  The  .4dj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A..  Wash.,  D.  C]  ..     ..     16,  140,  384 

Goodwin,  1st  Lt.  Weir  R.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    With  Standard  Oil  Co.,  New  York. 

Home,  Louisa,  Va.] .  ....  51 

Goodwyn,  A.  A.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Bristol,  Va.) 112 

Goodwyn,  George  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va  ] 108 

Goodwyn,  Jr.,  Robert  T.  (U.  S.M.  A.).     [Inspector,  Bessemer  Rolling  Mill,  Bessemer,  Ala.     Home 

1264  So.  Court  St.,  Montgomery,  Ala.] _.      .59 

Goodyear,  Capt.  George  A.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home.  Charlottesville, 

Va.] ...26,386 

Gordon,  John  M.  (O.  T.  C).    [Insurance,  and  Mem.  Firm  of  McCuUoch-Gordon  Co.,  Furniture. 

Bryan,  Te.xaa.J G7 

Gordon,  John  N.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond,  Va.] 109 

Gordon,  Capt.  T.  Croxton.     [With  Richmond  Foundry  &  Machine  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.].. 26 

Gould,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  William  T.  (Aviation).     [Home,  Hastings-on-Hudson,  N.  Y.] 36.  78,  259 

Graham,  Andrew  H.  (O.  T.  C).     [Chemist,  Aluminum  Ore  Co.,  1734  College  Ave.,  East  St.  Louis, 

Mo.     Home,  Harrisonburg,  Va] 67 

Graham,  Chief  Boatswain  Joseph  E.  (Navy).     [416  Fairfax  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 63 

Graham,  S.M.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington,  Va.] 112 

Grant,  1st  Lt.  Charles  S.     (Lawyer.    Norfolk,  Va.] 36 

Grant,  Capt.  Percy  S.    [Care  British  Cigarette  Co.,  L'td,  Shanghai,  China.    Home,  932  Park  Ave., 

Richmond,  Va.] 26,78 

Grantham,  Corp.  Thomas  D.     [Lawyer.    637  Bryson  Bld'g,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.] 59 

Grasty,  R.  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Crozet,  Va.] 109 

Graves,  2d  Lt.  Henry  L.  (Aviation).     [Farmer  and  Lawyer.    Covington,  Ga.j 45 

Graves,  L.  P.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Fredericksburg,  Va.l____ 110 

Graves,  1st  Lt.  .Sanford  P.     [Jr.  Eng'r,  Southern  Rwy,  M.  of  Way  Dept.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.] 36,  262 

Gray,  Allen  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.] 110 

Gray,  Jr.,  G.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [121  W.  Main  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.) 70 

Gray,  Jr.,  Capt.  Henry  P.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  605  W.  Grace  St., 

Richmond,  Va.] ....26,  78,  239,  386 

Greathead,  Jr.,  R.  N.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  317-34th  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 70 

Green,  Alfred  A.  (O.  T.C.).     [Lawyer.    Daytona,  Fla.] 67 

Green,  Berryman  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.].._ 108 

Green,  F.  K.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Cornell  Univ.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.    Care  D.  C.  Sands, 

Jr.,  Middleburg,  Va.l 70 

'Greene,  Capt.  (Maj.)  Frederick  S.  [New  York  State  Comm'r  of  Highways,  Albany,  N.  Y.  Re- 
signed.    Address  after  Feb.  1.  1921,  345  E.  33d  St.,  New  York,  Consulting  Engineer.] 26,  78,  167 

Greene,  J.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  3027  "N"  St.,  Washington,  D.  C] 70 

Gregory,  Pv't  F.  I.     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Ft.  Sheridan,  111.] 392 

Gregory,  Col.  Junius  C.  (Medical  Corps).    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home, 

Tunstalls,  Va.l .._14,  129,  .383 

Gregory,  2d  Lt.  William  K.     [Efficiency  Eng'r,  310  Keller  Bld'g,  Louisville,  Ky.] 45 

Grey.  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  James  P.  (Aviation).     [Cotton  Mf'r.     Box  639,  Hendersonville,  N.  C] 45 

Gridiey,  W.Gregg  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  care  O.  G.  Gridley,  Fayetteville,  N.  Y.]      70 

*The  fact  is  just  made  known  that  Major  Greene  was  continuously  subjected  to  mustard  and  phos- 
gene gas  attacks  from  Aug.  12  to  Sept.  13,  1918,  in  the  Vesle  Sector,  and,  as  a  result,  was  sent  to  Hospital, 
after  the  Armistice,  and  is  now  suffering  from  chronic  bronchitis  due  to  the  gas. 


420  Indbx. 

Griffin,  Col.  Francis-W.    [Care  The  Adj'tGen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home.  Bedford,  Va.]..14, 133,  383 
Griffin' Capt.  Raphael  (U.  S.M.C.).    [CareMarine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.] - — - 50.390 

Groover,  1st  Lt.  Carl.    [Automobile  Dealer.    Home,  Quitman,  Ga.] 36 

Groover,  Paul  (O.  T.  C).    [Instructor,  Augusta  Mil.  Acad.,  Ft.  Defiance.  Va.    Home.    Quitman, 

Qa  ]'    66 

Grove,  IstLt'  Arthur  A.    [Merchant,  Grove  &  Brother.  Luray,  Va.]. 36 

Grove  Jr.,  Capt.  Frank  A.    [Major  and  Adjunct  Professor,  V.M.  I.]- 26 

Grymes,  W.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Orange,  Va.J 70 

Guest,  2d  Lt.  John.L.    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Cornell  Univ.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.    Home.  1506  West  Ave., 

Richmond,  Va.] 45 

Guild,  Willis  T.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Wiggins,  Miss.].. 112 

Guthrie,  1st  Lt.  MiltonM.    [SalesMg'r,  Bonner  Furniture Mf'g  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn.] 36,  93 

Gwathmey,  Maj.  James  T.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    Care  G.  Tayloe  Gwathmey,  Norfolk. 

Va.] - 20.181 

Gwin  Jr.,  William  M.  (Civil  Service).    [Architect  in  Paris.  France.    Address  not  known;  formerly 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  care  Hon.  William  M.  Gwin.] 102 

Gwynn,M.  V.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.]. 112 

Hafter,  Apprentice  Seaman  Charles  C.  (Navj')-    [Merchant.    With  the  Parisian  Co.,  Birmingham, 

Ala.    Home,  Greenville.  Miss.] 63 

Hafter,  2d  Lt.  Jerome  S.     [Lawyer.    Greenville,  Miss.] 45 

Haean  Capt  J.  Addison  (U.  S.  M.  C.    Retired  for  wounds.).     [Tobacconist.    Care  W.  L.  Petty  & 

Co'    Le.xingtou,  Ky.    Home,  409  E.  Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 50,  78.  93.  314,  391 

Hagan,  John  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home.  409  E.  Franklin  .St..  Richmond,  Va.]'....      70 
Hagani  1st  Lt.  J.  Morton.    [District  State  H'ghway  Engineer.  Va.    Home.  409  E.  Franklin  St., 

Richmond,  Va.) --- - 36 

Ha^enbuch,  Capt.  Joseph  S.    [Pharmacist.    Mahanoy  City,  Pa.] 26,  79,  235 

Ha°er,  Ist  Lt.  Richard  B.    [Mg'r,  Nashville.  Tenn.  Br..  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Co.    Care  Judge 

°J.  'f.  Hager,  Ashland,  Ky.] 36,  295 

Haggard,  Wallace  C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Dayton,  Tenn.]... 112 

Hagner,  T.  W.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  Alexander  R.  Hagner.  Hagerstown,  Md.j 70 

Hairsto'n,  J.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Care  Samuel  Hairston,  Wenonda, 

Va.J  ' - - - 70 

Hairston,  Jr.,  Robert  (O.  T.  C).    [Eng'r,  with  N.  C.  Highway  Commission.    Care  Robert  Hairston, 

Tobacconist,  Reidsville.  N.  C.) 67 

Haley,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  William  A.    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.    Home,  CUfton  Forge,  Va.] 36,  93 

Halsey,  Seth  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  Barnes  Comm'l  Sch.,  1625  Champa  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Care  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Denver.    Former  home,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 70 

Hamilton,  F.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  care  Ala.  Pipe  &  F'dy  Co.,  Anniston. 

^]a  ]  '     __  70 

Haniliri,  jV.^lstLt'yames  T.     [Hamlin  &  Hamlin,  Jobbers,  Danville,  Va.] 36 

Hamlin^  2d  Lt.  Thomas.    [Division  Salesman,  Beech-Nut  Packing  Co.,  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.    Res., 

TheMarne,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Danville,  Va.j. 45,  93 

Hammond,  Quartermaster  Gordon  (Navy).    [With  W.  A.  Hammond,  Wholesale  Florist,  Ashland, 

Va.)     -- ^* 

Hamner  Caot  George  C.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [CareMarine  Corps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Home,  careMrs. 

S  L'Hamner,  Rutland  Ct,  17th  &  Riggs  St.,  Wash.,  D.  C.) 50.  390 

Handv  iviaj  Thomas  T.    [Care  The  Adj'tGen..  U.  S.  A..  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Emory,  Va.j 

xiauu>,ii  J  20,72,159,385 

Hancock,  CharablinF.  (Civil  Service).    [Clerk.    211  Cabell  St.,  Lynchburg.  Va.] 102 

Hancock,  C.Nathan  (Civil  Service).    [Contractor.    C.  W.  Hancock  &  Sons,  Lynchburg.  Va.    Died, 

Jan    4    1921.] - -- - 102 

Hancock  Edward  H.  (Civil  Service).    [Contractor.    C.  W.  Hancock  &  Sons,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 102 

Hancock!  Walker  K.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (St.  Louis.Mo.].. 113 

Hardaway.Jr  ,Maj.  BenjaminH.    [Eng'r,  Hardaway  Construction  Co.,  Columbus,  Ga.,  his  home.]  20 

Hardv   Charles  C.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.j 110 

Hardy,  F.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  Westinghouse  E.  &M.  Co.,  Wilkinsburg,  Pa.,  Blackstone,  Va.]...  70 
Hardy'  Jr.,  George  W.  (O.  T.  C.).     [Law  Stud.,  La.  State  Univ.,  Baton  Rouge.    Home,  819  Robin- 
son Pi',  Shreveport,  La.] - - --  66 

Hardv  Jr    Will  H  (O  T.C.).     [WithTexasMf'gCo.    Home,  Dixie  Lodge.  R.R.  No.  4.  Fort  Worth, 

Texas']  -- ^^ 

Harman  JrVA".  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  2116  Floyd  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 70 

Harman' Capt  Charles  P.    [Care  State  Treas.,  Richmond,  Va.].. 26 

Harmon' 2d  Lt  Lawrence  W.     [Care  John  H.  Harmon,  22^  St.  Clair  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.j 4d 

Harper,  'james  B.  (O.  T.  C).    [With  Imperial  Tob.  Co.  Branch,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C.    Home, 

HarnM-  J  s'(S  A  T.C.Y.'fCare  j.  C.  Harper,  Denton,  Texas.] 70 

HarrHl 'Lt  William  K.  (Navy).  [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash..  D.  C.  Home.  Knoxville.  Tenn.]..53.  72.  389 
Harrington,  Col.  Francis  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home.  Bristol. 

y    I  14,  120.384 

Harris  2d  Lt   Herbert  w'fDep.  "Clk.,  Law&  Equity  Court,  Richmond,  Va.] 45.  285 

Hirris'  Resiiiiald  L.  (Civil  Service).     [Treas.,  various  Cotton  Mills,  Roxboro,  N.  C] 102 

Harrison,  Capt.  GunyonM.     (Teacher  (before  War)      Fredericksburg  Va.] 26,  93  238 

Il'urison  Maj  John  S.     [Eng  r.  Standard  Oil  Co.,  Baton  Rouge,  La.] 20,  172 

Harrison!  2d  Lt.  Lucius  A.     [With  Minter  Holmes  Corpn.,  Huntington,  W.  Va.    Home,  Colonial 

Ant's   ."iOth  St  .  Newport  News,  Va.] 45 

HnrViHonJr  Se't  William.  [Law  Stud.,  Cornell  Univ.  Home,  1625  E.  Ist  St.,  Duluth,  Minn.]..  59 
HarrisCn',Ma'j.  William  Burr.    [Maj.  Eng'rs,U.  S.  A.     (App't'd,  1920.)     Care U.  S.  Engineers' Office 

Wash     D   C.     Home,  Leesburg,  Va.]. ....- 20,  183.384 

Harriss,  Jr.,  S.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home  add.,  705  Peoples  Bid  g,  Lynchburg, 

Hart 'jr..  2d  Lt.  J.  BrowerViCarei^ra.  W.  A.  Garden,  1429  St.  Andrew  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.] 45 


Index.  421 

Hart,  Capt.  Jack  S.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Retired  for  disability  from  wounds  in  action.    Oi!  Operator. 

Home,  118  Columbia  St.,  Weatherford,  Texas.]-. 50,72,93,328  391 

Hartt,  Jr.,  Lt.  William  H.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Norfolk,  Va.) 53,  389 

Hartz,  Lt.  Col.  Rutherfurd  iS.  (Aviation).     (Resigned  from  Service,  Mch.  24,  l'J20.     16  Chestnut 

St.,  Palmyra,  Pa.] 16   138 

Harwood,  Jr.,  E.E.  (S.  A.  T,  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Trenton,  Tenn.j 62 

*Harwood,  1st  Sg't  Robert  H.     [Teller,  Bank  of  Trenton  &  Trust  Co.,  Trenton,  Tenn.]  59 

Haskell,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [1008  Park  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 70 

Haskell,  T.  Sheafe  (O.  T.  C— Died  in  the  Service.) ^.'.'"."."""68,  ,S6 

Hastie,  Lt.  Commander  Colin  C.  (Na^^>0•     [Civil  Engineer.    Care  brother  below.) '55 

Hastie,  Jr.,Maj.  Jack.    [Orange  Grower.    E.  Bennett  ave.,  Glendora,  Los  Angeles  Co.,  Cal.j 

20,  72,  93,  174 

Hathaway,  1st  Lt.  Edward  Trafton  (Aviation— Killed  in  line  of  duty  in  France.) 36,  79,  86,  288 

Hatton,  Jr.,  Edward  Alex.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Salesnian.    939  Lecklie  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.]  70108 

Haughton,  O.  O.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Charlotte,  N.  C] "". m 

Hawes,  Jr.,  Col.  George  P.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Richmond,  Va.] 

14,131,384 
Hawkins,  2d  Lt.  Chilton  T.    [Foreman  of  Heat  Treatment  of  Projectiles,  U.  S.  Naval  Ord.  Plant, 

)M    So.  Charleston,  W.  Va.     Home,  402  Morris  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] .'  '      45 

Hawkins,  Howard  B.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Broad  River  L'b'r  Co.,  Stackhouse,  N.  C.    Care  1st  Nat'l 

Bk.Bld'g,  Charleston,  W.  Va.j .  66 

Hawkins,  Jr.,S.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Material  Agt.,  Ohio  Fuel  Oil  Co,  Blue  Creek,  W.Va.    Home,402      ^ 

Morris  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] - 70 

Hawks,  A.  W.  (Civil  Service).     [Evangelist  &  Lecturer.    Ruxton,Md.]. ."....Vl02,  377 

Hayden,  Capt.  Alfred  D.     [Care  father,  Capt.  Edward  E.  Hayden,  U.  S.  Navy.,  Wash.,"D^  C  j"'"       '    26 

Hayes,  2d  Lt.  Ross  H.     [329  Broad  St.,  Thomasville,  Ga.] "".      45 

Hayes,  Samuel  L  (Civil  Service).    [Sup't,  Lanett  Bleachery  &  Dye  Wks,  West  Point,  Ga.    Home, 

Thomasville,  Ga.] '     102 

Healy,  2d  Lt.  John  H.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Streets,  Va'.]rr."".'45,  387 

Heflin.Maj.  SterlingM.     [Major  and  Adjunct  Professor,  V.M.  L] 20,  175 

Henderson,  Jr.,  Capt.  Eugene.     [Motor  Truck  Salesman.    300  L.  R.  Ave.,  Fort  Smith,  Ark'.j "26,"  203 

Henderson,  Lt.  Commander  Samuel  L.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  '     .^ 

Imboden,  Ark.] 53,389 

Henderson,  Pv't  S.  T.     [Home,  607  E.  Queen  St.,  Charlotte,  N.  C] 59 

Henshaw,  Jr  ,  2d  Lt.  F.  R.      [Student,  Bus.  Administration,  Harvard  Univ.     Home  add.,  508 

Pythian  Bld'g,  Indianapolis,  Ind.j 45 

Henshaw,  Seth  B.  (O.  T.  C).     [Charleston  Window-Glass  Co.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] I      68 

Hepner,  Capt.  John  F.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Strasburg,  Va.] 27,  386 

Herman,  1st  Lt.  Stanley  S.  (U.  S.  M.  C.).     [Resigned  after  War.    Merchant,  179  W.Main  St.,  iSan- 

ville,  Va.] 51 

Herman,  Tom  W.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (3564  Bogart  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  O.] I..     112 

Herrick,  Capt.  George  F.     [Home,  2132  Sunnyside  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.] 27 

Herring,  Frank  L.  (O.  T.  C).    (Pass  Book  Teller,  National  Bk  &  Trust  Co.,  New  Orleans.    Home, 

Moss  Point,  Miss.] 66 

Heyck,  Theodore  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Houston,  Texas.] ill 

Hickman,  Col.  Edwin  A.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Lexing- 
ton, Mo.] . 14,  132,383 

Hicks,  2d  Lt.  Hasse!  T.     [.A.\ton,  Va.] 45 

Higgins,  Pv't  John  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Pa.    Home,  McKenzie,  Tenn.j.  63 

Hill,  Baynham  M.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Portsmouth,  Va.] 109 

Hill,  Douglas  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Locust  Dale,  Va.) 108 

Hill,  J.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Medical  Student,  Princeton  Univ.    Care  Fort  Worth  Nat'l  Bk,  Fort 

Worth,  Texas.] 70 

Hill,  2d  Lt.  Luther  L.    (1st  Lt.  Cav.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C,     Home,Mont- 

gomery,  Ala.] 45 

Hill,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  L.     [Dentist.     725  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.] 36  386 

Hinton,  Orlando  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Petersburg,  Va.] 110 

Hirst,  1st  Lt.  J.  Terry.     [Pulp  Wood,  Ties,  etc.     Purcellville,  Va.] .36 

Hirst,  Capt.  Virginius  B.  (Medical  Corps).     (Phvsician.     Purcellville,  Va] 97 

Hitch,  Chief  Petty  Officer  Rives  C,  W.  (Navy).     [Coal  Bus.     Box  81,  Norfolk,  Va.] ""      64 

Hitt,  Capt.  Walter  L.     (Supervisor,  Maint'nce  Div.,  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Co.,  E.  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Home,  Culpeper,  Va.] _ 27 

Hitt,  W.M.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] "'"     109 

Hix,  Jr.,  Lt.  Charles  H.  (Navy).    (V.  P.  &  Treas.,  R.  W.  WhitehurstMf'g  Corp.,  Box  584,  Norfolk, 

Va] 53 

Hock,  1st  Lt.  Conrad.     [Home,  601  Campbell  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va.] 36,  260 

Hock,  1st  Lt.  Frederick  S.     [Coal  Business.     Home,  601  Campbell  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va.].  36 
Hodge,  Jr.,  Edwin  (Civil  Service).     (V.  P.,  Pittsburgh  Knife  &  Forge  Co.,  709  Belmont  St.,  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.     Home,  Henderson,  Ky.] 103 

Hofheimer,  Herold  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] 108 

Hoge,  Charles  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Post-Grad.  Student,  Centre  College,  Danville,  Ky.    Care  S. 

French  Hoge,  Frankfort,  Ky.] .  70 

Hogg,  C.  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Huntington,  W.  Va.) Ill 

Holland,  Corp.  Robert  C.  (Aviation).     (Care  R.  E.  Holland,  Brownsville,  Tex.] 69 

Holmes,  Jr.,  Maj.  Henry  B.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  New- 
port News,  Va.] _ 20,  177 

Holmes,  John  L.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Jacksonville,  Fla.) 108 

Holmes,  Samuel  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Jacksonville,  Fla.] 108 

Holt,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Henry  W.    (1st  Lt.  F.  A  ,  with  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.    Care  "The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Staunton,  Va.] 45,386 

*lst  Sg't  R.  H.  Harwood  was  promoted  to  2d  Lt.,  Co.  E,  117th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.    His  fine  record  was 
received  too  late  for  insertion  in  the  proper  place. 


422  Index. 

Holtzman,  Jr.,  Capt.  Charles  T.    [Asst.  Eng'r,  C.  &  O.  Rw'y,  Huntington,  W.  Va.    Home,  Luray, 

Va.'       .  27,239 

HomesVPetVr'pVcorf  rc.— "bTed  inThe'Ser vlcey///." " " " 

Honaker,  C.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     IKeister  Apfs.  Huntington,  W.  Va.] 70 

Honaker,  S.  F.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Wytheville,  Va.] 111 

Hopkins,  A.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Home,  careT.  S.  Hopkins,  Tasley,  Va.] 70 

Hopkins,  L.R.  (S.  A.  T  C).     [Testing  Dept.,  Gen.  Elec.  Co.,  Erie,  Pa.     Home,  Onancock,  Va.]...      70 
Hopkins,  Jr.,  William  S.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [With  U.  S.  Shipping  Board.     Home,  Lexington, 

Va] 108 

Hordern.  2d  Lt.  Herbert  R.  (B.  E.  F.).     (He  still  retains  his  commission  as  a  regular  officer  in  the 

Foot  Guards.    5434  Dunmoyle  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.] 56,  93,  356 

Horgan,  1st  Lt.  Charles  J.     (Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Homo,  care  Mrs.  W.  E.  Horgan,  Fairfa.x,  Va.]..      36 

Home,  J.  Roy  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (Waynesboro,  Va.] 112 

Hostettler,  Burdette  L.  (Civil  Service— Died  at  his  Post,  Nov.  1,  1918.) 103 

•Howard,  Capt.  Conway  R.     (Civil  Eng'r.     Care  Mrs.  Conway  R.  Howard,  514  W.  Frederick  St., 

Staunton,  Va] 27,233 

Howard,  2d  Lt.  Hugh  M.  (U.  S.  M.  C.  Retired).    (Real  Estate.    Firemen's  Ins.  Co.,  7th  St.  &  La. 

Ave.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 52,  391 

Howard,  2d  Lt.  Richard  J.  (B.  E.  F.— Killed  in  action  in  France.)...     ..56,  72,  86,357 

Howard,  Capt.  Samuel  L.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     (Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C] 50,310,-390 

Howell,  Capt.  Evan  P.     [Salesman  for  Metro  Pictures  Corpn.     Home,  Ponce  De  Leon  Ap'ts,  At- 
lanta, Ga.l 27 

Howlett,  H.M.  (V.M.  i.Tr.Camp).     [Firemen's  Ins.  Co.,  7th  St.  &  La.  Ave.,  Washington,  D.  C.]_.     113 
Howry,  Jr.,  Charles  B.  (Civil  Service).     [Advertising  Bus.,  126  E.  39th  St.,  New  York.     Home, 

Hicks  Wharf,  Va.) 103 

Hudgins, Maj. Morgan  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Prin.,  FishburneMil.  School,  Waynesboro,  Va.) 103    ' 

Hudgins,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Robert  S.     (Real  Estate.     3  Mutual  Bld'g,  Richmond,  Va. I 36 

Huff,  Jr.,C.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home  add.,  care  S.  A.  L.  Ry,  Richmond,  Va.)-       70 

Huger,  Benjamin  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Roanoke,  Va.] 112 

Hughes,  Jr.,  Charles  E.  (O.  T.  C).     [918  Pa.xton  Ave.,  Danville,  Va.] 66 

Hughes,  2d  Lt.  Gregory  W.     [Law  Student  &  Sec'y  to  Congressman.    Home,  2220  5th  Ave.,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.l _  .  ...     ...       ..     45 

Hushes,  2d  Lt.  John  B.     (1st  Lt.  Eng'rs.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home, 

Lynchburg,  Va.] _ 45,386 

Hughes,  2d  Lt.  Rozier  P.     (Asst.  Eng'r, M.  of  Way,  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry,  Topeka,  Kans.    Home,  Kansas 

City,  Mo.]_ 45 

Hull,  Lt.  Carl  T.  (Navy).     (Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C]     ..     .54,389 

Hull,  1st  Lt.  Richard  M.     (Home,  10  Drayton  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.] 36,94,  259 

Hull,  Washington  (Civil  Service).     (Chemist.     Care  DuPont  Powder  Wks,  Wilmington,  Del.] 103 

Humphreys,  C.  K.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Farming  for  his  father  at  Easton,  Md.]. 70 

Humphreys,  Capt.  William  H.— Killed  in  action  in  France .       .27,86,94,200 

Hundley,  J.  Phillips  (Civil  Service).     (Banker,  Lebanon,  Ky.] 103 

Hunley,  Col.  William  M.  (Civil  Service).     (Professor,  V.  M.  I.]...  103 

Hunt, Maj.  Claude  DeB.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.)'- 20,384 

Hunt,2dLt.  R.  G.     [Student.  V.  M.  I.     Home  add..  Box  92,  Gordonsville,  Va.] 45 

Hunter,  1st  Lt.  Chapman  K.     (Tobacco  Business,  Appomattox,  Va.]. 36 

Hunter,  1st  Lt.  Charles  E.     [Lawyer.     Strickland  Bld'g,  Roanoke,  Va.) 36 

Huntt,  Pv't  Spotswood  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    (With  Va.  Ry  &  P.  Co.    Home,  1003  West  Ave.,  Rich- 
mond, Va  ) .     .        .63 

Hurt.  Jr.,  Henry  A.  (O.  T.  C).    (V.  P.  and  Field Mg'r,  K.M.  A.— Texas  Prod.  &  Refining  Corpn., 

Wichita  Falls,  Tex.     Home,  Fort  Worth,  Texas  ]  .....      67 

Hurt,  1st  Lt.  Shirley  R.     (Appointed  1st  Lt.  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  'The  Adj't  Gen.,  U. 

S  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Blackstone,  Va.] .36,  387 

Husson,Capt.  WilliamM.     (CivilEng'r.    440Taylor  Ave., Bronx, New  York.    Perm,  add.,  Palatka, 

Fla.] 27 

Hutcheson,  Jr..  H.  F.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Boydton,  Va.]     112 

Hutchinson,  Frank  E.  (Civil  Service).     (Sup 't,  Logan  Coal  Mines  W.  Va.] 103 

Hutchinson,  Harold  (Civil  Service).     [Eng'r,  Hutchinson  Coal  Co.,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.] 103 

Hutter,  1st  Lt.  James  L.     (With  Lynchb'g  Fd'y  Co.,  Box  709,  Lynchburg,  Va.].  -. 37 

Hutton,  Charles  E.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Lexington,  Va.)  109 

Hutton,  Jr.,  Capt.  Frank  B.  (Medical  Corps).     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home, 

.\bingdon,  Va.] .  27,236,386 

Hutzler,Jr.,  Leroy  (V.  M.  I.Tr.Camp).     (Richmond.  Va.]' 108 

Hyatt,  Commander  Claudius  R.  (Navy).     (Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Jonesville, 

Va.l      -                                                                                                                                                             53  389 
Hyatt,  Maj  .'jolVn  wr  TCare  TheAdTrGen.rU."  sVa.  "WashV, 'd  ^^ 
Hyland,  Capt.  John  L.     (Engineer  with  A.  &  V.  R.  R.  Co.,  Vicksburg,  Miss.] 27 

Ingle.sby,  2d  Lt.  Francis  J.     [Care  Thomas  S.  Inglesby,  Greenville,  S.  C] 45 

Ingram,  D.T.  (S.  A.  T.C.).     (Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  1201  Porter  St..  Richmond,  Va.]... 70 

In-iram,  2d  Lt.  Sylvanus  L.  (.\viation).     [Student.     Home,  1201  Porter  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 45 

"In  Pace  Decus~In  Bello  Praesidium"  (V.  M.  T.  Mo'to.)-.                              ...       ....     2 

Ireys,  III,  Henry  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  care  Mrs.  H.  T.  Ireys,  Jr.,   Mans 

Ap;s.,  Frankfort,  Ky.]-.           .   .                                                             ....                       70 

Irvine,  W   H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Evington,  Va.) 70 

Irwin,  Senior  Surg.  Fairfax.    (U.  S.  Pub.  Health  Service  (Attached  to  Navy  during  War).    Home, 

410  Chestnut  St.,  Phi!.,  Pa.] 53 

Ives,  Ernest  L.  (Deputy  Consul,  Paris,  France).     (CareEugeneIves,317  Plume  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.]. 103, 375 

Izzard,  1st  Sg't  James  J.     (Care  Dr.  John  Izzard,  Roanoke,  Va.] 59 

•Captain  Howard  is  still  in  Austria,  serving  as  Assistant  to  the  Technical  Adviser  to  the  Austrian 
Government.    (Dec.  1,  1920.) 


IxDEx.  423 

Jackson,  Maj.  Charles  S.  (Aviation).    Home,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.l _ 20 

Jackson,  2d  Lt.  Charles  R.     [CareCapt.  M.  C.  Jackson,  Petersburg,  Va.) 45 

Jackson,  Jr.,  Montgomery  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  Jackson  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  Petersburg,  Va.) 70 

Jackson,  l.st  Lt.  William  C.     [Care  Mrs.  James  B.  Pace,  1113  Grove  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va  ] 37 

James,  Captain  Bartlett  (U.  S.  A.— Died  in  the  Service,  Oct.  24,  1917.) 27,  86 

James,  Lt.  Commander  Jules  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Danville,  Va.] 

53,  342,  389 
James,  1st  Lt.  Raymond  P.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    (Resigned  after  War.    Comd't,  J.  M.  High  School,  Rich- 
mond, Va.l 51 

Jamison,  Capt.  Pej-ton  T.     [See'y  &  Treas.,  Exchange  L.  Co.,  Roanoke,  Va.].. 27 

Jamison,  Maj.  Stanford  C.  (Medical  Corps).    (Physician.    145  S.  Rampart,  New  Orleans,  La.] 20, 176 

Jarman,  1st  Lt.  Emerson  W.     [Home,  Farmville,  Va.l_. 37 

Jeffcries,  Edward  S.  (O.  T.  C).    [Gen.  Shipping  Bus.    Care  W.  W.  Jefferies,  9  Broadway,  New 

York.) 68 

Jeffries,  2d  Lt.  Francis  C.     [Real  Estate.    Bk.  of  Commerce  Bld'g,  Norfolk,  Va.] 45 

Jeffreys,  Richard  T.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Rockv  Mount,  N.  C] Ill 

Jemison,  Capt.  Elbert  S.     [Jemison  Real  Est.  &  Ins.  Co.,  211  N.  20th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala]     ..  27 

Jenkins, Maj.  Coleman  W.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Norfolk,  Va.]_..20,  384 
Jenkins,  2d  Lt.  ElmerM.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  care  John  Jenkins, 

Contractor,  Norton,  Va.l.j 45,387 

Jenkins,  JuleD.  (U.S.  M.C.).     [114  34th  St.,  Newport  News,  Va.) 63 

Jennings,  William  L.  (O.  T.  C).     [Wholesale  Candy  Mf'r.    Care  Health  Food  Baking  Co.,  New- 
port News,  Va.] .   _ 07 

Jerman,  2dLt.  William  B.     [Asst.  Treas.,  Va.  Trust  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] 45 

Jernigin,  2d  Lt.  Russell  C.     (Asst.  Director,  Athletics,  Univ.  of  Miss.    Home,  Commerce,  Texas.]..      45 
Jessee,  2d  Lt.  Joshua  E.-    [Mem.,  Ward-Jessee  Co.,  Chemists,  Thompson-Pierce  Bld'g,  Huntington, 

W.  Va.    Also,  Coal  Operator.     Home,  Dryden,  Va.] 45 

Johns,  Maj.  Glover  S.     [Automobiles.    Box  128,  Corpus  Christi,  Texas.    Home,  Austin,  Tex.] 20 

Johns,  Jr.,  Capt.  Claude  D.     [Lawyer.     Home,  2501  Whitis  Ave.,  Austin,  Tex.). _. 27 

Johnson,  Capt.  A.  Broaddus  (Aviation).     [Sales Mg'r,  Dicks,  David  Co.,  Inc.    Mf'rs,  Dye  StuffsA 

Chemicals,  19  N.  Moore  St.,  New  York.] 27 

Johnson,  Bradley  T.  (Civil  Service).     [Sup't,  Smokeless  Powd.  Dept.,  DuPont  Powder  Co.,  Penn's 

Grove,  N.  J.] 103 

Johnson,  Capt.  Conrad.     [Prin.,  City  High  School  before  War.    Box  95,  Alexandria,  Va.].. 27 

.Johnson,  Maj.  E.  Hammond  (A.  E.  F.— Died  in  the  Service  in  Germany.). 20,87,94,  163 

Johnson,  E.  R.  F.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Merion,  Pa.) . 113 

*Johnson,  Capt.  Francis  L.    [Coal  Operator  and  Banker.    Montgomery,  W.  Va.,  and  Richmond, 

Va  ] 27 

Johnson,  Capt.  I.  Branch.     [Lawyer.     Later,  Insurance.    Box  271,  Richmond,  Va.]. 27 

Johnson,   Capt.   James  V.     [Lawyer.    Later,   Clergyman.    Pastor,   First   Presbj'terian   Church, 

Arkadelphia,  Ark.] 27 

Johnson,  2d  Lt.  Robert  W.  (French  Army).     [Artist.     Care  Farmers  Loan  &  Trust  Co.,  41  Boulevard 

Haussman,  Paris,  France.] 56 

Johnson,  2d  Lt.  S.  Ladd.     [Inspector  for  Glamorgan  Pipe  &  F'dy  Co.,  Lynchb'g,  Va.     Home,  601 

Harrison  St.,  Lynchb'g,  Va.] 45 

Johnson,  1st  Lt.  William  R.     [Coal  Operator.    Montgomery,  W.  Va.]... 37,  261 

Johnson,  1st  Lt.  Wilton  R.     (In  Tobacco  Business  in  China.     Home  add.,  Boscobel,  Va.] 37 

Johnston,  Jr.,  Lt.  Commander  A.  Langstaff  (Navy).     [Elec.  Eng'r  in  New  York.    Home,  Gresham 

Court,  Richmond,  Va.] ..55,79,343 

Johnston,  Capt.  Charles.     (Sales  Mg'r,  General  Fire-Proofing  Co.,  1321  Kensington  Ave.,  Youngs- 
town,  O.     Permanent  add.,  707  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Richmond,  Va.] 27,  79,  94,  223 

Johnston,  E.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (9  Roger  St.,  Bluefield,  W.  Va.] -. ...--      70 

Johnston,  2d  Lt.  Francis  B.     [Eng'r,  Homestead  Steel  Co.,  Munhall,  Pa.     Home,  Bessemer,  Mich.]      45 

Johnston,  Frank  K.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Staffordsville,  Va.]..__ 112 

Johnston,  Corp.  Horace  Stuart  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [With  Fed.  Res.  Bk,  Richmond.    Home,  Knoxana 

Apt's,  Fredericksburg,  Va.] 63 

Johnston,  Jr.,  John  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.] -. Ill 

Johnston,  Walton  B.  (O.T.C.).     (Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  209  S.Mercer  St.,  Bluefield,  W.  Va.]...      68 

Jones,  Capt.  Alger.     [North  Texas  Rep.,  Fort  Worth  Record,  Fort  Worth,  Texas.]. 27 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  Bernard  M.     (Railway  Supplies.     Home.  1102  West  Ave..  Richmond,  Va.l 37 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  Catesby  Ap  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Richmond, 

Va.l    Recently  promoted  Captain,  Cav.,  U.  S.  A. ...37,  72.  94,  387 

Jones,  Jr.,  Pv't  Charles  A.  (U.  S.  M.  C.).    (Captain  and  Asst.  Prof.,  V.M.  I.    Home,  Winchester, 

Va] 63 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  Charles  H.     (Monroe,  N.  Y.] 37 

Jones,  2d  Lt.  Charles  P.     (1st  Lt.  F.  A.,  care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.] -- 45,  387 

Jones,  C.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Jones,  Son  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Cotton  Factors,  Nor- 
folk, Va.l -- 70 

Jones,  Decatur  (Naval  Aviation).     (Home,  918  Park  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 64 

Jones,  2d  Lt.  Fitzhugh  B.     (Post-Grad.  Student,  Col.  Sch.  of  Mines.     Home,  Gloucester,  Va.] 45 

Jones,  2d  Lt.  Harry  T.     (V.  P.,  Jones,  Son  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors,  Norfolk,  Va.] _. 45 

Jones,  H.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home  add.,  Box  132,  San  Angelo,  Texas.] 70 

Jones.  .L  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  W.  O.  Jones,  Elberton,  Ga.L- 70 

Jones,  Capt.  James  S.     [Lawyer.    Ex-I,e?islator.    Bastrop,  Texas. 1 _ _-. 27 

Jones,  Lt.  Commander  Jack  W.  (Medical  Corps,  Navy).     [Resigned  after  War.     Physician.    Home, 

Canton,  Gal .-._ 53 

Jones,  .Jr.,  John  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Martinsville,  Va.] 70 

Jones,  Louis  L.  (Civil  Service).     [Cotton  Mf'r.    Canton,  Ga.] 103 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  Norman  D.  (B.  E.  F.,  Aviation).     [Home,  515  Grove  Ave.,  Jenkintown,  Pa.] 56 

Jones,  Thomas  D.  (O.  T.  C).    (Care  Dr.  J.  B.  Jones,  517  High  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 67 

*Promoted  to  Major,  R.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  when  discharged. 


424  Index. 

Jones,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  G.    [Banker.    Montgomery,  Ala.] 37 

Jones,  Lt  (J.  G.)  T.  Ralph  (Navy).    (Cotton.    Savage,  Son  «fe  Co.,  Inc.,  Norfolk,  Va.]. S.'i 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  William  B.    [Sec'y-Treas.,  The  Suffolk  Fertilizer  Co.,  Inc.,  Suffolk,  Va.) 37 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  W.  Carlton.     [Cotton.     Savage,  Son  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 37 

Jones,  Jr.,  W.  D.  (O.  T.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.    Home  add..  Bay  &  Main  Sts., 

Jacksonville,  Fla.] 66 

Jones,  Jr.,  W.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [1420New  York  Ave.,  Wash.,  D.  C.].. 70 

Jones,  1st  Lt.  W.  Garland.    [Cotton.    Clerk,  Jones,  Son  &  Co.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 37 

Jordan,  Lt.  Colonel  Harry  L.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home.  Smith- 
field,  Va.] ....17,149,384 

Jordan,  Jr.,  J.  C.  (O.  T.  C).    [Garrett  Tobacco  Co.,  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C.    Home  add..  Box  473,  Dan- 
ville, Va.] -. 66 

Jordan,  2d  Lt.  James  E.    [Smithfield,  Va.] 45 

Jordan,  J.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  203  E.  55th  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.J. 70 

Jordan,  Pv't  J.  Julian.    [Cash'r,  Nat'l  Bk  of  Summers,  Hinton,  W.  Va.] 59,  94 

Jordan,  Jr.,  James M.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.]. 108 

♦Jordan,  2d  Lt.  S.  H.  Pope.    [Agt.  N.  Y.  Life  Ins.  Co.,  Garland  Bld'g,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Home, 

Kevser,  W.  Va.] 45 

Jcsey,  jr.,  J.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Josey-Miller  Grain  Co.,  Beaumont,  Texas.] 70 

Joyce,  Claude  A.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Shaff,  Va.] 113 

tJudd,  Ensign  M.  H.  (Naval  Aviation).     [Civil  Engineer.    Dalton,  Ga.]     See  Footnote. 

Julian,  2d  Lt.  Leo  S.    (Care  Dr.  A.  J.  P.  Julian,  Lake  City  (or  Jacksonville),  Fla.] 45 

Kahn,  Capt.  Lucian  L.    [Sales  Mg'r,  Furnace  Dept.,  The  Estate  Stove  Co.,  Hamilton,  O.] 27 

Kahn, Myron  D.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [731  S.  Crescent  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  O.) 112 

Kain,  Capt.  Charles  E.  (Civil  Service).    [Mf  r's  A'gt,  1014  Dallas  County  State  Bank  Bld'g,  Dallas, 

Texas.) 103,112 

Kane,  F.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Homeadd.,  care Truscon  Steel  Co.,  Youngstown,  O.]      70 
Kane,  Ensign  HeywardM.  (Navy).     [Pharmacist  with  Wholesale  Drug  Co.,  1020  Post  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.    Home,  Gate  City,  Va.] 54 

Kane,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Henry  S.    [Instructor,  Shen.  Valley  Acad.,  Winchester,  Va.    Home,  Gate  City, 

Va] 37 

Kane,  Patrick  L.  (Civil  Service).    [Elec.  Eng'r.    Home,  Gate  City,  Va.] 103 

Karow,  Capt.  Gustav  (U.  S.  M.  C— Died  in  the  Service.) 50,87,331 

Karst,  Jr.,  Mai.  Charles.    [V.  P.,  North  Eastn.  Realty  Co,  and  Banker.    Box  920,  New  Orleans,  La.]      20 

Kasev,  J.  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Lynchburg,  Va.]... 113 

Keen,Ma,i.  Hugh  B.    (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Hamilton,  Va.) 20,  384 

Keerans,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Charles  L.     [Appointed  2d  Lt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920,  care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  812  S.  Tyron  St.,  Charlotte,  N.  C] ..45,  387 

Keezell,  Nathaniel  H.  (O.  T.C.).     [Farmer.    Keezletown,  Va.].. 67 

Keezell,  Capt.  Rembrandt  P.     [Journalist.    Keezletown,  Va.] 27,  237 

Keith,  2i  Lt.  A.  A.  Morson  (Aviation).    (Lawyer.    Richmond,  Va.] 45 

Keith,  Corp.  John  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Oil  Operator,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.    Home  add.,  1170  Calder 

Ave.,  Beaumont,  Texas.] 63 

Keith,  1st  Lt.  Lucien.     (Farmer.    Warrenton,  Va.] 37 

Kellam,  Herbert  S.  (S.  A.T.  C).     (Draftsman,  II.  S.  Navy  Dept.    Home,  Princess  Anne,  Va.] 70,110 

Kellogg.  2d  Lt.  Kemper  L.  (Aviation).     [With  N.  N.  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.    Home,  201  Hawthorne  Ave., 

Richmond,  Va.] 45 

Kelly,  P.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Huey&  Philp  H'dw.  Co.,  Dallas,  Texas.] 70 

Kelly,  Russell  A.  (French  Army— Killed  in  action  in  France.) 65,  73,  79,  87,  365 

Kelly,  Capt.  Warren.    [Advt'g  Director,  Current  Opinion  Mag.,  New  York.    Home,  Cedarhurst, 

N.  Y  ] 27 

Kennard,  Capt.  Hartwell  J.     [Ranch  Owner  and  Farmer.     Drawer  158,  Gonzales.  Texas.] 27 

Kennedy,  W.  T.  (Naval  Aviation).     [Deaver-Kennedy  Co.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.]... 64 

Kennon,  Ashby  R.  (O.  T.  C).    [Merchant.    Mineral  H'dw,  Co.,  Mineral.  Va.] ^ 66 

Kennon,  Capt.  William  G.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician  (Specialist),  Nashville.  Tenn.] 28 

Kerlin,  W.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  J.  W.  Kerlin,  11 10  Campbell  Ave.,  Roanoke.  Va.] 70 

Kester,  Ist  Sg't  Walden  W.     [In  Automobile  Bus.,  Paris,  France.    Care  Mrs.  E.  A.  Kester,  Lexing- 
ton, Va.] 59 

Kiblpr,  Capt.  A.  Franklin.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Staunton,  Va.]..28,  387 

Kidd,  Willard  C.  (V.  M.  T.  Tr.  Camp).    [700  Park  Ave.,  Petersburg.  Va.]._._ 109 

Kidd,  Ensign  Winfred  E.  (Navy).     [Div.  Sup't  Schs.,  Nelson  Co.,  Va.     Home,  Lovingston,  Va.]..      55 
Kilbourne,  Brig.  Gen.  Charles  E.    [Care  The  -\dj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home, 

Washington,  D.  C.]... -13,  73,  94,  115,  383 

Killed  in  Action,  or  Died  in  the  Service 85,  393 

Kimbell,  Fordvce  K.  (Civil  Service).     [Care  J.  W.  Thompson,  Gen.  R.  R.  Contr.,  6178  Boatmen's 

Bank  Bld'g,  St.  Louis, Mo. 1 103 

Kimberly,  Lt.  Col.  Allen.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Fort  Monroe, 

Va  l'  17.  1.51,384,395 

Kimberly,  1st  Lt.  Clarke  O.    [With  C.  Kenyon  Co.,  Cord  Tires,  754  Pacific  St.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 

Home,  Hampton,  Va.] 37,73,79,94,292 

Kimberly,  Jr.,  Harry  H.  (O.  T.  C).     [Student,  Yale  Univ.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.] 

Kimberlv,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  John  B.     (Credit  Dept.,  Chase  Nat'l  Bank,  New  York.    Home,  Fort  Mon-      67 

roe,  Va.l :. 45,94 

Kimblev.  Pv't  Russell  B.    (Garage  Operator.    Perm  add.,  4th  &  Grand  Sts.,  Okmulgee,  Okla.]...59,  94 

Kinder.  Warren  L.  (O.  T.C.).     (Lawyer.    Box  1418,  Tucson,  Ariz.    Home,  Federalsburg,Md.] 68 

King,  Pv't  James  Frank.    [Care  Mrs.  O.  D.  King,  Albemarle,  N.  C] 59 

•2a  Lt.  S.  H.  P.  Jorc  nn  was  promoted  to  Ist  Lt. 

tM.'H.  Judd,  Graduate.  Class  1906,  enlisted  in  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve'Force  (Aviation),  1917.  and  was 
promoted  to  Ensign,  Dec.  20, 1018.  Ground  School,  Mass.  Inst.  T<  ch.r  stationed  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Eliza- 
beth, N.  J.,  and  Norfolk,  Va.     He  fell  about  one  thousand  feet  in  the  HR2L,  offSandy  Hook. 

"This  partial  report  was,  unfortunately,  not  received  until  after  this  book  was  printed.] 


Index.  425 

King,  Capt.  Lawrence  G.    [Lawyer  with  Treadway  &  Marlott,  Society  for  Savings  Bld'g,  Cleve- 
land, O.l 28 

King,  Lt.  Commander  Ogden  D.  (Asst.  Surg.,  Navy).    (Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  CV  Home, 

Albemarle,  N.  C.) 53,73,335,389 

King,  William  C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Aged  19.    Roanoke,  Va.) ..  Ill 

Kins;,  William  C.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Aged  28.    Charlottesville,  Va.) "."     112 

Kingman,  Maj.  Matthew  H.  (V.  S.  M.  C).    (Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  bee 

Moines,  Iowa.) ...50,  73,  94,  308,  390 

Kinnear.  Jr..  W.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Lctington,  Va.) 70 

Kinsolving,  Jr.,  Capt.  Herbert  B.     (Law>'er.    Mount  Sterling,  Ky.]. 28,  79 

Kirkpatrick,  2d  Lt.  James  D.  (.-Vviation).     [Mg'r,  Kirkpatrick  Diamond  Drilling  Co.,  Birming- 
ham, .'Via.) 45 

Kir ven,  Oliver  C.  (Navv).     (1576  W.  4th  Ave.,  Corsicana,  Tex.ns.l  .  6- 

Kirwan,  J.McG.  (S.  A.  T  C).     [Care  Capt.  C.  Kirwan.  1121  Harlem  Ave.,  Bal'tcMd.! 70 

Kittrell,  Corp.  Henry  J.     [Asst.  Cashier,  The  Farmers  &  Merchants  Bank,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Tenn.]..59, 94, 99 

Kizer,E.  D.  (V.M.I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Dallas,  Texas.) 112 

Klapp,  E.  M.  K.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Bond  Salesman  with  Geo.  W.  Kendrick,  3d  &  Co.,  Philadefphia. 

Home,  1716  Spruce  St.,  Phil.,  Ta.) ..  70 

Knapp,  2d  Lt.  Frederick  D.     [Bank  Clerk.    2320  West  Grace  St.,  Richmond",  Va.)     .  .  46 

Knapp,  Jr.,  John  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home  add.,  care  J.  W.  Knapp,  Sup 't,  C.& 

O.  Ry,  Richmond,  Va.)- 70 

Knight,  Jr.,B.M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  [Student,  Pa.  State  Coll.  To  be  an  Horticulturist.  Home,  Win- 
chester, Va.) -- .        70 

Knight,  Capt.  Robert  R.     [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Knight  Screen  Mf'g  Co.,  Franklin,  Va.).     .      .'"         28,235 

Knight,  1st  Lt.  Robert  W.     [Care  J.  W.  Knight.  Ci,rtersville,  Ga.) 37 

Knox,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Robert  W.     (With  T'-     T.ucey  Manufacturing  Corpn.    Res.,  Beaconsfield  Ap'ts, 

Houston,  Tex.) ._      37 

*Kollock,  Maj.  Charles  W.  (Medical  Corps,  Air  Service.)    [Physician.    (Specialist.)    Char'eston, 

S.  C.) 20,  160.392 

Kraft,  Capt.  William  R.     [Motor  Trucks.    Kingston,  N.  Y.) 28,234 

Kraft,  R.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [907  Washineton  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.). 70 

Krentel,  Sg't  Fritz  E.     [Civ.  Eng'r.    With  S.  S.  White  Dental  M'fg  Co.,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  BraziL 

Home  add.,  care  Henry  Krentel,  Pelotas.  Rio  Grande  do  Sul,  Brazil.) 59 

Kuykendall,  2d  Lt.  James  E.     (Salesman,  Charleston  Milling  &  Produce  Co.     Home,  215  Morris 

St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.) 46 

Kyle,  Gunnery  Sg't  Gordon  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Sou.  Motor  Co.,  Box  413,  Lynchburg, 

Va.) 63 

Lackey,  Jr.,  Capt.  Samuel  C.    [Farmer  and  Stockraiser.    Cuero,  Texas.) 28 

Lacy,  2d  Lt.  Seddon  C.     [Insurance.    Winchester,  Va.) .      .        46 

Ladd,  2d  Lt.  Arthur  K.  (Aviation).     [App't'd  2d  Lt.  Air  Serv.  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The 

Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Hom.e,  Sherman,  Texas.).. 46,  387 

Lafferty,  2d  Lt.  Edgar  R.     [Va.  Highway  Comm'n,  Richmond,  Va.) 46 

Lafferty,  Capt.  Frederick  R.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  San  Francis.co, 

Cal.    Care  Supreme  Ct.  Chambers.) ...  28,386 

Laine,  E.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Windsor,  Va.] 70 

Lake,  Charles  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Shelby,  Tenn.) 112 

Lamb,  Pv't  E.  Blair  (U.  S.M.  C).    Home,  109  N.  5th  St.,  Richmond,  Va.) 63 

Lancer,  George  E.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Last  Employment  with  the  Dupont  Co.,  Hopewell,  Va.    Home, 

Phoebus,  Va.) 103 

Land,  A.  H.  (Civil  Serv.).     [Pres.,  Dickinson  Fuel  Co.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.j 103 

Land,  H.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C.     [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  Blackstone,  Va.) 70 

Land,  2d  Lt.  Langley  P.  (Aviation).     [Farmer,  Landon  Bridge,  Va.     Home,  Virginia  Beach,  Va.)  46 

Landau,  Sidney  (O.  T.  C).    [5231  Washington  Blv'd,  St.  Louis,  Mo.) 68 

Lane,  S.M.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Hagerstown,Md.) 113 

Lang,  Chester  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Care Miss  Ida E.  Lang,  Erie,  Pa.) 111 

Lance,  Pv't  Louis  G.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [With  .Joseph  St. Mary,  Cotton Mercht.,  TSOGravier  St.,  New 

Orleans.    Home,  221S  Peniston,  New  Orleans,  La.) 63,  338 

Langhorne,  Commander  Gary  D.  (Navy).     [Physician.    Home,  1520-20th  St.,  Wash.,  D.  C.) 55,341 

Lanehorne,  Col.  George  T.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Washington. 

D.  C.]..- .- 14,  79,  129,  383 

Langhorne,  Marshall  M.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Care  Dr.  C.  D.  Langhorne,  1520  20th  St.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Late,  Sec'y,  Legation,  Hague,  Holland,  etc.) 103 

Langstaff,  Capt.  James  D.     [Lanestaff-Orme  Lumber  Co.,  Paducah,  Ky.) 28,  209 

Lanier,  Raymond  S.  (Navy).    [Farmer.    Box  724,  Lethbridge,  Alberta,  Canada.    Former  home, 

Danville,  Ky.) 64 

Lansing,  Col.  Cleveland  C.     [Farmer.     Salisbury,  Conn.) .14,  130 

LaPrade,Maj.  W.  W.    [Civ.  Eng'r.    Real  Estate  Bld'g.  Richmond,  Va.) 20 

Larew,  Jr.,  R.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [R.  F.  D.,  Staunton,  Va.)... 70 

LaRue,  Capt.  B.  V.M.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France 28,  87.  94,  189 

LaRue,  R.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  (Student,  Univ.  of  Kansas.  Care  H.  A.  LaRue,  1st  Nafl  Bk,  Co- 
lumbus, Kans.) -- --- 70 

Lasker,  Henry  M.  (O.  T.  C).    [Advertising  Business.     The  Belmead,  36th  St.  &  Broadway,  New 

York.) - - 68 

"Last  Words"  of  Some  of  V.  M.  I.'s  Martyred  Sons 378 

Lathrop.  2d  Lt  Charles  P.     [Builders'  Supplies.    Richmond.  Va.).... 46 

Lauck,  Edward  W.  (S.  A.  T.C.).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  Luray,  Va.) 70 

Law,  Maj.  William  L.     [Eng'r.     Rock  Hill,  S.  C.) 21 

Lawrason,  Capt.  George  B.  (Medical  Corps.— Died,  Feb.  3,  1918.) 28 

Lawson,  1st  Lt.  Josephs.     [Cotton  Bus..  Newton,  N.  C.     Home,  South  Boston,  Va.) 37 

Lawson,  Sg't  R.  Barksdale.    [Garage  Owner.    South  Boston,  Va.) 69 

"Promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel.     See  Appendix. 


426  Index. 

Lea,  S.  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Engineer  of  Mineral  Co.,  W.  Va.,  Keyser,  W.  Va.) 103 

Lee  Col.  Fitzhugh.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D   CI 14,133,3.8.'? 

Lee,  Lt.  Col.  GeorgeM.     [Retired.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 17.  .388 

*Lee,  1st  Lt.  Henry  Fitzhugh.     (Mg'r,  Carolina  Power  &  Light  Co.,  Goldsboro,  N  C.     Home,  Fred- 
ericksburg, Va.] 37 

Lee,  Capt.  James  C.     [Sec'y,  Alabama  Grocery  Co.,  1805-7  First  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala  ] 28 

Lee  2d  Lt.  Richard.     [Ist  Lt.,  Eng'rs.     CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Rocky 

Mount,  Va.i -,,- 46,387 

Lee  Maj.  Sydney  Smith  (U.S. M.C.).    [CareMarine Corps H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Home,  Fred'ksb'g, 

Va.] 50,390 

Lee  Yen  Chu  (Officer,  Chinese  Army).     [Round  Stone,  Shang  Tan  Too,  Fu  Chou,  Kiangsi,  China.]      57 

Leftwich,  1st  Lt   Lewis  C.     [Cotton.    Box  ?46,  Dallas,  Te.xas.l 37 

Leech,  Capt.  Lloyd  L.  (U.  S.M.  C).     [Marine  Corps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Lexington,  Va.]..50,  390 
Leech,  1st  Lt.  James  C.  (U.  S.M.  C.).     [Resigned  after  War.    Grad.  Class,  V.M.  I.     Home,  Lexing- 
ton, Va.] ■''1 

Let'n-ett,  1st  Lt.  William  B.     [With  Vacuum  Oil  Co.,  Fulton  Bld'g,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.     Home,  427  W. 

7th  St.,  Plainfield,  N.  J.j - 37 

Le  Gore,  James  A.  (Civil  Service).     [LimeMf'r,  LeGore.Md.] 104 

Legum.MornsJ.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]..- 110 

L'Engle,  Frank  F.  (Navy)-    [Reporter,  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.    Care  Hon.  Claud  L'Engle,  Jacksonville, 

Flal-. 6* 

Letcher,  Capt.  Greenlee  D.     [Lawj-er.     Lexington,  Va.] 28,  79,  191 

Lewis,  Arthur  P.  (Civil  Service).     [Chief  Eng'r,  The  Miller  Rubber  Co.,  Akron,  Ohio.     Home, 

Cohasset,  Mass.] 104 

Lewis,  Frank  P.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Charleston,  W.  Va.] 109 

Lewis,  John  D.  (O.  T.  C).     [Merchant.    417  Broad  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] 68 

Lewis,  Jr..  Pv't  Magnus  M.     [Pharmacy  Stud.,  Va.  Med.  Coll  ,  Richmond.    Home,  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.) 59 

Lewis,  Capt.  S.  Oliver.     [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  The  Texas  Exchange,  Prince  Theatre  Bld'g,  Houston, 

Te.xas.]._ 28 

Lewis,  Capt.  Wickliffe  B.     [Special  Agent,  The  U.  S.  Fidelity  &  G.  Co.,  Fletcher  Savings*  Tr.  Bld'g, 

Indianapolis,  Ind.] 28 

Lewis,  1st  Lt .  William  B.    [Tobacco.    Liggett  &  Myers  Tob.  Co.,  Lexington,  Ky.    Home,  715  Duke 

St.,  Durham,  N.  C] 37 

Lewis.  Jr.,  William  D.  (Civil  Service).    [Coal  Operator.    417  Broad  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] 104 

Lewis,  Jr.,  Yancey  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Harvard  Univ.     Home,  4503  Live  Oak  St.,  Dallas, 

Texas.] 70 

Lieutenant  Colonels — British  Army ™ 

Lieutenant  Colonels — [/.  S.  Army  {After  War) 383 

Lieutenant  Colonels — U.  S.  Army  (During  War) 1^ 

Lieutenant  Commanders — U.  S.  Navy  (After  War) 389 

Lieutenant  Commanders— U.  S.  Nary  (During  War) 53 

Lieutenant  Commanders — U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (During  War) 55 

Lieutenants— U.  S.  Navy  (After  War) 389 

Lieutenants — U.  S.  Navy  (During  War) 53 

Lieutenants— U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (During  War) 55 

Lieutenants  (J.  G.)—U.  S.  Narv  (After  War) 389 

Lieutenants  (J.G.)—U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (During  War) 55 

Lincoln,  Capt.  AtwellT.— Killed  in  action  in  France 28,87,  194,378 

Lind,  Warner  E.  (Aviation).     [Bookkeeper.     Care  Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Lind,  McMinnville,  Tenn.] 60 

Lindner,  Capt.  John  A.    [Care  John  Lindner,  Carlisle,  Pa.] 28 

Lindsey,  Capt.  Eugene  L.    [Factory  Mg'r,  The  Pioneer  Pole  &  Shaft  Co.  of  Piqua,  O.,  at  Cairo,  111. 

Home,  Alexandria.  Va.] 28,  79 

Lion,  Douglas  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Manassas,  Va.] 108 

Lipper.  Capt.  Lawrence.     [Law>er.     1716  Crawford  St.,  Houston,  Texas.] 28 

Litzenberger,  Levin  M.  (O.  T.  C).     (Student,  Univ.  of  Wisconsin.    Care  Mrs.  Mary  Litzenberger, 

Middletown,  Ind.] °6 

Lively,  1st  Lt.  Lewis  M.     [Home,  Tallahassee.  Fla.] 37 

Llovd,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Edward.     [Home,  Apt.  23,  2301  Conn.  Ave.,  N.  W..  Wash.,  D.  C] 37 

Lloyd,  Capt.  Egbert  T.fU.  S.M.  C).     [CareMarine Corps  H.Q.,  Wash.,  D  C.     Home,  Apt.  23,  2301 

Conn.  Ave.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 50,390 

Llovd,  Maj.  Orin  C.    [Labour  Mg'r,  Ederheimer  Stein  Co.,  1911-58  Roosevelt  Road,  Chicago,  HI. 

"Home,  Durham,  N.  C] 21.  79,  161 

Locke,  Col.  Morris  E.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A..  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Cincinnati,  0.1 

14,73,119,383 
Lockhart,Capt.GeorgeB.(U.S.M.C.).    [CareMarineCorpsH.Q.,  Wash,  D.C.    Home,  Honaker, 

Va.]..-... ...-._ -.__- - 51,  94,  317,  390,  402 

Logan,  Capt.  Dulaney.     (Banker.    National  Bk.  of  Ky.,  Louisville,  Ky.] 28 

Lohmeyer,  Jr.,  Capt.  William.     [Retired  because  of  disability  incurred  in  the  Service.    Post-Grad. 

.Stud.,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Home  add.,  401  Broad  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.] 28.  94,  199,  388,  398 

Look,  2d  Lt.  Frederick  W.     [Construction  Eng'r.    Res.,  Hamilton  Ap'ts,  Paterson,  N.  J.    Former 

home,  Kingston,  N.  Y.] *o 

♦Commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  C.  A.  C,  early  in  1917.  at  Ft.  Monroe.  Assigned  to  60th  Artillery, 
Battery  "C."  Sailed  inMarch,  1918.  Trained  in  Southern  France  until  Sept.  6,  1918.  Then  to  the  front. 
Participated  in  following  battles:  St.  Mihiel,  Sept.  12-15;  Meuse-Argonne,  Sept.  26-0ct.3;  second  phase, 
Oct.  4-22;  third  phase,  Oct.  23-Nov.  11,  1918.  Slightly  wounded  near  Fleville,  Oct.  23,  1918.  He  was  on 
special  ilut y  as  Regimental  Telephone  Of ficer from  the  time  he  finished  his  training  until  his  return  to  the 
U.  S.  .\ftor  the  Armistice  ho  was  in  charge  of  Battery  "E,"  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  dis- 
chargedaf  Ft.  Monroe,  March  3,  1919.  [This  fine  young  officer  behaved  with  consummate  gallantry,  and 
it  is  greatly  regretted  that  this  abbreviated  recr)rd  of  his  service  was  secured  too  late  to  be  placed  among 
the  "Specially  Distinguished."  His  older  brother.  Major  Sydney  Smith  Lee,  U.  S.  M.  C,  and  hisgallant 
father,  Captain  D.  M.  Lee,  Q.  S.  Navy  ^nd  C.  S.  Army,  also  graduated  at  V.M.  I.j 


Index.  427 

Long,  Lawrence  T.  (V  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (Dante,  Va.) Ill 

Long,  Matthew  R.  (Naval  Aviation).     |Pres.  &  Treas.,  Light  &  P.  Co.,  Roxboro,  N.  C]     64 

Long,  Raymond  E.  (V.  M.  1.  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va.]... 110 

Loop,  2(1  Lt.  Chester  H.     (Emergency  2d  Lt.  Coast  Art.,  Ft,  Monroe,  Dec,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't 

Gen.,  U.  S.  A,,  Wash.,  D.  C! 46,  388 

Loop,  2d  Lt.  John  E.     [Chattanooga,  Tenn.j 46 

Loth,  Capt.  Moritz  A.  R.    (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash  ,  D.  C.    Home,  Waynesboro,  Va.)  28,  387 
Loth,  Jr.,  William  Jefferson  (B.  E.  F.)     [With  Loth  Stove  Co.,  Waynesboro,  Va.]     .  65  94 

Loughridge,  1st  Lt.  Sidney  A.  (B.  E.  F.).     [Oil  Operator,     32.-  Market  St.,  Shreveport,  La.     Home, 

Le.xington,  Ky.I ...56,  73,  79,  95,  3.')4 

Lovell,  Lt.  Commander  John  Q,  (Navy).     [Mf'r,  Garrison,  Md.j 53,390 

Lowenberg,  David  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va.]. Ill 

Lowery,  2d  Lt.  William  T.     (CareMrs.  Nellie  G.  Lowery,  Fredericksburg,  Va.) 46 

Lowry,  Blackburn  W.  (Medical  Corps).     (Physician.    Home,  333  Plant  Ave.,  Tampa,  Fla.].  60 

Lowry,  2d  Lt.  Loper  B.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen..  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Tampa,  Fla.j 46,  387 

Lowry,  2d  Lt.  Robert  A.    [Mining  Eng'r.     Cattlettsburg,  Ky.I 4fi 

Lowry,  Jr.,  Capt,  Sumter  L.     [Insurance,  514  Citizens  Bk.  Bld'g,  Tampa,  Fla. 1.  28   187 

Lubling,  Jr.,  W.G.  (V.M.I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lynchburg,  Va.j. 112 

Luck,  Jr  ,  Charles  S.  (O.  T.  C).     (Contractor.    Ashland,  Va.l 66 

Luke,  Maj.  J.Marvin.     [Chattanooga,  Tenn.     Old  home.  Norfo'k,  Va.j 21 

Lum,  2d  Lt.  Robert  E.  (Aviation).     [With  Griffin  Wheel  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Kansas.    Home,  Aber- 
deen, S.  Dakota. 1 - .     .      46 

Lunt,  1st  Lt.  Samuel  M.  (Aviation).     [Appointed  1st  Lt.  A.  S:,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920."  Care  'The 

Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.C.     Home,  119  S.  Columbia  St.,  Alexandria,  Va.l  ...  37,387 

Lupton,  C,  P.  (V,M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.j .'."."."..".".'..     113 

Lupton,  Edmund  C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Winchester,  Va.l .   .__       .  _      109 

Lutz,  1st  Lt.  Roberts.     (Elec.  Eng'r.     190  Oak  Crest,  Decatur,  III. ( 37 

Lyerly,  Col.  Ballard.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.] 

14,  133,  384,  395 
Lyerly,  Jr.,  Maj.  Charles  A.     (Appointed  Capt.  Cav.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Declined.     Pres., 

Southern  Well  Supply  Co.,  Box  626,  Gorman,  Texas.     Former  home,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.]..^l ,  183, 396 
Lynch,  2d  Lt.  James  B.     (CareLevinM.  Lynch,  Oyster  Packer,  Chincoteague,  Va.]  46 

Lynch,  Jr.,G,P.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  2610  West  Grace  St.,  Richmond',  Va.]  70 

Lyne,  Maj.  Richard  G.     (Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Orange  Light  Co.  and  Coal  &  Ice  Co.     Home,  Orange, 

Va.] 21,80,95,  1.58 

Lyons,MarionH.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  care  Baker,  Lyons  &  Co.,  Mobile,  Ala.]      70 

Macdonald,  1st  Lt.  Charles  G.     (Mechanical  Eng'r.     Dunster  Road,  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  Mass  ].  37 

Mackall,  Capt.  Porter  A.  (Aviation).     (Naval  Stores.     12  W.  Harris  St.,  Savannah,  Ga.] 28 

Maclean,  1st  Lt.  GeorgeM.     [Pres.,  So.  Oil  &  Chem.  Co.,  Savannah,  Ga.] 37,  95 

Mac'in,  Jr.,  Henry  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Sales  Dept.,  The  Texas  Company,  Greensboro,  N.  C.     Home, 

North  Emporia,  Va.] _ _  70 

Maclin,  Henry  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va.] 108 

Macrae,  E.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  John  Macrae,  681  Fifth  Ave.  (E.  P.  Dutton 

&    Co.),  New  York  (or  Staten  Island),  N.  ¥.]._.. 70 

Madden,  1st  Lt.  Louis  J.     (Mining  Eng'r.     Box  676,  Knoxville,  Tenn.]     .....          .  37 

Maddux,  Lt.  Col.  Rufus  F.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D  C] ...17,  3£4 

Magoffin,  Jr.,  Maj.  Beriah.     [V.  P.,  Paxton  Mining  Co.,  Deerwood,  Minn.     Former  home,  Lexing- 
ton, Ky] 21 

Magruder,  Lt.  Col.  John.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Woodstock,  Va.) 

17,  150,  3?4 

Mahone,  Marion  T.  (Civil  Service).     [Care  William Mahone,  Norfolk,  Va.,  or  City  Point,  Va.j      _  104 

Mahone,  Pv't  Thomas  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [With  Richmond  H'dwe  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] 63 

Mahone,  Jr.,  William  (Civil  Service).     [Civil  Eng'r.     Petersburg,  Va.] 104 

Major,  Julian  N.  (Civil  Service).     [Gen.  Mg'r,  Old  Va.  Orchard  Co.,  Front  Royal,  Va.] "  104 

Majors~U.  S.  Army  (After  War) 3^4 

Majors — U.  S.  Army  (During  War) 18 

Majors — U.  S.  Marine  Corps  (After  War) 39O 

Majors — U.  S.  Mariyie  Corps  (During  War) 50 

Mallory,  Jr.,  Pv't  Francis  D.  (U.  S. M,  C).     [Training  for  Salesmanship  with  WestinghouseE.  &m". 

Co.,  East  Pittsb'g,  Pa.     Home,  care  1st  Nat'l  Bk,  Paris,  Texas.] 63 

Malone.Jr.,  l.st  Lt.  John  F.  (Aviation).     [Insurance.     With  John  F.Malone  and  Sons,  Inc.,  Buffalo. 

Home,  290  North  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.] 37 

Malone,  Capt.  Paul  (Aviation).     (Insurance,  with  John  F.  Malone  and  Sons,  Inc.,  Buffalo.    Home, 

290  North  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.] 29 

Malsberger,  2d  Lt.  August  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.    Accounting  Dept.,  Dupont  & 

Co.,  Wilmington,  Del.     Home.  Massey,  Md.] 52 

Mann,  2d  Lt.  David  M.  B.     (Civ.  Eng'r.     With  N.  &  W.  Ry.  Co.    Care  Bernard  Mann,  Lawj'er, 

Petersburg,  Va.l .  .  46 

Mann,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Killed  in  Auto  wreck,  June  25,  1920.].  70 

Mann,  J.  H.C.  (S.  A.T.C.).     (Student,  V.M.  I.    Care  Bernard  Mann,  Lawyer,  Petersburg,  Va.]  70 

Man.sfield,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Charles  F.     [Insurance.    835  S  2nd  St.,  Monticello,  111.] 38 

Mantor,  2d  Lt.  Lawrence.     (Oil  Business.     Home  add..  Box  116,  Taylor,  Texas.] 46 

Mantor,  2d  Lt.Mayhew.     [Student,  Univ.  Texas.     Home  add..  Box  116,  Taylor,  Texas.) 46 

Marable,  J.  G.  (V  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va.) 109 

Marchant,  Bernard  W.  (O.  T.  C).     (With  N.  N.  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.,  Newport  News,  Va.     Home, 

Mathews,  Va.( . 67 

Markham,  Fred  S.   (Navy).     [Address  not  known.    Old  home,  Houston,  Texas.     Son  of  C.  H. 

Markham,  Pres.,  111.  Central  R.  R.) 04 

Marr,  Jr..  Top  Sg't  Robert  A.     (Asst.  Prof  ,  V.M.  I.     Home,  624  Boissevain  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va) 60 

Marrow,  Maj.  George  P.     (Died,  January  8,  1921,  in  Government  Hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C.  as 

a  result  of  disability  incident  to  the  Service.) 21 


428  Index. 

Marshall,  1st  Lt.  Adam  J.    [Chemist,  with  Nat'l  Metallurgical  Co.,  Matelunala,  Mex.    Care  F.  P. 

Marshall,  Mingo,  W.  Va.]. - -- - -.- - 38 

Marshall.  Jr.,  Col.  George  C.    [Staff  of  General  of  the  Army,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Uniontown, 

Pa,  14,73,80,117.384 

Marshall,  Lt.  Col.  Gilbert.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Bay  St.  Louis, 

Miss.l._ - - 17,385 

Marshall,  Jr.,  Capt.JosephM.     [Portland  Cement  Ass'n,  Providence,  R.  I.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.]..      29 

Marshall,  Joseph  Paige  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  Box!ey&  Sons,  Contractors.    Home,  Simeon,  Va.] 70 

Marshall,  2d  Lt.  Peyton  J.    [Ath.  Director  &  Coach,  Shenandoah  Valley  Acad,  and  Apple  Grower. 

Home,  Winchester,  Va.].. 46 

Marshall,  Jr  ,  Brig.  Gen.  Richard  C.    [Gen.  Mg'r,  The  Associated  Gen.  Contractors  of  America, 

1038Munsey  Bld'g,  Wash.,  D.  C] 13,73.115.394 

Marshall,  Capt.  Richard  J.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Portsmouth, 

Va  I  - —  - .29,95,204,386 

Marshall,  Capt.  Samuel".    ICareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Simeon,  Va  ]..29, 186.  386 
Martin,  Capt.  Clarence  A.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Accomac,  Va.) 

29.  80,  209.  387 

Martin,  Pv't  Donald  M.    [Care Mrs.  William  N.  Martin,  27  John  St.,  Kingston,  N.  Y.] 60 

Martin,  2d  Lt.  Frank  K.  H.     [Comd't,  Gulf  CoastMil.  Acad.,  Gulfport.Miss.] 46 

Martin,  Howard  G.  (Civil  Service).     [Dep.  Court  Clk.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 104 

Martin,  2d  Lt.  James  G.     [Lawyer.     Later,  Treas.,  French  Dredging  &  Wrecking  Co.,  Norfolk,  Va.]      46 
Martin,  L.R.(S.  A.  T.C.).    [Student,  V.M.  I.    CareMrs. M.E.Martin,  1730 "M" St.. N.  W..  Wash., 

D.  C] - 70 

Martin,  Capt.  Marlin  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.S.A..  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home.  Little  Rock, 

Ark] .- - - 29.387 

Martin,  Top  Sg't  William  P.    [With  Transpn.  Dept.,  Cosden  Pipe  Line  Co.,  Tulsa,  Okla.    Home 

add.,careMrs.  S.C.Martin,  1102  W.  Bruly,  Claremore,  Okla.J. 60 

Mason,  Lt.  H.Millard  (Navy).     [Care Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Blackstone,  Va.] 54,  344,  389 

Mason,  Jr.,  Capt.  Horatio  P.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.] 51,  73.  95 

Mason,  1st  Lt.  Robert  Bruce.     [Pres.,  Farm  &  City  Land  Co.,  415  Geer  Bld'g.,  Durham,  N.  C] 38 

Mason,  S.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home.  Hampton.  Va] 70 

Massie,  1st  Lt.  Hope  W.— Killed  in  action  in  France ...38,  87,  269,  378 

Massie,  Capt.  Nathaniel  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Oil  Operator.    Hampton  Court, 

Lexington,  Ky.] - 51,73,317 

Massie,  Pv't  Wilbur  N.    (Chemist.    217  Albemarle  Ave.,  S.  W..  Roanoke.  Va.    Home,  Pulaski, 

Va] 60 

Massie,  William  Withers  (Civil  Service).     [Supervisor,  Dupont  Co.,  City  Point,  Va.J 104 

Massingham,  R.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [949  Penn.  Ave.   Pittsburgh,  Pa.] 70 

Massingham,  Jr.,  S.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [949  Penn.  Ave.,  Pittsburgh.  Pa.] 70 

Masury.A.  J.Miller  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Mercantile  Brokerage  Bus.,  Lakeside,  Virginia  Beach.  Va.]... 70,  111 
Matthews,  H.  F.  McG.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [At  U.  S.  M.  A.    Perm,  add.,  care  Mrs.  J.  J.  McGuire,  1012  E. 

Cervantes  St.,  Pensacola,  Fla.J 70 

*Maury,  Lt.  Col.  Dabney  H.    [Consulting  Eng'r,  1445  Monadnock  Block,  Chicago,  111.    Home, 

Evanston,  111.] 17 

tMaury,  Jr.,  Dabney  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Home   Evanston,  111.] 111 

Maury,  Capt.  Lewis  A.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Home,  San  Antonio,  Tex.].29,  387 

Maverick,  2d  Lt.  Maury.    [Lawyer.    Care  Houston  &  Woodhull,  Atty's,  San  Antonio,  Tex.] 46 

May,  2d  Lt.  Hubert  D.    [Lawyer.    Later,  Merchant.    Care  Schwabe& May,  Charleston.  W.  Va.]..      46 

Mayer,  Top  Sg't  Charles  Leonard.     [Care  William  N.  Mayer,  Bristol,  Tenn.] 60 

Mayer,  Eugene  N.  (O.  T.  C— Died  in  the  Service.) 68,  87 

Maxwell.  1st  Lt.  Edward  G.    [Wireless  Officer  with  U.  S.  Ship.  Board.    Home,  412  Mowbray  Arch, 

Norfolk,  Va.l .....38,80,296 

Maxwell,  R.  O.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Trav.  Rep.,  Bradstreet  Co.    Home  address,  P.  O.  Box  1213,  Nor- 
folk, Va.)    70 

Mecredy,  Capt.  H.  Edward  (Civil  Service).    (Service-Supervisor,  Dupont  Co.,  City  Point,  Va  ]...    104 
Mecredy,  James  R.  (Civil  Service).    [Chemist.    Care  Davis  Chem.  Co.,  South  Baltimore  P.  O.. 


Md. 


104 


Medical  Directors— if.  S.  Navy  (After  War)-. - 389 

Medical  Directors— U.  S.  Navy  {During  War) ... 53 

Meech  R  W   (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Stud..  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Home,  Edgewater,  Norfolk,  Va.].. 70 

Meech' S  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Salesman,  W.  R.  Meech  &  Co.    Home,  Edgewater,  Norfolk,  Va.] 70 

Meekins,  Lt.  (J.  G.)  Jeremiah  C.  (Navy).     (Care  J.  C.Meekins,  Sr.,  Washington.  N.  C] 55 

Meem,  Capt.  John  G.     (With  Nat'l  City  Bank  of  New  York.    Home,  add.  Box  763  Rio  de  Janeiro, 

Brazil  I  29,230 

Mehegan,  WiTliain  Ambrose  (yVm.  C.  A.,  A.  E.  F.).    (Examiner  of  Fed.  Trade  Commn.,  1937  Bilt- 

moreSt.,  Wash.,  D.C.    Late  Mg'r,  Sou.  Express  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] ....-  104 

Melton,  Waverly  F.  (Aviation).     [With  Stand.  Oil  Co.,  Foreign  Marketing  Dept.    Home.  Glen 

Alien    Va  ]  ^^'  ^^ 

Mendel  E  J  '(SyA.'T.'C.)""  (Automobiles.     1109  N.  12th  St.,  Fort  Smith.  Ark.] 70 

Menninger,  E.J.  (Special  Student,  V.M.  I.  in  Mil.  Service.).    (Bonds,  Investments.    Bucyrus,  O.]  60 

^(Son  of  Major  General  Dabney  H.  Maury  of  Confederate  War  fame.)  Second  Honour  Graduate  of 
Class  1882  One  of  the  most  eminent  Engineer  Experts  in  America.  Volunteered  and  rendered  distin- 
cuished  service  in  the  Construction  Division  of  the  Army,  as  Advisory  Engineer  on  Water  Supply,  in 
plannin'j  and  constructing  nearly  400  Water  Works  Systems  in  the  United  States  and  its  Island  Posses- 

"°°t'(Son""  the  above!)  Alumnus,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Technology.  2d  Lt.,  Intelligence  Section,  147th  F.  A 
A  E  F  Awarded  Croix  de  Guerre  with  gold  star  for  gallantry  during  the  German  Offensive,  May  27- 
Jiine's  1918  Gassed  at  the  Vosges  front.  Grad.  with  distinction  .it  Sanmer  Artillery  School  (and  be- 
lieved ito  have  been  the  voungest  officer  ever  to  have  grailuated  there,  receiving  his  commission  when 
onlv  a  little  over  nineteen).  Soon  after  the  Armistice  came  near  dying  of  double  pneumonia.  Invalided 
home  and  discharged  from  Walter  Reed  Gen.  Hospital,  and  from  the  Service,  February  18,  1919.  Third 
generation  of  his  honoured  name  uistinguished  in  War. 


Index.  429 

Meredith,  Jr.,  Gilmer  (In  Mil.  Service.).     (Care  G.  Meredith,  203  New  Eng.  Bld'g,  Kansas  City, 

M).l 00 

Merrell,  A.  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Hampton,  Va.) 112 

Merriam,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Lewis.    (Care Major  Lewis  Merriam,  U.  S.  A.  Retired,  Hotel  Dorchester,  San 

Francisco,  Calif.] 3S 

Merritt,  Capt.  James  A.     [Retired.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.] ......29,  388 

Merry,  Ensign  Edward  T.  (Navy).     [Oil.     Hopkinsville,  Ky.). 55 

Merry,  1st  Lt.  Howard  R.     [Oil.     Hopkinsville,  Ky.] "  33 

Merson,  D.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Stu  lent,  V.  M.  1.     Care  Charles Merson,  418  Fourth  St.,  Portsmouth, 

Va.] 70 

Mertz,  Oscar  L.  (O.  T.  C).    (With  Carnegie  Steel  Co.    Care  John  C.  Mertz,  San  Benito,  Texas.] 67 

Metcalfe,  Fred.  R.  (Aviation).     [Cotton.     Home,  Greenwood,  Miss.] .  .  60 

Metcalfe,  Jr.,  Pv'tHarley  (U.  S.M.  C).     (Planter.    Home,  Metcalfe,  Miss.) ^ 63 

Metcalfe.  2d  Lt.  Willis  R.     [Bank  Clerk.    Greenville,  Miss.] 46 

Mettenheimer,  2d  Lt.  JohnM.     [With  Westinghouse  Elec.  &M.  Co.,  Dallas,  Texas.] .  46 

Meyer,  Gabe  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Pine  Bluff,  Ark.] "'"     112 

Michau.'c,  Capt.  Edward  R.     [Resigned  after  return  from  Overseas.    Tobacco  Bus.  with  J.  P.  Tay- 
lor Co.,  Inc.,  Lexington,  Ky.    Care  L.  M.  Michaux,  Postmaster,  Goldsboro,  N.  C.J...29,  80,  95,  240 

Michie,  2d  Lt.  H.  Norwood.     (Asst.  City  Eng'r,  Durham,  N.  C.j 46 

Michie,  Brig.  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee — (Died  in  the  Service  in  France.) 13,  87,  114 

Milam,  Pharmacist  (2d  Class)  Carter  (Navy. — Died  in  the  Service  in  France.)  __ .64,  87 

Miles,  Jr.,  Oscar  L.  (Civil  Service).     [Care Missouri  Pacific  R.  R.,  Monroe,  La.]  104 

Miley,  C.  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] _. '.'.."'.'.'.'.     109 

Miller,  A.  Erskine  (O.  T.  C).     [Coal  Operator,  etc.     Home,  Staunton,  Va.] 67 

Miller,  A.  C,  (Civil  Service).    [Mecli.  Eng'r.    Care  T.  T.  Miller,  Lawyer,  Box  238,  Columbus,  Ga.'j        104 
Miller,  Lt.  Col.  Benjamin  F.    (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Washington, 

Va.] 17,385 

Miller,  Jr.,  Pv't  Charles  B.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Care  Dr.  C. 

B.  Miller,  Goldsboro,  N.  C.]..-, 63 

*Miller,  1st  Lt.  Charles  G.    (Elec.  Eng'r.    Care  H.  R.  Miller,  Lawyer,  Mutual  Bld'g,  Richmond, 

Va] — 38 

Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.) 38,  95,  280 

Miller,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  John  Craig.    [Mg'r,  Branch  of  J.  C.  Miller  Supply  Co.,  at  Williamson,  W.  Va. 

Home,  Huntington,  W.  Va.] 38,  73,  95,  251 

Miller,  Peter  Otey  (Navy).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  615  Seminary  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 64 

Miller,  1st  Lt.  Rush  F.     [Civil  Eng'r,  with  Southern  Rw'y.    Home,  615  Seminary  Ave.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] - - : 38 

Miller,  William  P.  (Hospital  Service).     (Lawyer.    Box  238,  Columbus,  Ga.l 60 

Millner,  Capt.  Bruce  J.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Washington,  D.  C.    Home,  Danville, 

Va.] 51,390 

Millner,  H.  V.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     CareMrs.  J.  R. Millner,  1107  Wise  St.,  Lynchburg, 

Va] 70 

Millner,  Jr.,  Capt.  SamuelM.     [Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Associate  Professor,  V.M.  I.] 29 

Milton,  Maj.  Marshall  M.     [Elec.  Engineer,  Dept.  Public  Utilities,  Richmond,  Va.    Maj.  Va.  N. 

G.,  1920.] 21,  180 

Milton,  D.  D.,  W.  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Episcopal  Clergyman.    Wilmington,  N.  C.) 104 

Milton,  Jr.,  W.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Stud.    With  Gen.  Elec.  Co.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Home,  Wilmington,  N.  C] 70 

Mills,  Jr.,  Capt.  Morgan  R.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.     Sales  Eng'r,  Va.  Equipment  & 

-.    Supply  Co.,  Box  666,  Richmond,  Va.].... _ 51,73,80,95,318 

Mills,  Capt.  MorrelM.     [Retired.     CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 388 

Minnigerode,  1st  Lt.  John  H.     [CareMrs.  James  C.  Busey,  Dumbarton,  Pikesville, Md  ] 38 

Minnigerode,  1st  Lt.  Karl.    [Appointed  1st  Lt.,  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 38,  286,387 

Minis,  2d  Lt.  Carol  E.     [R.  R.  Service.     Home,  24  Gaston  St.,  W.,  Savannah,  Ga.].. 46 

Minor,  Philip  L.  (Civil  Service).     [Consulting  Eng'r.     Home,  Uniontown,  Pa.] 104 

Minton,  1st  Lt.  Charles  A. — Diedin  the  Service  in  France^ 38,  87,  95,  247 

Minton,  Capt.  John  T.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.]. 29,  386 

Mitchell,  Arthur  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Engineer,  New  York  Telephone  Co.    Home,  Nyack,  N.  Y.]..     104 

Mitchell,  Jr., Midshipman  J.  A.  (Navy).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Livingston,  Ala.] 392 

Mitchell,  Corp.  Samuel  P.     [Civ.  Eng'r.    Care  W.  L.  Zimmer,  Petersburg,  Va.).- 60 

Mitkiewics,  1st  Lt.  Eugene  de.     [Address  not  known.    Formerly,  Wash.,  D.  C] 38 

Moncure,  Jr.,  James  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Richmond  Guano  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.].. 70 

tMoncure,  Sg't  James  D.     [CareMiss  Gabrielle Moncure,  2328  19th  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 60 

Money,  Sg't  William  T.  (B.  E.  F.).    [With  Bank  of  Montreal,  Winnipeg,  Can.    Ho    e,  Campbell. 

Va.] --- 65.36! 

Monroe,  Jr.,  D.  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [CareThe  Te.vas  Co.,  Houston,  Texas.].. 70 

Monroe,  Jr.,  Edward  R.  (S.A.'T.  C).     [Merchant,  1414  Church  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.    Home,  Brook- 

neal,  Va.) 70 

Monroe,  Jr.,  W.  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Salesman  for  The  Elec.  Storage   Battery  Co.,  Wash.,  D.  C, 

Branch,  1823  L  St.,  N.  W.     Home,  The  Farragut,  Wash.,  D.  C] 70  ■ 

Montague,  Jr.,  Frank  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Asst.  Prof.,  V.  M.  I.  and  assigned  as  Asst.  Comd't,  John 

Marshall  H.  S.    Home,  llO.'j  E.  Clay  St.,  Richmond,  Va.) 70 

Montgomery,  J.  E.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Rocky  Mount,  Va.) 112 

Montgomery,  Jr.,  Walter  S.     [Hardware Business.     Spartanburg,  S.  C). 60 

*lst  Lt.  Charles  G.  Miller  was  in  301st  Field  Signal  Battalion  (and  not  Battery,  as  stated  on  page  38.) 
Miller,  1st  Lt.  James  A.     (Clk.  on  Accounts,  Valuation  Committee,  C.  &  O.  Ry.  Co.    Res.,  1615  W. 

tMoncure  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  .A.rmy  soon  after  the  S.-A.  War  and  has  .served  ever  since,  with  an  ex- 
cellent record.  He  was  promoted  from  Sergeant  to  2d  Lieutenant,  Q.  M.  Dept.,  during  the  World  War, 
and  served  at  Camp  Pike,  Ark.  He  is  now  Master  Sergeant  of  Infantry,  at  Camp  Benning,  Ga.  He 
served  on  foreign  stations  seven  years,  and  is  now  eligible  for  retirement,  but  he  w.'ll  probably  continue 
in  the  Service. 


430  Index. 

Montjoy,  Lynn  (O.  T.  C.)-    [Home,  215  Lamar  St.,  Greenwood,  Miss. ]_ 67 

Moore,  2d  Lt.  Alonzo  H.     [With  Davis-Mocre Mercantile  Co.,  Weleetka,  Okla.] 46 

Moore,  Capt.  A.  Wylie  (Medical  Corps).     [Surgeon.     Charlotte,  N.  C] 29,  235 

Moore,  Capt.  Baxter  S.  (Medical  Corps).     [Surgeon.     Charlotte,  N.  C.| 29,  .?35 

Moore,  Barnes  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Medical  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Care  W.  L.  Moore,  Tazewell,  Va.l      70 
Moore,  Capt.  Charles  E.     [Incapacitated  by  wounds.     Still  in  Walter  Reed  Gen.  Hospital,  Takoma, 

D.  C.     Home,  Berryville,  Va.]._ 29,  80,  95,  185,  3*6 

Moore,  John  H.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Washington,  D.  CI 112 

Moore,  LewisA.  (S.A.T.C).     [InOilFields.     Care  Crude  Oil  Marketing  Co.,  Wichita,  Tex.     Home, 

care,  Don  V.Moore,  Court  House,  Grand  Forks,  N.  D.l 70 

Moore,  1st  Lt.  Lawrence  K.     [CareD.  K.Moore,  1837  E.  7.5th  St.,  C  eveland,  0.1 38 

Moore,  1st  Lt.  Lewis  Franklin.     [Care  Col.  .James  W.  Moore,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Selma,  Ala.] .• 38 

Moore,  Capt.  Roy  C.     [1st  Lt.,  F.  A.,  with  American  Forces  in  Germany.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Chesterfield,  S.  C] 29,  387 

*Moore,Maj.  Sidney  T.  (.\viation).    [Claim  Adjuster,  N.  &  W.  Ry  Co.    Home,  Wytheville,  Va.] 21 

Moore,  Stuart  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington,  Va.| 113 

Moore,  Jr.,  2d  Lt  Warner  (-\viation).    [Miller.    Care  Warner  Moore  &  Co.,  Richmond,  Va] 46 

Moreno,  Col.  Aristides.     (Care  The  A<lj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.| 14,  73,  123,  3«5 

Morgan,  Jr.,  Ch.  Machinist's  Mate  B.  F.  (Navy).     [Salesman,  The  Texas  Oil  Co.     Res.,  2243  W. 

Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.     Perm  add. ,409  Berkley  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 64,  110 

Morgan,  Ambulance  Driver  William  H.     [Duck  Ranch.     Riverton,  Va.| __      60 

Morison,  Capt.  Rufus  A.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.     Big  Stone  Gap,  Va.] 29,  20? 

Morris,  2d  Lt.  Eugene  P.  (.Aviation).     [Lawyer.     Former  Asst.  Att'v  Gen.  of  111.,  Watseka,  111.) 46 

Morris,  Capt.  Williams.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash,  D.  C,  Home,   St.Michaels,Md  1-29,  387 
Morrissett,  Maj.  Daniel  G.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 

21,  95,  163,  .385 

Morrison,  Sg't  Cassell  S.  (Tank  Corps).     [Dairy  Bus.    3105 Gillham  Road,  Kansas  City,  Mo.] 60 

Morrison,  Sg't  Frank  L.  (O.  T.  C  ).     |Sr.  Mem.,  Miles  Piston  Ring  Sales  Co..  1317  S.  Figueroa  St., 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.     Home,  Ft.  Worth,  Texas.] 68 

Morrison,  1st  Lt.  Henry  Terry.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  16  N.  Laurel 

St.,  Richmond,  Va.]    Recently  promoted  Captain,  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A 38,  387 

Morrison,  G.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [.Student,  V.  M.  I.     Woolstock,  Va.] 70 

Morrison,  2d  Lt.  Lawrence  P.     [Dairy  Bus.    3105  Gillham  Road,  Kansas  City,  Mo.] 46 

Morrow,  2d  Lt.  Guy  H.     (Salesman.    94  Summit  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.] . 4J 

Morse,  George  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Civ.  Eng'r.     2429  Pittsburgh  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.] 70 

Mort,  Lt.  Col.  John  E.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Bristol,  Va.]__17,  150,  S'^S 

Morton,  Arthur  P.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Graham,  Va] 110 

Morton,  Theodore  F.  (O.T.C.).     [Banking  Business.     Home,  500  W.  42  St.,  Fort  Worth,  Texas] 66 

Moseley,  E.  E.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp),     [Columbia,  S.  C] Ill 

Moseley,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  S.    (With  Te.xas  Company  (Petroleum),  Mukden,  China.    Home,  1501 

Grove  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 38 

Munce,  Capt.  George  G.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.    With  Kingan  &  Co.    Home,  2324 

Monument  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 51,73,95,300 

Munce,  2d  Lt.  Marshall  G.     (Post-Grad.     Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Home,  2324  Monument 

Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] _ 46 

Munday,  '1st  Lt.  Benton  F.     (1st  Lt.  Cav.,  with  American  Forces  in  Germany.     Care  The  Adj't 

Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Kansas  City,  Mo.] 38,  387 

Munns,  Gunner  Clyde  S.  (B  E.  F.).     [Care  Charles  K.  Munns,  137  Fort  St.,  W.,  Detroit,  Mich.) 65 

Munson,  Horace  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  S.  Eastn.  Underwriters  Assn.,  Atlanta,  Ga.     Home,  410 

W.  Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] 70 

Murchison,  Ensign  John  R.   (Navv).    [Merchant.     Wilmington,  N.  C] 55 

Murphey,  P.  B.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [CareMrs.  F.  L.  Stevens,  133  Greenville  St.,  Newnan,  Ga.] 70 

Murphy,  Maj.  Daniel  E.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Washington,  D.  C] 

21,  181,3';5 

Murphy,  2d  Lt.  Richard  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.) 52,  80,  87,  .335 

Murrell,  George M.  (O.  T.  C).     [Bayou  Goula,  La.] 60 

Murrill,  Jr.,  Capt.  Hugh  A.     (Home,  Charlotte,  N.  C] 29 

Myers,  Charles  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va.] 110 

Myers,  Jr.,  C.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (1671  6th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Va.] 70 

Myers,  Jr.,  Maj.  E.T.  D      ICiv.  Eng'r.    515  W.  Franklin  St.,  Richmond.  Va.].._ 21 

McAdow,  Capt.  Lewis  H.  (Aviation).     (Farmer.    Perm,  add  ,  1921  Main  St.,  Lexington, Mo.] 29 

McAnerney,  II,  2d  Lt.  John.     [With  W.  P.  Tanner-Grass  &  Co.,  Flour,  etc.,  23  Beaver  St.,  New 

York.]. _ -.46,95,299 

McCabe,  Charles  P.  (Civil  Service).     [Eng'r.    With  Stand.  Steel  Car  Co.,  717  S.  Main  St.,  Butler, 

Pa]     ..  104 

McCabe,  1st  Sg't  James  B.    (Student.    With  WestinghouseElec.  &M.  E.  Co..  Pittsb'gh,  Pa.  Home, 

Leesburg,  Va.] 60 

McCaddon.  S.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  Princeton  Univ.    Care  J.  T.  McCaddon,  The  Knolls, 

Mt.  V3rnon,  N.  Y.J.... _ 70 

McCauley,  2d  Lt.  John  W.     [Pres.  &  Gen.  Mgr..  K.  M.  A  -Texas  Prod.  &  Ref.  Corp.,  Wichita  Falls, 

Texas.    Home,  912  Commerce  St.,  S.  W..  Roanoke,  Va.] 46 

McCIain,  James  (S.  A.  T    C).     (Student,  Washington-Jefferson  Univ  ,  completing  senior  year. 

Home,  care  Frederick  McCIain,  Gibsonia,  Pa] 70 

MoClellan,  1st  Lt.  John  Murray  (U.  S.  M.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.). 51,  73,  87,  3."4 

McClellan,  2d  Lt  Robert  P      (Box  i,  Corsicana,  Texas.] -- 46 

•Major  Sidney  T.  Moore.  From  May  14  to  Aug.  14,  1917.  FortMyerO.  T.  C.  Commissioned  1st  Lt. 
Aviation  Sec,  Sig.  Corps,  Oct.  12,  1917.  C.  O.,  134th  Aero  Squarlron,  Kelly  Field.  Promoted  to  Major, 
Sig  Corps,  Dec.  26,  1917,  and  assigned  as  C.  O.,  304th  Field  Sig.  Battn.  Transferred  to  324th  Field  Sit. 
Battn.,  June  6,  1918,  and  in  command  of  same  until  it  was  discharged,  Jan.  25,  1919.  Reniained  in  the 
Service  until  May  14,  1919,  when  honoural)ly  discharged  at  Camp  Alfred  Vail,  N.  J.  Major  Moore  had 
previously  served  in  the  S.-A.  War  as  Captain,  Co.  "H,"  6th  Va  Vol.,  Inf. 


IXDEX.  431 

McCIellan,  2d  Lt.  Robert  W.     [Care  Anderson-Dulin-Varnell  Co.  (Shoe^),  Knoxville,  Tenn.] 46 

McCIevy,  2d  Lt.  William  W.     [."^sst.  Res.  Eng'r,  Va    State  Highway  Comms  ,  Headquarters,  Roa- 
noke, Va.     Home,  lOS  S.  Sycan  ore  St.,  Petersb'ira;.  Va.l..^ _. 46 

McClintock,  l.st  Lt.  Alexander  (B.  E.  F.  and  U.  S.  A.— Died  in  the  Service.) 38.  73,  87,  361 

McConnell,  Maj.  Frederick  C.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     (Retired.     Address,  care  Hdqrs.  U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 

Wash.,  D.  C.l __. .50,391 

McCord,  Lt.  Col.  James  H.     (Merchant.     Pres.,  V.  M.  I.  Alumni  Association  since  1919.    Home, 

St.  Joseph,  Mo.) - 17 

McCord,  William  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  Univ.  of  Pa.    Care  R.  H.  McCord,  332  Finance  Bld'g, 

Kansas  City,  Mo.l^  70 

McCormick,  1st  Lt.  Edward  L.    [With  British  Am.  Tob.  Co.,  New  York.    Home,  Berryville,  Va.]..      38 

McCormick,  2d  Lt.  James  R.     [Civ.  Eng'r.    Home,  Raphine,  Va.] 46 

McCormick,  Pv't  Oscar  L.     [Adjuster,  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.     Home,  Raphine, 

Va] 60 

McCormick,  Capt.  William  H.  (V.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned,  June,  1920.     Supt.,  Gas  Producers,  The 

Aluminum  Co.  of  America.     Box  391,  Maryville,  Tenn.     Home,  428  Maury  St.,  Alcoa,  Tenn.]..      .51 

McCoy,  1st  Lt.  William  S.     [Architect.     617  Park  Ave.,  Independence,  Mo.] 38,  95,  289 

McCracken,  Lt.  Commander  John  J.   (Navy).     [Retired.    Magnolia  &  Carroll  Sts.,  Larchmont, 

Norfolk,  Va.     Former  home,  Fred'ksb'g,  Va.) 53,390 

McCuistion,  H.P.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  L     Care  Dr.  L.  P.  McCuistion,  Paris,  Texas.]  70 

McCurdy,  1st  Lt.  John  F.     [Civ.  Eng'r.    Marshall,  Mo.] 38 

McDavid,  C.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Mining  Bus.    Care  Birmingham  T.  &  S.  Co.,  Birmingham,  Ala.]      70 

McDonald,  W.  J.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Portsmouth,  Va.) _ 113 

McDonough,  2d  Lt.  Joseph  A.     [Export  &  Import  Business  in  New  York.     Home,  805 Montrose  Ave., 

Richmond,  Va.] 46 

McDowell,  2d  Lt.  James.     [Asst.  Prof.,  Augusta  Mil.  Acad.     Home,  Fincastle,  Va.)        .  46 

McEaohin,  Jr.,  T.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [CareT.  C.  McEachin,  Meredith,  Fla.] 70 

McEntee,  1st  Lt.  Jansen  A.    [With  Ernest  Hall  Coolidge  Co.,  Real  Estate.    The  Edwards  Apt's, 

816  1.5th  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C). _ 38 

McFall,  Jr.,  James  C.  (O.T.  C).     [Druggist.     Box  233,  Danville,  Va.) 60 

McFerren,  1st  Lt.  William  (.\viation).     [Vice-Pres.,  First  National  Bank,  Hoopeston,  111.] .       38,104 

McGee,  1st  Lt.  Ralph  W.     [V.  P.,  McGee-Dean  Co.,  Leland,  Miss.] 38,  80 

McGifferf,  2d  Lt.  Stephen  Y.     [Eng'r,  Clyde  Iron  Works,  Duluth,  Minn.] 46,  95,  300 

McGill,  Capt.  E.  Leavenworth  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician  and  Coroner,  Petersburg,  Va.] 29 

McGill,  1st  Lt.  William  Mahone.     [Home  address,  42  S.  Market  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 39 

McGuire,  Hunter  H.  (^^  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va  ].- 111 

McHugh,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Charles  A.     [Law  Student.     Home,  125  8th  Ave.,  Roanoke,  Va.] 39 

McKay,  Lt.  Laurence  H.  (Navy).     [Post-Grad.  Student,  Wis.  Univ.     Home  add.,  P.  O.  Box,  Hen- 

derso  nville,  N.  C] 54 

McKee,  Capt.  John  L.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Richmond,  Va.) 

29,  96,  240,  387 
McKellar,  R.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).  [Student,  V.M.  I.  Care  Mrs.  Yancey  McKellar,  Fornev,  Texas.]  70 
*McKinnev,  Pv't  John.     [Temporarily  with  Pacific  Telephone  Co.,  Oakland,  Calif.    Care  Maj. 

W.  M.  McKinney,  Northport,  L.  I.,  New  York.) _60,  80,  96 

McKinney,  IstLt.  Samuel  A.     [In  service  of  American  Express  Co.,  No.  U  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  France. 

Care  Alfred  B.  Percy,  Lawyer,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 39,  286 

McLean,  Capt.  James  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Alex- 
andria, Va.] .51,  390 

McLeod,  2d  Lt.  Frank  H.     [Care  Dr.  F.  H.  McLeod,  Florence,  S.  C] 46 

tMcLeod,  Maj.  Hugh.     [Erg'r.    Temporarily  with  Biltmore  Estate  Co.,  Skyland,  N.C.    Former 

home,  Richmond,  Va.] 21,  183 

McMenamin,  1st  Lt.  James.     [Gen.  Mg'r,  McMenamin  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Canners,  etc.,  Hampton,  Va.]  39 

McMillan,  H.M.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     CareGeorgeMcMillan,  Bristow,  Okla.] 70 

McMillen,  Maj.  Donald  R.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Whitewater, 

Wis.] _ 21,96,  155,385 

McMillin,  Capt.  Douglass  N.     [Appointed  Capt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.     Care  The  Adj  t  G"n  ., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  St.  Elmo,  Tenn.[ ...29,  207,  386 

McMillin,  Capt.  Edwyn  W.     [Sup't,  Chattanooga  Knitting  Mills,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.] 30,  207 

McNeil,  IstLt.  William  A.     [Care  Tobias  S.  McNeil,  Bristol,  Tenn.] 39 

McNeily,  2d  Lt.  John  S.     [Care  Capt.  J.  S.  McNeily,  2021  S.  Cherry  St.,  Vicksburg,  Miss  ] 47 

McRae,  Lt.  Col.  Donald  M.     [Appointed  Capt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.    S.    A.,    Wash.,    D.    CI _-_ ....17,  73,  80,  96,  143,  3S6 

Nabors,  2d  Lt.  Clarence  D.     [.\ddress  not  known— formerly.  1003  Ross  St.,  Dallas,  Tex.] 47 

Nash,  Capt.  Charles  P.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Retired  on  acct.  wounds.     Tobacco  Bus.     South  Boston, 

Va.     Former  home,  Alderson,  W.  Va.].. 51,  73,  81,  96,  99,  325,  391 

Nash,  Jr.,  Capt.  Edaar.     [Home,  423  Loudoun  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.]__ 30 

Nash,  Major  John.     [App'd  Capt.  F.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  1920.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D. 

C.     Home.  Norfolk,  Va.] 21,  182,  356 

Nash,  James  H.  (O.  T.  C).     [Coal  and  Gas.     Charleston,  W.  Va.] 67 

Nash,  1st  Lt.  Lloyd  N.  (Aviation).     [Oil.     Box  237,  Eastland,  Texas.    Permanent  add.,  401  Perci- 

dast,  San  Antonio,  Texas.]... - 39,  297 


'Private  John  McKinney  is  working  under  the  Federal  Board  of  Vocational  Training.  His  wound 
which  was  so  serious  is  now  entirely  healed,  though  he  says  he  is  a  bit  lame  and  tires  easily,  but,  outside 
of  that,  he  is  in  "pretty  fair  shape."  He  hopes  to  get  with  the  Southern  Pacific  R.  R.  soon.  [Think  of  it— 
Ihis  brave  boy  suffering  two  and  a  haJf  years  from  his  wound!] 

fCommissioned  Captain  (not  Major)  Engineers,  June  13,  1917.  Sailed  for  France,  February  27,  ?  918, 
in  command  of  a  battalion  of  the  I2th  U.  S.  Engineers.  Served  sixteen  months  in  Toul  Sector,  attached 
to  Engineers  Hdqrs.  at  Is-sur-Tille.     Received  honourable  discharge.  July  29,  1919. 

From  1902  to  the  time  of  his  entering  theMilitary  Service  he  had  been  in  charge  of  engineering  work 
at  the  Silver  and  Copper  Mines  of  Senator  W.  A.  Clark  of  Montana. 


432  Index. 

Neal,  Edward  F.  (Naval  Aviation).    [Box  231,  Richmond,  Va.] 64 

Neale,  Jr.,  Llewellyn  (Civil  Service).    fBox  614,  Richmond,  Va.]^ 104 

Nelly,  Col.  Henry  M.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Parkersburg, 

W.  Va.] .14,  131,385 

Nelms,  Capt.  James  A.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  2517  Wash. 

Ave.,  Newport  News,  Va.) 51,  73,  81,  324,  390 

Nelson,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  John  C.     [Care  Building  Supplies  Corp.,  112Brooke  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 39,  99,  253 

Newburger,  2d  Lt.  Berthold  J.     [Merchant.     llOMoffett  Blv'd,  JopHn,  Mo.].. 47 

Newell,  Pv't  WardM.     [Merchant.     Stephens  City,  Va.] 60 

Newsome,  Ensign  Thomas  W.  (Naval  Aviation).    [Mf'r,  Rancher,  etc.    4930  Swiss  Ave.,  Dallas, 

Tex.     Home,  McKinne.v,  Tex.] 65 

Newton,  J.  K.  M.  (V.  M  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Newport  News,  Va.] 113 

Nichols,  2d  Lt.  CliveMcK.     [Insurance  Accountant,  80 Maiden  Lane.  New  York.] 47 

Nichols,  Capt.  E.  Hunter.    [Civil  Engineer,  with  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Co.    Care  Capt.  J.  A.  Nichols,  227 

St.  Andrew  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 30 

Nichols,  Gen.  Edward  W.  (Major,  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.).     [Superintendent  of  the  V.M.  I.]. .21,  81,  105,  183 
Nichols,  Jr.,  Capt.  James  A.    [Civil  Eng'r,  Big  Four  R.  R.,  Mattoon,  111.    Home,  227  St.  Andrew 

St.,  Petersburg,  Va.] 30,  81,  96,  205 

Nichols,  Col.  Maurv.    [Retired.    Cambridge  Crescent,  Norfolk,  Va.] 14,  133,  388 

Nichols,  Lt.  Col.  William  R.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Petersburg, 

Va.] 17,  149,385 

Nichols,  William  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Care  Capt.  J.  A.  Nichols,  227  St.  Andrew  St.,  Peters- 
burg, Va.] 108 

Nicholson,  C.  P.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Draftsman,  N.  &  S.  R.  R.     ")12  Graydon  Park,  Norfolk,  Va.]. 70 

Nicholson,  Leonard  K.  (Civil  Service).    [Pres.  and  Joint  Owner,  "Times-Picayune"  Pub.  Co.,  New 

Orleans,  La.) 394 

Nicholson,  2d  Lt.  Robert  E.     [Bank  Bookkeeper.    Winnsboro,  S.  C] 47 

Noble,  Stephen  N.  (Civ.  Serv.).     [R.  R.  Service.     Gadsden,  Ala.]. 105 

Nock,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  L.  Flovd  (Aviation).     [Accomac,  Va.] 47 

Noell,  2d  Lt.  Shirley  W.    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Harvard  Univ.    Home,  303  Madison  St.,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.] 47 

Noell,  1st  Lt.  William  W.    [Elec.  Eng'r.    Home,  East  Radford,  Va.] 89 

Noland,  Maj.  C.  P.     [Eng'r,  Tenn.  Coal,  I.  &  R.  R.  Co.,  Birmingham,  Ala.    Former  home,  Mid- 

dleburg,  Va.) 21,182 

Nooney,  LeRoy  E.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Jacksonville,  Fla.) 110 

Norman,  R.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  O.  H.  Berry  &  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] 70 

Norris,  WhittonE.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).    [Staunton,  Va.]. 110 

Norton,  2d  Lt.  Cleveland  H.  (U.  S.M.  C.).     [Resigned  after  War.    Now  Auditor  for  Lykes  Brothers, 

"Lykes  Line,"  Galveston,  Tex.) 52 

Norton,  Pv't  Edward  B.     [Care  Norton's  Drug  Store,  4th  Ave.  &  20th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala.) 60 

Norvell,  Jr.,  Lipscomb  (O.  T.  C).    [Home,  Beaumont,  Texas.) 67 

Nottingham,  Jr.,  Capt.  Lucius  S.    [Home,  Seaview,  Va.) 30 

Nowlin,  Jr  ,  1st  Lt.  J.  Christian.    [In  Bus.  in  Houston,  Texas.    Home,  1100  Federal  St.,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.] . 39.96,259 

Nowlin,  1st  Lt.  Robert  A.    [Mining  Eng'r,  Crozer  Land  Ass'n,  Elkhorn,  W.  Va.    Home,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.) 39 

Nurney,  J.  W.  (O.  T.  C).     [Not  decided  as  to  occupation.    P.  O.  Box  283,  Suffolk,  Va.) 67 

Cakes,  Capt.  Laurence  L.    [Oakes  Company,  Wholesale  Auto  Supply  Business.    Oklahoma  City, 

Okla.]. 30 

Oast,  James  A.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Portsmouth,  Va.) lOS 

Officers  in  Chinese  Army 57 

Ogilvie,  J.  Clarkson  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Virginia  Beach,  Va.] 108 

Old,  Jr.,  Capt.  Nimmo  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk, 

Va] --. ...51,390 

O'Reilly,  John  D.  (Civ.  Serv.).    [Ch.  Eng'r,  Bd.  Comm'rs,  New  Orleans,  La.     Home,  1806  Palmer 

Ave.] 105 

Orme,  Jr.,  A.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  L    Home  add.,  101  Hurt  BId'g,  Atlanta,  Ga.) 70 

•Orme,  Capt.  James  B.  L.    [Patent  Lawyer.    Home,  1623  28th  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 30 

Otey,  Capt.  Kirkwood.    [Insurance.    Lynchburg,  Va). 30 

Outten,  Capt.  Edgar  C.     [Asst.  Mg'r,  J.  S.  Darling  &  Son,  Oyster  Planters,  Packers,  etc.,  Hamp- 
ton, Va.)... 30,241 

Owen,  Jr.,  2d  Lt..  Archibald  A.     [Home,  R.  F.  D.,  South  Boston,  Va.]. 47 

Owen,  2d  Lt.  Evan  I.     [Civ.  Eng'r.     13  E.  Read  St.,  Balto.,  Md.). 47 

Owen,  2d  Lt.  Robert  A.     [Lawyer.     Lynchburg,  Va.) 47 

Owen,  Col.  William  O.   (Medical  Corps.    Retired).    [Prof.,  Anatomy,  Georgetown  University. 

Home,  2719  Ontario  Road.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 14,  133,  388 

Owen,  IstLt.  William  O.     [2d  V.  P.  &  Asst.  Gen.  Mg'r,  Owen-Osage  Oil  &  Gas  Co.,  Caney,  Kansas.  ].39,  263 
Owens,  Lance  Corp.  Bertram  B.  (B.  E.  F.).     [Care Mrs.  B.  B.  Owens,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C.) 

65,  73,  81,  96,  363 
Owens,  Ensign  Sidney  Willard  (Navy).      [Law  Student,  Richmond  Coll;    Home,  213  E.  Grace  St., 

Richmond,  Va.) .54,81 

Owens,  1st  Lt.  W.  Irvine.    [Home,  213  E.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]... 39,  273 

Owsley,  Lt.  Col.  AlvinM.    [Lawyer,  Owsley  &  Owsley.    Asst.  Attorney  General  of  Texas.    Home, 

Denton,  Texas.) -... - .^17,81,  138 

Owsley,  Capt.  Clark.    [Lawyer,  Owsley  &  Owsley,  Denton,  Texas.) ..30,  81 

fOwsley,  Henry  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Lawyer.     Denton,  Texas.]... 70 

*Orme  was  promoted  to  Major,  Ordnance  Corps,  and  served  to  July  31,  1919,  in  U.  S.  A. 

tHis  full  name  is  Henry  Ragsdale  Owsley.  He  had  served  in  the  O.  T.  Camp  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y., 
with  the  large  contingent  of  V.  M.  I.  Cadets,  and  was  later  a  member  of  the  famous  Marine  Section  of  the 
S.  A.  "T.  C.  at  V.  M.  I.,  and  was  about  ready  for  service  in  the  field  when  the  Armistice  occurred. 


Index.  433 

Pace,  H.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [CareM.  T.  Pace,  Franklin.  Va.]. 70 

Page,  Jr.,  Alfred  P.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] " U)8 

Page,  Capt.  Edwin  R.  (A\'iation).    [Appointed  1st  Lt.,  Air  Service,  U.  S.  A.,  JuJy'l,  1920.  Office, 

Chief,  Air  Service,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Ansted,  W.  Va.)     .  30,387 

Page,  2d  Lt.  F.  M.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  Aberdeen,  N.  C] '       392 

Page,  2d  Lt.  Reid  A.     [Care  J.  R.  Page,  Biscoe,  N.  C] 47 

Page,  R.  Mann  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp.     Naval  Reserve).     [Richmond,  Va.]. 112 

Palmer,  Capt.  C.  Bryan.     [Home,  Tallahassee,  Fla.l .  30 

Parker,  Sg't  Alexander  W.  (U.  S.M.C.).     [Student,  Univ.  of  Va.     Home,  Franklin,  Va.) 63 

Parker,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  John  C.  (Aviation).     [Lawyer.    Home,  Franklin,  Va.] 39,  96,  297 

Parker,  Jr.,  Capt.  John  P.     [Home,  Monroe,  La.] 30 

Parker,  William  (Civil  Serv.).    [Allis-Chalmers  Elec.  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.    Former  home.  Chance, 

Va.l 105 

Parker,  Willard  N.  (O.  T.  C).    [Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Care  Dr.  W.  H.Parker,  2215  E.  Broad 

St.,  Richmond,  Va.). 66 

Parker,  Vincent  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).      Portsmouth,  Va.) 108 

Parkerson,  1st  Lt.  Emmet.    [With  Charles  Dittman&  Co. .Marine  Ins.,  New  Orleans.    Home,  1538 

Pitt  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.) 39 

Parkins,  WinfieldC.  (V.M.I.  Tr.  Camp).    [R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Sta.  "A,"  Wash.,  D.  CV) 110 

Parkinson,  E.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Mg'r.  Auto.  Dept..  Warrenton  Supply  Co.,  Warrenton,  Va.] 70 

Parks,  Maj.  John  N.     [Factor.    Private  Realty  Att'y  and  U.  S.  Rev.  Off.-in-Charge,  Martinsburg, 

W.  Va.] 21 

Parks,  Jr.,  Maj.  Victor  (Aviation).    [Capt.  (Inf.).    Air  Service.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va.l 21,  73,  82,  152,386 

Parrish,  Capt.  Robert  E.    [V.  P.  &  Treas.,  Architectural  Bronze  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Former 

home,  Balto.,Md.]... .  30 

Parron,  James  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.] 110 

Parrott,  John  C.  (O.  T.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.    Home  add.,  Box  673,  Roanoke, 

Va] 66 

Parrott,  Robert  D.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.] Ill 

Parsons,  2d  Lt.  A.  Morris.    [Student,  Univ.  of  Texas.    Home,  909  S.  Sycamore  St.,  Palestine,  Tex.)      47 

Parsons,  Lt.  Henry  E.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept..  Wash.,  D.  C] 54,389 

Parsons,  Maj.  Houston  H.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.     Sidney  (or  Missoula),  Montana  ] 21,  171 

Parsons,  Joseph  W.  (O.  T.  C).    [Merchant  and  Live  Stock  Dealer.     Independence,  Va.) 68 

Parsons,  Stuart  O.  (O.  T.  C).    [Care  Parsons,  Park,  Davis  &  Co.,  2100  Grand  Ave.,  Kansas  City. 

Mo]_. 66 

Parsons,  Lst  Lt.  William  P.     [Law  Student,  W.  &  L.  Univ.     Home,  Independence.  Va.] .- 39 

Parsons.  Capt.  Xenophon.     [Law  Student.  W.  &  L.  Univ.     Home.  Independence,  Va.] 30 

Pate,  Sg'tMaj.  Harrv  L.     [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Hanna-Pate  Grain  Co..  Joplin,  Mo.) 60 

Pate.  R.  McC.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Mrs.  McCall  Pate,  512  Boissevain  Ave.,  Nor- 
folk, Va.) 70 

^Patterson,  Sg't  Andrew  S.  (Aviation).    [Seriously  hurt  in  an  accident  in  July,  1920.    Home, 

Brownsburg,  Va.) - 60,82,303 

Patterson,  Jr.,  JohnR.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va.] - 109 

Patterson. Maj. MaxG.    [Comd't.FishburneMil.  Sch.,  Wavnesboro,  Va.    Home,  Chatham,  Va.].. 21,  182 

Patterson.  2d  Lt.  Richard  K.  M.     [CareE.  H.  Patterson,  Petersburg,  Va.] 47 

Pattison,  Capt.  Theodore  S.     [Civ.  Eng'r,  Chillicothe,  Ohio.     Former  home,  Cambridge,  Md.]..-      30 
Patton,  Jr.,  Col.  George  S.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  W'ash.,  D.  C.    Home,  San  Gabriel, 

Cal.] 15,  73,  96,  120,  385 

Patton,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  JohnM.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Lex- 
ington, Va.] 52,391 

Patton.  Julian  G.  (Aviation).    Care  Bourne-Fuller  Co.,  810  Ford  Bld'g,  Detroit,  Mich.    Mother. 

Mrs.  May  M.  Patton,  112-27th  St.,  Newport  News.  Va.) 60.  108 

Patton,  W.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Tobacco  Business.    Darlington.  S.  C.]. -.. 70 

Patton,  W.  Y.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  Col.  John  W.  Patton,  Gainesville,  Fla.] 70 

Paul,  Capt.  Charles  G.     [Engineer.  Va.  State  Highway  Commission.     Home,  Harrisonburg,  Va.]..      30 

Paul,  Capt.  John.     [Lawyer.    State  Senator.  Harrisonburg,  Va.) 30,  231 

Paul,  Capt.  John  G.    [With  George  Scott  Co.,  Rockford,  111.    Home,  1202  S.  Jefferson  St.,  Roa- 
noke. Va.l...- .- 30 

Paul.  2d  Lt.  Seymour.    [Editor.  Canal  Record — Official  Organ  of  Panama  Canal  Commn.    Home, 

Harrisonburg.  Va.] - 47 

Paxton,  2d  Lt.  Matthew  W.     [Journalist.     Staff  of  Pilot,  Norfolk.  Va.    Home,  Independence,  Mo.]      47 

Paxton,  P.  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student.  V.  M.  I.     Care  W.  T.  Paxton,  Buena  Vista.  Va.) 71 

Paxton.  W.  Coalter  (O.  T.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Yale  Univ.    Home  add.,  815 Main  St.,  Dan- 
ville, Va.) -- - 6? 

Payne,  Francis  W.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Charleston,  W.  Va.) -..     109 

Payne.  Jr.,  J.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    iStudent,  V.  M.  I.    Care  J.  B.  Payne,  TrafficMg'r,  T-.  &  P.  R.  R., 

Dallas,  Texas.). ---      71 

Payne,  Jr.,  JamesM.  (O.  T.  C).     [Treas.  &  Gen.  Mg'r,  Dunbar  Flint  Glass  Co.,  Dunbar,  W.  Va.]..      68 

Pearson,  Thomas  J.  (Medical  Corps).     (Dentist.    Roswell,  N.  M.) 60 

Peebles,  2d  Lt.  Charles  W.     (Home.  Lawrenceville,  Va.) 47 

Peebles,  Jr.,  W.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  Wis.  Univ.     Home.  Lawrenceville,  Va.] 71 

Peed,  S.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  care  T.  C.  Andrews  &  Co..  Norfolk,  Va.] 71 

Peek,  Lt.  Col.  George M.    [Maj.  F.  A.    W'ith  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U. 

S.  A..  Wash..  D  C.    Home.  Hampton.  Va.] 17,  143,  385 

Peek.  J.  H   (Civil  Service).    [Production  Eng'r  with  Emergency  Fleet  Corp.  Balto.  D.  D.  &  S.  B. 

Co..  Balto.,  Md.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.) 105 

Peek,  Col.  William  H.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,D.  C.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.]..  15, 128,385 

*A.  S.  Patterson  has  been  in  University  Hospital,  Baltimore,  Md.,  since  July  3,  1920.  In  diving 
he  broke  his  neck  and  seriously  injured  his  spine.  He  has  hovered  near  death  all  the  while,  until  now 
hope  is  entertained  that  he  will  recover.  In  his  awful  sufferings  he  has  shown  the  most  wonderful  cheer- 
fulness and  fortitude,  befitting  such  a  gallant  soloier. 


434  Index. 

Peeler,  2d  Lt.  Richard  McC.  (British  Naval  Aviation).     [With  So.  Eastn.  Underwriters  Ass'n,  At- 
lanta. Ga.     CareMiss  Grace  T.  Walker,  Oaklands  Ave.,  Road  Hill,  Toronto,  Can.] .56 

Pender,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  John  R.     iMerchant.     Tarboro,  N.  C] __  3(1 

Pendleton,  Capt.  ArvidM.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.I-_..  '30  386 

Pendleton,  Nat  W.  (O.  T.  C).     (Student.  V.  M.  I.     Care  Edmund  Pendleton,  Wvtheville,  Va.J  67 

Pendleton.  Capt.  Robert  S.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Fine 

Creek  Mills,  Va.] ,51,  390 

Pendleton,  Maj.  Randolph  Tucker.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash  ,  D.  C.     Former  home, 

Lexington,  Va.I 21,  167,  385 

Pendleton,  Young  D.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Churchland,  Va.) 108 

Penn,  1st  Lt.  William  J.     [Insurance  Business,  Reidsville,  N.  C.) _   _  __  _  39  399 

Pennybacker,  J.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).      [Care  I.  S.  Pennybacker,  724  Colorado  Bld'g,  Wash.,  D.  C.) 71 

Pennybacker,  Capt.  Percy  V.  (Aviation).     [Civ.  Eng'r.     Home,  2606  Whitis  Ave.,  Austin,  Tex.] 30 

Pereivall.  2d  Lt.  Joseph  J.  (Aviation).     [Petersburg,  Va.] .  47 

Perkins,  Lt.  Col.  Kenneth  S.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Norfolk,  Va."] 

17,  151.  385 
Perkinson,  Capt.  Allan  C.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.     Contractor,  with  father,  Dennie 

Perkinson,  Bo.x  1.55,  Petersburg,  Va.] 51,  73,  82,  96,  310 

Perkinson,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  R.     [With  J.  E.  Perkinson  Co.,  Leaf  Tobacco,  Danville,  Va.) 39 

Perkinson,  W.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  Dennie  Perkinson,  Contractor,  Box  155, 

Petersburg,  Va.[ 71 

Perrine,  Raymond  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Berry ville.  Va.] 112 

Perry,  Maj.  Josiah  N.     [Civ.  Eng'r.    Died  suddenly,  July  16,  1920.] 21,  183 

Petty,  1st  Lt.  William  W.  (Me  lical  Corps).     [Dentist.     Spencer,  W.  Va.] 39 

Peyton,  Maj.  James  W.     (Retire  1  for  disability  incurred  in  the  Service.    Address,  Livingston  Ap'ts, 

18  Vincente  Terrace,  Santa  Monica,  Calif.] 21,  96.  180,  388 

Peyton,  Col.  Philip  B.      [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Charlottesville, 

Y^l __ _ j5   73   J26  385 

Pevton,  Lt.  Thomas  G.  (Navy).    [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Wash.,  l5.  C.].  ..'...'..54',  389 

Pfeifler,  JohnH.  (O.  T.  C).    (Lumber  &  Grain.    Edmore.  Mich.] 67 

Phelan,  Capt.  Julian  E.     [Cotton.     533  Beale  Ave..  Memphis,  Tenn.] 30 

Phillips,  S.  B.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Hampton,  Va.] 113 

Phillips,  William  C.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Suffolk,  Va.] 110 

Philp,  W.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.I.     Care  John  H.  Philp.  5420  Bryan  St.,  Dallas,  Tex.)..      71 
Phister,  1st  Lt.  Lawrence  H.     [Gen.  Ag't.  Maryland  Casualty  Co.,  238  Lathrop  Bld'g,  Kansas  City, 

Mo.]._ -----.- 39 

Pickett,  HI,  2d  Lt.  George  E.     [Still  retained  in  the  Service,  undergoing  physical  reconstruction  at 

Walter  Reed  Gen.  Hospital.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  204  The 

Ontario,  Wash.,  D.  C] 47,  96,  301,  388 

Pierce,  1st  Lt.  ReidM.     [Lynchburg  Lumber  Co.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 39,  97 

Pigue,  1st  Lt.  James  A.— Killed  in  action  in  France - . 39,  82,  88,  283,  378 

Pittman,  Dalton  B.  (Tank  Corps).     [Min.  Eng'g  Student,  Univ.  of  Arizona,  Tucson.     Care  Rev. 

R.  H.  Pittman,  Luray,  Va  1 60 

Pitts,  Jr.,  Maj.  John  L.     [Mg  r,  J.  L.  Pitts  Tie  &  Lmb'r  Co.,  Scottsville,  Va.] 21,  182 

Pitts.  Maj.  Lindsay     [Asst.  Cash'r,  Scottsville  Nat '1  Bank  and  Sec'y-Treas.,  J.  L.  Pitts  Tie&  Lmb'r 

Co.,  Scottsville,  Va 21,  182 

Plattshurq,  N.  Y.,0.  T.  C 68 

Poage,  Robert  H.  (Civil  Service).     [Valuation Eng'r,  C.  &  O.  Ry.     Home,  Wytheville,  Va.] 105 

Poague,  Maj.  Henry  G.     [Rep.  in  Ohio  of  Richmond  Hosiery  Mills,  Rossville,  Ga.     Home,  Lexing- 
ton, Va.] 21,  182 

Poague,  Capt.  W.  T.     [Care  Col.  R.  B.  Poague,  V.  M.  I.,  Lexington,  Va.] 30 

Polack,  IstLt.  Rodney  W.— Killed  in  action  in  France 39,  88,  281 

Polk,  E.  Winfield  (O.  T.  C).     [Care  R.  W  Polk,  Reigler  Bld'g.  Little  Rock,  Ark.) 66 

Polk,  Capt.  George  W.     [Lawyer.    Fort  Worth,  Texas.] 30,238 

Polk,  Maj.  Harding.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Fort  Worth,  Texas.] 

21.  171,  385 
Polk,  Isaac  Hilliard  (U.  S.  M.  A.).    (Student,  Univ.  of  California,  Agr'l  Dept.    Home,  Monrovia, 

Cal  ] 60 

Porcher,  Pv't  Francis  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C.    Aviation  Section).     rPost-Grad.  Student,  Yale  Sheffield 

Sch.,  68  Stephens  St.,  Bo.ston,  Mass.     CareMrs.  F.  S.  Porcher,  Box  12,  Yeadon,  Pa.] 63 

Porter,  Lt.  Col.  Daniel  L.     (U.  S.  Rev.  Serv.,  Room  43,  Custom  House,  New  York.     Home,  Staun- 
ton, Va.] 17 

Porter,  Capt.  Ernest  C.     [Trustee,  Porter  Lease  Syndicate  No.  2,  Oil  Operators,  Lawton,  Okla. 

Home,  306  .35th  St..  Norfolk,  Va.] 30 

Porter,  Capt.  Howard  D.     [Care  It.  Col.  Daniel  L.  Porter,  above.     Home,  Staunton.  Va.] 30 

Potts,  Jr..  John  D.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  R.  A.  Cauthorne  Paper  Co.,  Inc.,  Richmond.  Va] 66 

Potts,  Jr.,  Morton  W.  (O.  T C).     [With  The  Potts  Brokerage  Co  ,  Box  377,  Fort  Worth,  Te.xas.]....      66 

Potts,  Jr.,  IstLt.  Paul  Minims  (Aviation).     [Natchitoches,  La  ] 39,  82,  261 

Potts,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  R.  (Aviation).     (Sp'l  AgX-  for  Dargen  &  Turner,  Southn.  Mg'rs  for  various 

Insurance  Cos.    Add.,  613  Oglethorpe  Bld'g,  Savannah,  Ga.     Home,  Richmond,  Va.]. ..47,  82 

Powell,  G.  V.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Care  W.  D.  Powell,  4  ^6  W.Mai n  St.,  Danville,  Va.I      71 

Powell,  Maj.  Llewellyn  (Me  'ical  Corps).     [Physician.    Alexandria,  Va.]- — 21,  182 

Powell.  2d  Lt.  Mathew  J.     [Lawyer.     Belmont,  Va.) 47 

Pratt,  Thomas  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Ridgefield,  N.  J.) 108 

Prentiss,  1st  Lt.  W.  Pearce.     'M?'r,  Texas  Oil  &  Ref'g  Co.     702Hope  St.,  Shreveport,  La.] 39 

Preston,  Jr.,  W.  C.  (S.  A.  T.C.).     [Student,  V.M.  L     Home,  1227  Washington  Ave.,  Ft.  Worth,  Tex.)    393 

Price,  Lt.  George  D.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash  ,  D.  C.     Home,  Charleston,  W.  Va.) 54 

Price,  Jr.,  Midshipman  John  W.  (Navy).     [Dominion  Nat'l  Bk.,  Bristol,  Va.) 64,389 

Price,  Shirley  O.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.) HO 

Price,  III,  W.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Centreville.Md.) 71 

Prisoners  of  War 99 

Pritchett,  Jr.,  Corp.  John  I.    [Paymaster,  R.  J.  Reynolds  Tob.  Co.,  Danville,  Va.    Home,  2106 

Rivermont  Ave.,  Lynchburg,  Va.) - --- ^ 


Index.  435 

Procter,  Capt.  Andre  M.  (Navy).    [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Frankfort, 

Ky.] 53,380 

Puller,  2d  Lt.  Lewis  B.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Care  Mrs.  M.  M.  Puller,  West  Point, 

Va.] f,2 

Pulliam,  Jr.,  R.  O.  (V.M.  I  Tr.  Camp).    (Petersburg,  Va.l 113 

Purcell,  J.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Clk.,  1st  Nat'l  Bk.    Home,  406  N.  Allen  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.) 71 

Purdie,Maj.  Kenneth  S.    fCareThe  Adj  't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home.  Norfolk,  Va.]..21, 156,  3f  6 

Piirman,  1st  Lt.  Daniel  O.     rConstructJon  Eng'r.     Swissvale,  Pa.] 39 

*QuarIes,  Judge  Greenfield  (Civil  Service).    [Retired  Lawyer,  Banker  and  Planter.    Helena,  Ark.] 

See  Footnote.  ] 
Quentin,  2d  Lt.  Herman  P.     [With  Lusk  Development  Co.,  Lusk,  Wy.    Home,  careE.  E.Quentin, 

775  Emerson  St.,  Denver,  Col.l 47 

Quigley,  E.  Matthews  (O.  T.  C).    [With  111.  Highway  Comm'n.    Home,  430  Prospect  St.,  Alton, 

111.]... 67 

Quin,  Ist  Lt.  OHver  B.    [Auditor.    McComb,Miss.] 39 

Radford,  Pv't  Richard  C.  W.     [Home,  Forest  Depot,  Va.] 60 

Rahily,  Jr.,  W.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  W.  J.  Rahily,  Fleet  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.]— 71 

Bamee,  Jr.,  L.  Carol  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Hackensack,  N.  J.] 110 

Ramsey,  2d  Lt.  D.  F.     [CareMrs.  F.  B.  Ramsey,  Madisonville,  Ky.] 47 

Randle,  1st  Lt.  Cole  T.    [Planter.    5000  Worth  St.,  Dallas,  Texas.]. 39 

Randolph,  Jr.,  Pv't  Charles  C.    [Civ.  Eng'r,  Va.  Highway  Comm'n.    Home,  2129  Hanover  Ave., 

Richmond,  Va.] .*. 60 

Randolph,    Ma.i.    Robert  Isham.     [Civ.  &  Hydrauhc  Eng'r.    Riverside,  Cook  Co.,  111.] ...22,171 

Rankin,  1st  Lt.  George  I.     [Asst.  Sup't,  Kansas  Flour  Mills  Co.,  605  Postal  Bld'g,  Kansas  City.  Mo. ]-39,  82 

Ransly,  Woodfin  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Elberton,  Ga.] .-     1!2 

Ranson.  Capt.  Henry  H.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] .30,  387 

Rapkin,  Pv't  Edmund  L.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France ..60,  88,  307 

Rathbone,  Capt.  Wofford  R.    [CareMrs.  W.  R.  Rathbone,  108  W.  North  Line,  Cuero,  Texas.] 30 

Rawlings,  W.  JP.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Teacher.    Home,  Lawrenceville,  Va.] 113 

Rawls,  Jr.,  Capt.  William  A.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  17  W.  Cervantes 

St.,  Pensacola.  Fla.] ..-.--. 30,  386 

Raynor,  Pv't  Clark  S.     [Pharmacist.    White  Haven,  Md.] 60 

Read,  Hernando M.  (O.  T.  C.)      [Captain and  Senior  Asst.  Prof.,  V.M.  I.]— 67 

Read,  Jr.,  Lt.  Commander  O.  Middleton  (Navy).    [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Ye- 

massee,  S.  C.]._._ 53,73,342.389 

Reardon.  Jr.,  Capt.  Henry  B.     [Consult.  Elec.  Eng'r,  514  Fairfax  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.].. 30 

Becker,  2d  Lt.  Max  R.     [With  Sander&  ReckerFurn.  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.] ..66,392 

Reed,  1st  Lt.  Washington.     [Eng'r,  Utilities  Co.,  Inc.,  Lexington,  Ky.] 40,  73,  97,  274 

Rees,  J.  W.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.j - 113 

Reese,  Clyde  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Dental  Student.    Home,  1625  Enslow  Ave.,  Highland  Park,  Rich- 
mond, Va.) - 71 

Regester,  Sg't  Charles  E.     [In  Bond  Dept.,  The  Union  Trust  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.    Home,  care  Capt. 

Samuel  Regester,  Richmond,  Va.] _ - 60 

Reid,  J.  G.  (S.  A.T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     Home,  808 N.  Davis  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.).. 393 

Reilley,  2d  Lt.  Maurice  E.     [With  FordMotor  Co.,  Charlotte.  N.  C] 47 

Rembert,  Lt.  Arthur  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Rembert,  S.  C] M,  S89 

Rembert,  Lt.  Gaillard  (Navv).    [Care Navy  Dept  ,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Rembert,  S.  C] £4,  389 

Rennolds,  Robert  G.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] --- 108 

tRenshaw,  Capt.  A.  H.     (Civil  Eng'r.    Noroton,  Conn.].. --      30 

Retired  Officers — U.  S.  Army --- - 388 

Retired  Offtcers~U.  S.  M.  C - 391 

Retired  Officers—U.  S.  Nary - 390 

Revised  Records - - 364 

Rhett,  1st  Lt.  R.  Barnwell  (Med.  Corps,  B.  E.  F.).    [Physician.    52  Legare  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C] 

Rhett,  Capt.  Wythe  M.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    49  Tradd  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C.    Home, 

Columbus,  Miss.] w'-^-'-r T";f' ",      -2 

Rbeutan,  2d  Lt.  Donald  E.     [Paper  &  Paper  Products.     Home,  1813  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.)      47 

Rhodes,  John  L  (Civil  Service).     [Tariff  Clerk,  N.  &  W.  Ry.  Basic  City,  Va.] ---.  105 

Rhudy,  2d  Lt.  James  T.     [Captain  and  Asst.  Prof.,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Gainesville,  Fla.I     .-.-.-.-.-       47 
Ehudy,  Corp.  R.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Law  Student.  Univ.  of  Fla.    Care  J.  H.  Rhudy,  Real  Estate, 

Gainesville   Fla  1      _  _  -       

Eibble.  J.  M.  (S.  A.  tVC.)!  "  [Student,  V.  M.  f.    Care  Rev.  F.  G.  Ribble,  301  Jefferson  St..  Peters- 

burg   Va  ]  ' 

Rice,  G.  'S.  (S.'aVt.'C.Y"  [Law  Student,  George  Washington  Univ.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  2.S0  N. 

Royal  St.,  Alexandria,  Va.] ;;v;,"^ W'lV"  T""  xi 

Rice.  1st  Lt.  Henry  J.     [Elec.  Eng'r.     Sales  Eng'r,  Gen.  Elec.  Co..  120B'dway,  New  "iork.     Home, 

Morristown,  Tenn.]. - ,--;,-—,- ' Vv  oos 

Rich,  2d  Lt.  Arnold  H.     [Care  100  North  Granby  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] on"?;   so   ioi 

Richards,  Capt.  James  N.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.. >3".  '•».  »»•  {-^ 

Richards,  Roy  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Winchester,  Va.].—  ---—-— 1"" 

Richards,  1st  Lt.  Walter  A.     [Res.  Eng'r,  Lockwood,  Green  &  Co.,  Columbus,  Ga.    Home.  Clit- 

ton  Station.  Va.] - 40.  7d.  97,  266 

Richardson,  Jr.,  Ensign  Edmund  E.  (Navy).     [Planter.    Glen  Allan.  Miss.l..-- ---      on 

*The  late  Judge  Quarles,  Graduate  of  Class  1870.  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Arkansas.    He  served  as  a 


vice  Act     His  grandson  IS  now  a  t'adet  in  tne  inira  <.^iass  ai  v.ivi.x.  .     .        ,        ,     j, 

mis  is  an  error     It  was  Alfred  Renshaw,  son  of  this  "Old  Cadet,"  who  was  commissioned  and  who 
gallantly  served  in  the  War. 


436  Index. 

Richardson,  Jr.,  Jack  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  J.  E.  Richardson,  1616  Denver  St.,  Muskogee,  Okla.J  71 

Richardson,  Ensign  J.  Gray  (Navy).    [Planter.    Glen  Allan,  Miss.] 55 

Richardson,  R.  Preston  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Produce  Business,  Franktown,  Va.J 71 

Riddick,  Jr.,  Capt.  Alfred  T.    [Civil  Eng'r.    Portsmouth.  Va.] 30 

Ridgely,  Jr.,  R.  M.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  care  RuxtonM.  Ridgely,  Walbert 

Apt's.,  Baltimore,  Md.]- 71 

Riley,  John  Shirley  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Roanoke,  Va.] 110 

Riley,  Sg't  William  L.    [Civ.  Eng'r.    CareMcArthur-Hanger  C^.,  Evansville,  Ind] 61 

Ring,  James  K.  (Civil  Service).    [Treas.  &  Asst.  Mg'r,  Roanoke  City  Mills,  Inc.,  Roanoke,  Va  ) 105 

Ripley,  Jr.,  Fitz  Edward  (S.  A.  T.  C).  [Cotton  Business  with  Threadgill  &  Womack,  Taylor,  Tex  ]  71 
Ripley,  1st  Lt.  Daniel  H.    [With  Weatherford,  Crump  &  Co.,  Brownwood,  Tex.    (Cotton.)   Home, 

Taylor,  Tex.] 40 

Riser,  1st  Lt.  G.  Seaman.    [Care  A.  O.  Riser,  815  S  19th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 40 

Rising,  2d  Lt.  .John  D.    [With  Champaign  Nat'l  Bank,  Box  88,  Champaign,  111.] 47 

Roane,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  W.    lAppointed  2d  Lt.,  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.C.     Home,  505  Fauquier  St.,  Fred'ksb'g,  Va.] 47,  387 

Roberdeau,  Horace  L.  (O.  T.  C).    [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Texas.    CareMaj.  Roger  C.  Roberdeau, 

Austin,  Texas.]- - 67 

Roberts,  2d  Lt.  Alfred  E.    [With  Calcasien  Nat'l  Bk,  Lake  Charles,  La.] 47 

Roberts,  Littleton  S.  (O.  T.  C).  [Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.  Care  L.  P.  Roberts,  63  Com- 
mercial Place,  Norfolk,  Va.] fi6 

Roberts,  R.  A.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).    [Pittsburgh,  Pa.] 112 

Roberts,  Capt.  William  A.     [Kensington, Md.] 30 

Roberts,  W.  T.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [In  Bureau  of  Standards,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Care  Capt.  M.  B.  Corse, 

Lexington,  Va.     Home,  Kensington,  Md.]. -.- 71 

Robertson,  Pv't  B.  Lynn.    [Farmer.    Manassas,  Va.]- -- 61 

Robertson,  Capt.  James  F.  (Medical  Corns).    [Surgeon.    15  S.  5th  St.,  Wilmington,  N.  C.]. 30 

Robertson,  Jr.,  J.  J.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  J.  J.  Robertson,  Ciunberland,  Va.]...  71 

Robertson,  Maj.  Reuben  Lindsay  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    Charlottesville,  Va.] 22 

Robertson,  .Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Robert  G.     [1307  Clay  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 47 

Robertson,  Capt.  William  J.    [City  Editor,  Roanoke  Times.    Home,  Roanoke.  Va.] 30 

Robinson,  C.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  J.  J.  Robinson,  The  Star,  Portsmouth,  Va.] 71 

Robinson,  Capt.  Fielding  S.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    With  Pacific  Mail  S.  S.  Co., 

Traffic  Dept.,  400  Exchange  PL,  Balto.,  Md.    Home,  343  W.  Bute  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 51,  73,  328 

Robinson,  James  K.E.  (O.T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care E.  T.  Robinson,  Lexington,  Va.] 66 

Robinson,  2d  Lt.  Saunders  L.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    (Resigned  after  War.    Insp.,  W.  G.  BuddMf'g  Co. 

CareG.  B.  Robinson,  Registrar  of  Bonds,  Pa.  R.  R.,418W.  Price  St.,  Phil.,  Pa.] 52 

Robinson,  1st  Lt.  Warren  S.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  343  W.  Bute 

St.,  Norfolk,  Va.].-.. - .40,387 

Roby,  Jr.,  Thomas  W.  (Civil  Service).    [Engineer,  S.  A.  L.  Ry,  Norfolk,  Va.] 105 

Rockenbach,   Brig.  Gen.  Samuel  D.    [Chief  of  Tank  Corps,  Camp  Meade.  Md.    Former  home, 

Lynchburg,  Va.] — 13,  73,  115,  383 

Rockwell,  2d  Lt.  Kiffin  Y.  (Br.-Am.  Aviation— Killed  in  action  in  France.) ...57,  73,  88,  97,  358,  378 

Rolman,.Ir.,  1st  Lt.  .John  W.     [App't'd  IstLt.  Inf.,  Reg.  Army,  July  1, 1920.     Care  The  Adj'tGen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Frankfort,  Ky.] -40,  387 

Rogers,   Capt.   Clark  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    Office,   Hume-Maus  Bld'g,   Indianapolis, 

Ind] 30 

Rogers,  2d  Lt.  Edward  B.  (Aviation).     [With  McDougall  Duluth  Co.,  Shipbuilders,  etc.,  Duluth 

Minn.    Home,  Dendron,  Va.] - 47 

Rogers,  Capt.  Lynn  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    French  Li^jk  Springs,  Ind  ] 31 

Rogers,  2d  Lt.  Wadsworth  W.    [Retail  Merchant.    Norton  Hardware  Co.    Address,  534  Capitol 

Ave.,  Lansing,  Mich.]. 47,  392 

Rogers,  Walter  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Dendron,  Va.] HO 

Rohrbough.  IstLt.  Wendell  W.  [Civ.  Eng'r.  Care  B.  B.  Rohrbough,  Banker,  Belington.  W.  Va.].-  40 
Roller,  Pv't  Charles  S.  (Red  Cross,  A.  E.  F.).    [Asso.  Prin.,  Augusta  Mil.  Acad.,  Fort  Defiance, 

Va. 61,82,  105 

Roller,  2d  Lt.  John  E.  [Resident  Eng'r  with  N.  C.  State  Highway  Comm'n.  Home,  Harrison- 
burg, Va. ---  47 

Root,  Lt.  Kenneth  C.  (Navy).    (Home,  5019  Raymond  Ave.,  St.  Louis.Mo - 54 

Root,  Lt.  Philip  W.  (Navy).    [Home.  5019  Raymond  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.] - 55 

Roper,  Capt.  LeRov.    [Capitalist.    Petersburg,  Va.].-- ---  31 

Rosborough,  G.  L.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Jacksonville,  Fla.] 109 

Rosenberger,  2d  Lt.  H.  G.    [BuildingMaterials.    Winchester,  Va.] 47 

Rosenstock,  Corp.  Edwin  A.    [Merchant.     Box  435,  Danville,  Va.]  — 61 

Ross,  B.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  Kenneth  Ross  Lumber  Co.    Home,  905  Gerald  Ave.,  Missoula, 

Mont] - - 71 

Ross,  George  E.  (O.T.  C— Died,  March  3,  1920.) f'7 

Rothert,  Pv't  J.  Milton.    [Furniture.    4th  &  Broad  Sts.,  Richmond,  Va.] ---  61 

Rothschild,  Albert M.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Richmond,  Va.] 108 

Rountree,  2d  Lt.  Andrew  J.  (Aviation).    [. Automobiles.    Quitman,  Ga.] 47 

Rowan,  James  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Greenville,  Va.] 109 

Rowland,  Edmund  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Care  W.  L.  Rowland,  Media.  Pa.] - HI 

Rowland,  Hobart  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [CareW.  L.  Rowland, Media,  Pa.] Ill 

Rowland,  George  H.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).    [Sumter,  S.  C] - 112 

Royall,  Capt.  William  L.     [N.  Y.  Life  Insurance  Co.,  New  York.] - 31 

Ruehrmund,  Max  E.  (O.  T.  C).     (Architect.     Allison  Bld'g,  Richmond,  Va.]- "7 

Ruffin,  Randolph  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond,  Va.] - 110 

Ruffin,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  E.     (Eng'r.    Va.  Highway  Commn.    Home,  Danville,  Va.] - 47 

Ruffner,  Capt.  David  L.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  E.  Lexington, 

Va.].  .......  .        .      - - 31,213,387 

Rush,  L.  Lewis  (V.M.  I.'Tr.  Camp).    [Roanoke,  Va.] 110 

Russell,  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  L    Care  J.  B.  Russell,  200  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York.) 71 


Index.  437 

Rutherford,  Sg't  James  B.  (O.  T.  C.)-    [Inspector.    Penn.  State  Highway  Dept.  Scranton.    Home, 

1541,  Caponse  Ave.,  Scranton,  Pa.]..- - - ^9 

Ryall,  Ensign  George  D.  (Navy).     (Gen.  Ag't,  Col.  &  Mex.  S.  S.  Co.  &  Mg'r,  GeorgeM.  Ryall  Co., 

Mazatlan,  Mex.    Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.] 55 

Sale,  Jr.,  E.  Ashton  (O.  T.  C).    [With  So.  Eastn.  Underwriters  Assn.,  A.  M.  Schoen,  Chief  Eng'r, 

Atlanta,  Ga.    Home,  Lexing-ton,  Va.) --      6fi 

Sams,  2d  Lt.  R.  Troy.    [With  Tilly-WhiteMotor  Co.,  Bristol,  Va.) 47 

Sanford,  1st  Lt.  William  V.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.    Home,  Ripley,  Tenn.] 40 

Sansberry,  2d  Lt.  James  C.    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Home,  216  E.  11th  St., 

Anderson,  Ind.] " 

Satterfield,  Jr.,  Capt.  Calvin.     (Penn.  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  Richmond.  Va.] - 31 

Satterfield,  Frederick  M.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Dupont  Co.     Address,  1.37  Euclid  Street,  Woodbury, 

N.  J] .— —  - 66 

Sauer,  Jr.,  C.  F.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Care  C.  F.  Sauer,  Richmond,  Va.]-.- - "1 

Saunders,  Lt.  Carlton  J.  (Navy).    [With  J.  P.  Taylor  Co.,  Tobacconists,  Ky.    Home  add.,  14th  & 

Gary  Sts.,  Richmond,  Va.] - -  — - -      54 

Saunders,  Frank  K.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.]-_ 111 

Saunders,  Capt.  Isaac  H.     [Training  off.,  Fed.  Bd.  for  Vocational  Education,  Disabled  Soldiers, 

Rehabilitating  Div.     Res.,  Olympia  Apt's,  14th  &  Euclid  Sts.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C.].- 31 

Saunders,  Pv't  John  W.     [With  N.  Y.  Life  Ins.  Co.,  Jackson,  Miss.] 61 

Saunders.  Kirkland  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.) 109 

Scarlon,  G.  F.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Philadelphia,  Pa.] 11^ 

Schenck,  Hal  E.  (Civil  Serv.).     (Chemist.     Laundale,  N.  C] — 105 

Schenck,  Jr.,  John  F.  (Civil  Serv.).     (Cotton Mf'r.     Laundale,  N.  C.]- - 105 

Schewel,  Isaac  R.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (.^07  Harrison  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.) 10» 

Schillig,  IstLt.  Stephen.     (Port  Gibson  Oil  Works,  Port  Gibson,  Miss.] 40 

Schlegel,  2d  Lt.  Frank  E.     (With  Famous Mf'g  Co.,  Norfolk.  Va.     Home,  308  Fairfax  Ave.] .^48,  97 

Schmidt,  Maj.  Hermann  C.    [Sales  Engineer.    Off.,  502,  1423  N.  Y.  Ave.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C. 

Home,  Richmond,  Va.] ; r"     '     ° 

Schoen,  Major  AllenM.  (Civil  Service).    [Ch.  Eng'r,  Eng'g  Dept.,  So.  Eastn,  Underwriters  Ass  n, 

and  Consulting  Eng'r.    Box  174.3,  Atlanta,  Ga.] - - 106,3/4 

Schoen,  Edward  C.  (Av-iation).— Died.  February,  1920 61 

Schriver,  2d  Lt.  Zanv  J.     [Banker.     E.  Tenn.  Nat'l  Bk,  Knoxville,  Tenn.] ,--Vt—      ■* 

Schwabe,  Col.  Henry  A.    (Retired  for  disability  incurred  in  the  Service.    18  Gramercy  Park,  New 

York.    Former  home,  Charleston,  W.  Va.) 15.  133,388 

Schwalb,  1st  Lt.  AlIvnH.     (Efficiency  Eng  r,  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Co.,  Akron,  O.] 40 

Schwalm,  J.  A.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (1.504  Goddin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.]       ---.--;---  — 109 

'Schwartz,  Ambulance  Driver  Bryan  W.    (Sales  Mg'r,  G.  &  M.  Sales  Co.,  Reading,  Pa.    Home, 

1343  Good  St.,  Reading,  Pa.] °^'°''?no 

Scott,  Arthur  D.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond.  Va.] rVr","- Inn 

Scott,  2d  Lt.  Frederic  R.    [Sec'y,  Bryan  Coal  Corpn.,  etc.    Mutual  Bid  g,  Richmond,  Va.] 392 

Scott,  Capt.  Kirkwood  D.     [Brokerage  Business.     Lynchburg,  Va. ]----- ----^ ^--v--A" 

Scott,  Jr.,  Pv't  Thomas  B.    [Completed  Course,  Eastmans  Bus.  Coll.    Care  Thomas  B.  Scott, 

Capitalist,  Mutual  Bld'g,  Richmond,  Va.] .- r  —  ---^-,:- iVS 

Scott,  Jr.,  Maj.  William  D.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    816  Pennington  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Home,  Fredericksburg,  Va.. -^----^;-X-^""\V"o,';"i ofj" 

Scott,  W.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Stud.,  Colorado  Sch.  of  Mines.    Care  W.  C.  Scott.  315  Barnes  Bid  g, 

Scriven,  Sg't  Edward'B."'[ChVmJst  &  Assaye'rV'eo'Kent  Road.  Dulufh, R«nn.]— .-  61 

Scudder,  2d  Lt.  IrvineC.    [App't'd  1st  Lt.  InL,  U.  S.  A.,  after  War.    Care  The  Adj  tGen.,  U.  S  A 

Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Mayersville.  Miss.] .--. .——48,  82,  ibi 

Seaman.Maj.  Evan  C.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Hamburg.  Pa.].22, 176,  386 

Searles,  1st  Lt.  Hugh  W.     (Grottoes.  Va  ] - «" 

Seay,  Maj.  Joseph.     [Civ.  Eng'r  &  Contractor.    414Matoax  Ave  ,  Petersburg,  Va.l     -     .---  —  -22,  182 
Sebrell,  Jr.,  J.  Emmett  (Civil  Serv.).     (Cashier,  .So.  Ry&  Cheg.  S  S.  Co    Box  437,  Norfolk  Va.]—     106 

Sebrell,  Pv't  Russe!l  G.     [Real  Estate  &  Insurance.     No.  1  Vaughan  Bid  g,  Roanoke,  Va.]-       bl 

Sebring,  E.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  Ohio  State  Univ.    Home,  2.56  Ohio  Ave.,  Sebnng,  O.] 71 

^van  W.  Schwartz  was  attached  to  Company  No.  13,  Ambulance  Corps,  First  Division  and  served 
with  the  greatest  gallantrv  throughout  the  War.  J.:8t  before  Christmas,  191  - ,  he,  with  five  other  Ameri- 
cans, received  a  Citation  from  the  British  for  courage  under  fire,  aim  for  saving  wounded  men  s  lives, 
while  serving  with  a  lar-e  bombing  party.  It  was  in  the  trenches  in  the  Luneville  Sector,  to  the  right  of 
Verdun  on  the  nii'ht  of  November  2,  1017,  that  he  received  his  baptism  of  fire,  while  his  battalion  was 
relieving  another.  He  did  splendid  work  here  in  removing  the  wounded,  and  received  a  concussion 
wound  himself,  which  rendered  him  unconscious  for  awhile;  but  soon  he  returned  to  his  work  of  saving 
men's  lives  On  December  31,  he  broke  his  wrist,  while  cranking  his  car,  and  w.a?  in  Base  Hospital  No 
Is  at  Bazville,  for  two  weeks.  Then  to  the  Toul  Sector  with  his  Division.  On  March  21,  the  big  push 
started  in  which  his  outfit  took  part.  From  then  on  to  the  capture  of  Canti^ny  it  hatl /.^e  worf  gn 
in  his  experience.  He  had  three  cars  blown  up-two  while  he  was  driyi ng  them  and  the  third  which  he 
had  just  left.  Two  of  his  orderlies  were  killed  in  the  seat  by  his  side  and  three  were  wounded.  For 
eighty-four  hours  he  worked  without  sleep  or  food.  At  last,  he  received  two  wounds,  but  he  kept  on  work- 
ing Then  ju=t  as  he  had  filled  his  Ambulance  with  wounded  men,  a  gas  attack  was  started.  One 
wounded  man  "had  no  mask  and  he  gave  him  his  own.  He  managed  to  get  his  patients  to  a  dressmg- 
Ttation  but  after  that  he  knew  nothing  until  he  was  taken  to  Paris.  His  wounded  leg  had  become  in- 
feS'his  hair  had  become  gray  from  gas,  and  he  was  totally  blind.  But  the  nurses  and  surgeons  finally 
nulled  him  throush.  after  staving  in  Hospital  in  Paris  until  August  l>:  He  was  then  sent  to  the  Re- 
assignment Camp  at  Blois,  where  it  was  decided  he  was  unfit  for  further  duty  in  the  trenches,  and  was 
Sed  to  Cherbourg  and  placed  in  charge  of  a  Statistical  Office,  with  the  rank  of  Acting  Regimenta 
Sergeant  Major,  whefe  he  remained  until  the  Armistice  was  signed.  He  has  not  yet  entirely  r^overed 
from  the  effects  of  his  hard  service,  hut  declares  he  is  'ready  for  the  next  war."  Of  all  V.M.  I.  ssons  in 
the  War.  there  was  no  greater  hero  than  this  noble  boy. 


438  IxDEx. 

Sedwick,  Jr.,  John  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Home,  care  J.  H.  Sedwick,  Sr.,  Albany, 

Texas.] _ _  71 

Second  Lieutenants — Allied  Arviies _         '  55 

Second  Lieutenants — V.  S.  Army  {After  War) "  337 

Second  Lieutenants — U.  S.  Army  {During  War) '  42 

Second  Lieutenants — V.  S.  Marine  Corps  {After  War) '  "  39I 

Second  Lieutenants — U.  S.  Marine  Corps  {During  War)..  . .  52 

Seelye,  Jr.,  Range  Ss'tT.  T.     [No.  1,  Union  St.,  Willoughby.  Ohio.  1 .       .       '" 61 

Semans,  J.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student.  V.M.  I.    CareF.M.  Semans,  Jr.,  Uniontown,  Pa.]. 1""  71 

Semmes,  2d  Lt.  B.  W.  L.     [CareMrs.  BernardM.  Semmes,  Newport  News,  Va.] 48 

Semmes,  Capt.  Thomas M.     [Cotton  &  Grain  Brokerage.     1202  Chestnut  St.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.]  31 
Semple,  2d  Lt.  Samuel  M.     [Oil  Scout  with  Prairie  Oil  &  Gas  Co.,  Box  218,  Eastland,  Te.xas.    Home, 

Titusville,  Pa.] 4<{ 

Service  Roster _                       _  13 

Sewell,  2d  Lt.  Houston  P.  (TJ.  S.M.C.).    [Resigned  after  War.    CivilEng'r.    Home,  Jones  viTle^Va]  62 
Shackelford,  Jr.,  William  C.  (O.  T.  C).    [Post-Grad.  Student,  Lehigh  Univ.  &  Univ.  of  Va.    Home, 

Terrace  Court,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 66 

Shadle,  2d  Lt.  Harold  B.  (Aviation).     [CareMorgan  L'mb'r  Co..  Charleston.  W.  Va.] -....["  48 

Shaner,  Capt.  Henry  L.     [Comm'nr,  Public  Wks,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C.    Home,  Lynchburg,  Va.]  31 

Shaner,  Robert  W.  fV^  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lynchburg,  Va.] 112 

Sharp,  .Jr.,  W.  W.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [New  York.] '.'.'.'.'.'."  113 

Shaw-Kennedy,  Lt.  Vernon  (B.  E.  F.).     [Address  not  known.] 57 

Shelton,  Maj.  Thomas  W.  (Civil  Service).    (Lawyer.    Suite  915  Nat'l  Bk  of  Commerce  Eld'g,  Nor- 
folk, Va.l 106 

Shepherd,  Jr.,  Capt.  Lemuel  C.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  303  Co- 
lonial Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 51,  74,  97,  322,  390 

Sheppard,  Maj.  W.  Wallace.    [Lawyer.    In  U.  S.  Legal  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Edgefield, 

S.  C] 22,  182 

Shepperd,  Ch.  Petty  Officer  G.  F.  (Navy).    [Vice-Pres.,  ShepperdMf'g  Co.  (Dress  Goods),  Lever- 

ington  Ave.  &  Wilde  St.,  Phil.,  Pa.] _.  64 

Shields,  2d  Lt.  William  R.     [Reporter  for  Dun's  Agency,  in  New  York.    Home.  Lexington,  Va.]  4S 

Shipley,  H.  V.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [.Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  Thomas  Shipley,  YorkMf'g  Co.,  York,  Pa.]  71 
Shipp,  Col.  ArthurM.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen..  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Lexington,  Va.].15,  129,  383 

Shotwell,  I.=t  Lt.  Randolph  K.     [Civ.  Eng'r.     CareMrs.  W.  J.  Shotwell,  Culpeper,  Va.J     .  40 

Short,  Jr.,  S.  H.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lawrenceville,  Va.] 'I  113 

Shufeldt,  Jr.,  Prof.  Frank  A.   (Civil  Serv.).     [Head,  English  Dept.,  Mooseheart  Vocational  in- 
stitute, Batavia,  111.) 106 

Siddle,  Stephen  W.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Aeronautical  Dept.,  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Co.,  Akron,  6. 

Home,  Yanceyville,  N.  C] ^.._  106 

Sims,  N.  Porter  (Civil  Serv.).     |Lawyer.     Bowling  Green,  Ky.] _  106 

Sinclair,  Maj.  Jesse  L.    [CareTheAdj'tGen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Hampton,  Va.]    .22,3*^5 
Sitwell,  1st  Lt.  Herbert  C.  F.     [Farmer,  and  Field  Director  fortheRed  Cross.     Bedford,  Va.]....40,  97,  285 

Sive,  1st  Lt.  Abram  S.     [Salesman.     Care  Ralph  .Sive,  1597  Wash.  St.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.)  40 
Sizer,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  James  B.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     (Resigned  after  War.     Student,  Davidson  College,  N.  C. 

Care  J.  B.  Sizer,  Lawver,  Chattanooga.  Tenn]     .  52 

Skiles,  2d  Lt.  Loyd  A.     [Home,  3117  Live  Oak  St.,  Dallas,  Texas.].. 48 

Skinner,  ClaudeM.  (Civil  Service).    [With  Geo.  Oldham  &  Son  Co.,  Mf'rs,  Pneumatic  Appliances. 

(Br.,  Bartlett  Hayward  Co.),  Balto.,  Md.    Home,  Catonsville,  Md.] 106 

Slack.  Tom  A.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Engineering  Commission  of  Fla.    Care  T.  W.  Slack,  Banker,  Ft. 

Worth,  Texas.] 06 

Slauson,  2d  Lt.  Frederick  C.  T.  (Aviation).     [Rep.,  Leitchfield  Clothing  Co.  of  Ky.,  3616  Euclid 

Ave  ,  Dallas,  Texas.     Home,  1874  North  Ave.,  Bridgeport,  Conn.] 48 

Slingluff,  Capt.  Fielder  C.     [Architect.     106  Grand  View  Blv'd,     Palms,  Calif.] 31 

Slingluff,  1st  Lt.  Philip  D.  (Aviation).     |Stock  Broker.  115  Broadway,  New  York.] 40 

Sloan,  1st  Class  Sg't  James  K.  (Tank  Corps).     (Sup't,  Irwin  Gas  Coal  Co.,  Greensburg,  Pa.]. 61 

Smiley,  Capt.  William  V.     [,Sr.  Highway  Eng'r  with  U    S.  Bureau  of  Pub.  Rds.     Box  191,  Little 

Rock,  Ark.    Perm  add.,  Moffetts  Creek,  Va.] 31,  214 

Smith,  1st  Lt.  AlanMcC.     [Lawyer.    Title  G.  L.  &  Trust  Co.  Bldg.,  Birmingham,  Ala.]. ...40,  97,  260 
Smith,  Bennett  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  H.  B.  Smith  210  Broadway,  Billings, 

Mont.].... 71 

Smith,  1st  Lt.  Breedlove.     (Care  Hon.  W.  R.  Smith,  Colorado  Citv,  Texas.] 40 

Smith,  1st  Sg't  Charles  G.    [CareMrs.  R.  E.  L.  Smith,  Marshall.  Mo.) 61 

Smith,  Clarence  E.  (Civil , Serv).     [U.  S.  Marshal  for  Northern  District  of  W.  Va.,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.]  106 

Smith,  CourtlandH.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Laurel  Hill, Md.] 108 

Smith,  C.  K.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  Samuel  W.  Smith,  Wilson.  N.  C] 71 

Smith,  2d  Lt.  Dudley  V.     [Medical  Student.     Home.  Leesville,  La.l 48 

Smith,  Jr.,  E.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [With  Phenix  Mills  Co.  (Cotton),  Kings  Mountain,  N.  C] 71 

Smith,  E.  Marcus  (Medical  Corps— Died  in  the  Ser\'ice.) 61,  88 

Smith,  Edmund  Rice  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Raleigh,  N.  C] 111 

Smith,  Maj.  Estil  V.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Orange,  Cal.] 22,  153,  385 

Smith,  F.  H.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Easley,  S.  C] 111 

Smith,  Capt  Frank M.  (Formerly,  CalvinM.  Smith).     [CareTheAdj'tGen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D. 

C.     Home.  Rogersville,  Tenn.]     31,82,97,386 

Smith,  Pv't  Gilbert  R.  (U.  S.M.  C).     [7714  Eastlake  Terrace,  Chicaeo.  111.] - 63 

Smith,  Harold  W.  (Civil  Service).     [Elec.  Eng'r  in  charge  of  all  equipment,  Am.  Steel  &  Wire  Co 

Res,  523  .So.  Braddock  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.     Home,  Purcellville.  Va.l 106 

Smith,  Jr.,  Capt.  Horace  L.     [Specialty  Product  Co.,  Hopewell,  Va.    Home,  Petersburg,  Va.l 

31,  74.  83,  187 
Smith,  Jr.,  Pv't  Howard  F.    [Mg'r,  Howard  Smith  Co.    Pumps,  Well  Supplies,  etc.,  806-8  Walnut 

St.,  Houston,  Te.xas.] 61 

Smith,  J.  Kenyon  (Civil  Service).    (Rep.  of  Smith-Courtney  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.,  at  Gordonsville, 

Va.    Home,  North  Adams,  Mass.].. - 106 


Index.  439 

Smith,  J.  T.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Mrs.  J.  T.  Smith,  310  N.  Centre  St.,  Long- 
view,  Texas.] 71 

Smith,  Capt.  Julian  P.     [Firm  of  Smith  Company,  Industrial  Builders,  30  Third  Ave.,  West,  Bir- 
mingham, Ala. I 31 

Smith,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Mortimer  W.     [Civ.  &  M.  Eng'r,  437  W.  Main  St.,  Clarksburg, 'w.Va.'l        '.".  48 

Smith,  1st  Lt.  Myron  A.     [Care  Hon.  W.  R.  Smith.  Colorado  City,  Texas.) 40 

Smith,  Pv't  Philip.     (Landscape  Forestry.    503  16th  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va.    Former  home, 

Oberlin,  0.| 61 

Smith,  Jr.,  Ricliaid  H.  (Navy).     [Care  Planter's  Nat'l  Bank,  Richmond,  Va.f 64 

Smith,  Robert  L.  (O.  T.  C).     (Farmer.     Alma.  Mo.]-- 66 

Smith,  R.M.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va  ] _ I""""     111 

Smith,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Roy  B.     [With  J.  R.  Millner  Co.,  Lynchburg,  Va.    Res.,  Ap't  No.  4,  Burroughs 

Bld'g.     Home,  21  Mountain  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va.].-     40 

Smith,  2d  Lt.  Russell  M.  (Aviation).     [With  Goodard  Tool  Co.,  Chicago.     Home,  7714  E.  Lake 

Terrace,  Chicago,  111.]     -  .  45 

Smith,  Maj.  Sidney  C.     [Civ.  Eng'r.     .529 Main  St.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.] 22 

Smith,  2d  Lt.  T.  Chilton.     [With  Stockham  Pipe  &  Fittings  Co.,  Birmingham,  Ala.    Home,  2229 

Sycamore  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala.]. - .  48,298 

Smith,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  O.      [Care  Col.  T.  O.  Smith,  Birmingham,  Ala.)  48 
Smith,  T.  W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  W.  D.  Smith,  320  Graymont  Heights,  Bir- 
mingham ,  Ala.[ 71 

Smith,  Maj.  Walter  C.     [Civ.  Eng'r.     529  Main  St.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.]     22, '97,  166 

Smith,  Jr.,  W.  D.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  W.  D.  Smith,  320  Graymont  Heights, 

Birmingham,  Ala.] __  _  71 

Smith,  William  N.  H.  (Aviation).     [313  Tucker  Bld'g.  Raleigh,  N.  C] "        '       "      61 

Smoot.  Charles  C.  (O.  T.  C).     [Asst.  Gen.  Mg'r,  Wilkesboro  Tannery,  N.  Wilkesboro,  N.  C] 68 

Snead,  Lt.  George  M.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  £)ept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  2138  Rivermont  Ave., 

Lynchburg,  Va.] ...54,  389 

Sneed,  1st  Lt.  John  L.  (Aviation).     [Civ.  Eng'r  with  Va.  State  Highway  Commn.    Home,  1225 

Clay  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 40 

Snidow,  Capt.  Robert  C.     (let  Lt.,  C.  A.,  with  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U. 

S.  A.,  Wash  ,  D.  C.    Home,  Pembroke,  Va.]._- _ 31,  233,  387 

Snyder,  Charles  Gordon  (Civil  Service).     [Mg'r,  Farm  Loan  Dept.,  Liberty  Trust  Co.,  Kansas 

City,  Mo.]- 106 

Some  Alumni  in  Civil  Service  during  the  World  War 100,  394 

Some  of  the  Specially  DistinQuished  Alumni  in  the  World  War 114,  394 

Somers,  2d  Lt.  Vernon  L.  (U.  S.  M.  C— Killed  in  action  in  France.) 52,  74,  88,  97,  336,  378 

Somerville.  A.  D.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Cleveland,  Miss.1.._ 113 

Speed,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  William  G.  (Aviation).     [Insurance,  30  New  Amsterdam  Bld'g,  Balto.,  Md 48,  97 

Speer.  Jr..  Capt.  George  A.  (B.  E.  F.).     [.\sst.  Sup't,  Niagara  Plant,  Niagara  Falls  Power  Co.,  Niagara 

Falls.  N.  Y.     Home,  31  Peachtree  Circle,  Atlanta,  Ga.l     56,  74,  97,  345 

Spence,  Pv't  Elias  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Richmond, 

Va] 63 

Spessard,  Maj.  Rutherford  H.    (Comd't,  Marion  Institute,  Marion,  Ala.    Home,  New  Castle,  Va.  ■ 

22,  74,  154 
Spicer.  1st  Lt.  Rolf.     (Salesman,  Tractor  Dept.,  New  Britain Mach.  Co.,  New  Britain,  Ct.    Home, 

7  Pelham  Road,  Lexington.  Mass.] 40 

Spilman,  Commander  John  A.  (Constructor,  Navy).     (Resigned,  1920.    Manager,  The  U.  S.  Bureau 

of  Survev,  23  Liberty  St..  New  York.] 53 

Spilman,  Maj.  Robert  S.  (Medical  Corps).     [Physician.     206  W.  Freemason  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 

22,  182,  393,  393,  393.  396 

Spindle,  T.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  R.  B.  Spindle.  Christiansburg,  Va.] 71 

Spotts,  Capt.  George  W.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Dublin, 

Va.] ___ 51,    390 

Spraains,  Maj.  William  E.     (Wholesale  Hdw'e,  Spragins  &  Co.,  175  East  2d  South  St.,  Salt  Lake 

City,  Utah.     Home,  Huntsville,  Ala.] ..22,  183 

Sp-ague,  2d  Lt.  Henry  H.  (Aviation).     [Stocks  &  Bonds.     11  East  .38th  St.,  New  York.] 48 

Spratt,  T.  G.  (S.  A.  T,  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Care  W.  B.  Spratt,  Richlands,  Va.] 71 

Sprigg.  Capt.  Rodney  S.     [Home,  2044  First  St.,  San  Diego,  Cal.) 31 

Springs,  2d  Lt.  Eli  B.  (Aviation).     (With  Bond,  McEnanv  &  Co.,  Cotton  Brokers.  26  Exchange  PL, 

New  York.     Home,  Charlotte,  N.  C] 48 

Squiers,  Herbert  G.  (B.  E.  F.  &  A.  E.  F.).     [Decoy  Pond,  March  Wood,  Hampshire,  England;  or, 

Thorn's  Beach,  Beaulieu,  Hampshire,  England.] -61 

Squire,  2d  Lt.  J.  Walter.     [Lumber  Business.     Home,  246  Jefferson  Ave..  Danville.  Va.] 4* 

Stacy,  1st  Lt.  John  L.     [Manager,  Stacy  Plantation  for  .\.  E.  Jennings,  Stacy.  Ark.] 40 

Stafford,  Capt.  Frederick  D.     [Res.  Eng'r.  Lockwood,  Greene  &  Co.,  Eng'rs,  101  Park  Ave.,  New 

York.     Former  home.  Chattanooga,  Tenn] 31 

Stalling.  Jr..  2d  Lt.  Gustav  H.     [Tobacco.     316  Washington  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.l 48 

.Stark,  1st  Lt.  John  Vincil.     (.Appointed  1st  Lt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A  ,  July  1,  1920.     Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home  add.,  1211  Rialto  Bld'g,  Kansas  Citv.  Mo.l 40,97,  284,  387 

Starke,  Jr.,  H.M.  (S  A.  T.  C).     [Reinforced  Concrete  Steel  Bus.     1520  1st  Ave..  Richmond,  Va.]..      71 

Staton,  Commander  Adolphus  (Navy).     (Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Tarboro,  N.  C] 

53,  74,  342,  389 

Steadman,  Pv't  Walter  T.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [CareT.  P.  Steadman,  Banker.  Elsie,  Mich.] 63 

Steele,  1st  Lt.  Matthew  W.     (Planter.    Tehula,  Miss.     Home,  care  T.  F.  Steele,  Greenwood,  Miss.]      40 
Ste^er,  Col.  .lohn  Overton.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Rich- 
mond, Va.] 15,  131,383 

Stevens,  2d  Lt.  Cecil  W.     [R'wy  Supplies.     1235  Mutual  Bld'g,  Richmond,  Va.]... 48 

Stevens,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  George  W.     [R'wy  Supply  Bus.     Stewart  &  Stevens,  312  Am.  Nat'l  Bk  Bld'g, 

Richmond,  Va.] - 4^" 

Stevenson,  1st  Lt.  Merile  H.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.     Now  Chemist  with  N.  N.  S.  B. 

&  D.  D.  Co.     Home,  4513  Wash.  Ave.,  Newport  News,  Va.) 52 

Stewart.  EUiottM.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [CareT.  J.  Woodliff,  Gadsden,  Ala.] Ill 


440  Index. 


Stipes,  Frank  C.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Elkton,  Va.]- - 113 

Stockdell,  Capt.  Hugh.    [Home  Defense.    Diedin  the  Service.] 88 

Stokes,  Thomas  A.  (Aviation).    [Act'gMg'r,  L.  S.  Sloop  &  Co.,  43  S.  College  St.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Home,  410  S.  Duke  St.,  Durham,  N.  C] 61 

Stone,  Jr.,  Pv't  Everett  B.     [Forester.    U.  S.  Forest  Service.    Home,  Bedford  City,  Va.] 61 

Stoops,  Jr.,  Sg't  Thomas  D.    (Gas  Inspector,  Monongahela  Valley  Traction  Co,  Fairmont,  W.  Va. 

Home,  Box  453,  Coraopolis,  Pa.) 61 

Strailman,  Jr.,  Frank  O.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Petersburg,  Va.] 108 

Strauss,  L.  G.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Cincinnati,  O.] 113 

Strawn.  Bethel  L.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Oil  Business.     Care  L.  P.  Strawn,  Banker,  Strawn,  Texas.] 71 

Strickler,  W.  G.  (\'.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Salem,  Va.] Ill 

Strother,  Henry  S.  (O.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.M.  I.     CareDr.  W.  J.  Strother,  Culpeper,  Va.] 66 

Stroud,  Jr.,  Maj.  E.  B.    [Lawyer  &  Counsel  for  Fed.  Res.  Bk,  Gt.  Sou.  Life  Bld'g,  Dallas,  Texas.  > 

Res.,  3S09  Mocking  Bird  Lane.] 22 

Stroud,  W.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Died  at  V.M.  I.,  December  24,  1919.]. 71 

Stuart.  Charles  E.  (Civil  Ser\'ice).    (Electrical  Engineer.    25  Beaver  St.,  New  York.] 106 

Stuart,  C.  E.  (Special  Student,  V.  M.  L     In  Mil.  Service).     [Home,  Stratford.  Va.] 61 

Stuart,  Jr.,  Capt.  Harry  C.    [Asst.Mg'r,  D.  C.  Stuart  &  Sons,  Stock  Farmers,  Blackford,  Va] 31 

Stuoky,  Harry  C.     (Eng'r.     Home,  care  Dr.  J.  A.  Stucky,  Lexington,  Ky  ] 61 

Stude,  Capt.  Alphonse  J.     [Oil  Drilling  Contractor.    Home,  2210  Fannin  St.,  Houston,  Texas.]. ..31,  217 

Students'  Army  Training  Corps 69,  393 

Sturcke,  Albert  F.    [Asst.  Teller,  Union  Square  S'gs  Bk.  New  York.    Home,  230  Washington  Ave., 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.]. 61 

Sullivan,  Joseph  J.  (O.  T.  C).    [Instructor,  Augusta  Mil   Acad.    Care  Almond's  Store,  Lynch- 
burg, Va.].. - 67 

Sullivan,  2d  Lt.M.  E.  (U.  S.M.  C,  Aviation  Section— Killed  at  hisPost  while  flying.) 52,  88,  338 

Summary  of  Officers  in  the  Military  and  Naval  Establishments 391 

Summers,  Pv't  Francis  L.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  C.  J.  W.  Summers,  901  Duke 

St.,  Alexandria,  Va.] - 63 

Suthon,  Archibald  M.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (New  Orleans,  La.] 112 

Sweeney,  J.  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Houston,  Texas.] Ill 

Swift,  Pv't  Carter  G.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [Build.  Constn.,  Detroit, Mich.    Home,  West  View,  Va.] 63 

Swingley,  Eugene  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    (Norfolk,  Va.] 109 

Sydnor,  Harold  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (With  Stand.  Oil  Co.,  Bayonne,  N.  J.    Home,  care  A.  R.  Sydnor, 

Gen.  Ag't,  C.  &  O.  Ry,  Norfolk,  Va.] 71 

Sydnor,  Ensign  Leslie  W.  (Navy).    [Asst.  to  President  of  the  Lake  &  Export  Coal  Corpn.,  General 

Offices,  Lecco  Bld'g,  Huntington,  VV.  Va.].. 55 

Sydnor,  Sg't  Richard  Barrett.    [Salesman.    Sydnor  Mercantile  Co.,  Mannboro,  Va.] 61 

Sydnor,  Jr.,  William  O.  (Civil  Ser^'ice).    [Sec'y  to  Gen.  Ag't,  C.  &  O.  Rw'y,  Newport  News,  Va. 

Home,  1305  Third  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Va.] 106 

Syme,  SamuelA.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  L    3458 Macome  St.,  Washington,  D.  C] 71 

Tabb,  Harry  A.  (Civil  Service).    [Physician.    Gloucester,  Va.] 106 

Taber,  Maj.  William  A.    [Care  The  .\dj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  1727  Pendleton  St., 

Columbia,  S.  C] - 22,  173,  387 

Talbott,  Lt.  Col.  Samuel  G.    [Maj.  Inf.,  with  American  Forces  in  Germany.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Richmond,  Va] 17,  149,  385 

Tait,  Jr.,  Yeoman  (3d  Class)  Robert  (Navy).    [Mg'r,  Spring  Garden  Farm.    Monroe,  Va.l 64 

Taliaferro,  Jr.,  Maj.  Edward  H.     [Appointed  Capt.,  C.  A.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't 

Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Bunkie,  La.] 22,  183,  386 

Taliaferro,  Jr.,  Capt.  John  C.     [Farmer.    Tappahannock,  Va.,  or  care  J.  C.  Taliaferro, Mf'r,  Balto., 

Md.]. -.- 31 

Taliaferro,  2d  Lt.  John  Mars  hall.    [Mg'r,  Frontier  Chocolate  Co  ,  North  Tonawanda,  Pa.    Home, 

Rapidan,  Va  1 - - 48 

Taltavall,  2d  Lt.  Walter  P.  (B.  E.  F.).    [Printing  Telegraphy  in  New  York.    Home,  54  Prospect 

St.,  East  Orange,  N.  J.] - 57 

Tardy,  Sg't  Thomas  H.    [Elec.  Eng'r  with  Detroit  United  Lines,  Detroit, Mich.    Homeadd.,  care 

J.  R.  Tardy,  Lexington,  Va. - - 61 

Tate,  K.  B.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.].. -     113 

Tate,  W.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  J.  R.  Tate,  128  Union  St.,  DanviUe,  Va.] 71 

Tate,  W.  C.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Bedford,  Va.].. HO 

Tate,  Capt.  William  P.     [Prin.,  High  School,  Draper,  Va.] 31 

Tavlor.  Sg't  Albert  L.     [Care  Airs.  ClaraM.  Taylor,  Belleville  Dwellings,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.] 61 ,  98 

Taylor,  Col.  Blair  D.  (Retired).     [755  Piedmont  Ave.,  Atlanta,  Ga.] -15,  388 

Taylor,  Clyde  (Civil  Service).    [Mu'r,  Hirsch  Lumber  Co. ,  Jacksonville,  Fla.] 107 

Taylor,  2d  Lt.  David  A.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  238  Benedick  Ave., 

Norwalk,  O.].- - 48,387 

Taylor,  Edward  T.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.] — 109 

Taylor,  FredM.  (O.  T.  C).    [Kington  CottonMills,  Kinston,  N.  C.]... - 68 

Taylor,  Ist  Lt.  George  DeB.  (Aviation).    [Norfolk,  Va.]... - --      40 

Taylor,  Capt.  James.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  66  Harrison  St.,  E. 

Orange,  N.  J.] 31,  83,  98,  215.  387 

Taylor,  Col.  James  D.    (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Jacksonville,  Fla.l 

15,83,123,383 
Taylor,  2d  Lt.  John  Hume.  [Law  Student,  Univ.  of  Va.  Home,  Boissevain  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.]..-  48 
Taylor,  1st  Lt.  James  M.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Insurance  Adjuster,  Aetna  L.  Ins. 

Co.,  Am.  Nat'l  Bk.,  Richmond,  Va.     Home,  Taylorsville,  Va.] 52 

Tavlor,  Sg'tMorgan.     [Home,  315Moffitt  Ave.,  Joplin.Mo.] - 6} 

Taylor,M.H.  C^'.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Care Phil.  Elec.  &  T.  Co.,  Phil., Pa.]..- - Ill 

Taylor,  Jr.,  R.W.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Care  R.  W.  Taylor, Morehead  City,  N.  C.].-- 71 

Taylor,  2d  Lt.  John  T.     [Automobiles.     131  Campbell  Ave.,  S.  W.,  Roanoke,  Va.] 48 

Teaford,  J.  Luther  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington,  Va.] - -     113 

Templeton.  Lt.  Col.  Hamilton.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 17,  148,  385 


Index.  441 

Terrell,  2d  Lt.  T.  F.  King  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    With  Pinnacle  Block  Coal  Co.,  Inc., 

Altman,  W.  Va.     Home.  326  Norfolk  Ave.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 52 

The  Virginia  Military  Institute  in  the  WorldWar .   .  5 

Thomas,  Capt.  Charles  B.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  33  So.  Charles 

St.,  Balto.,  Md.]-. ...31,386 

Thomas,  John  A.  (Chemist  in  Gov't  Serv.,  during  War.).     [Chemist.    Home,  221  Williams  St., 

Scranton,  Pa.]... - 98,  107 

Thomas,  James  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Roanoke,  Va.]-. 112 

Thomas,  1st  Lt.  Newell  E.  (Aviation).     [Banker.    Home,  Taylor,  Texas.) 40 

Thomas,  W.  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Charleston,  W.  Va.]... 110 

Thompson,  Lt.  Col.  Ernest  O.     [Lawyer  and  Hotel  Proprietor,  Amarillo,  Tex.] 17,  145 

Thompson,  1st  Lt.  G.  Otho.     [Wholesale  Drug  Bus.     Care  E.  R.  Roach  Drug  Co..  Amarillo,  Tex.) 

40,  74,  259 
Thompson,  JamesM.  (O.  T.  C).    [W'houseMg'r,  R.  A.  Toombs  S.  &  D.  Co.,  Fort  Worth,  Texas.]      67 

Thompson,  John  C.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.] 110 

Thompson,  Capt.  John  V.     [With  Liggett  &  Myers  Tobacco  Co.,  Mullins,  S.  C.    Former  home, 

Lynch  Station,  Va.] 31 

Thompson,  R.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Vinson,  Thompson,  Meek  &  Renshaw, 

Atty's,  Huntington,  W.  Va.] 71 

Thompson,  Wayne  G.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Jacksonville,  Fla.] 110 

Thomson,  2d  Lt.  Edward  W.  (B.  E.  F.).    [Manager,  Buechele  Iron  &  Tool  Co.,  Pittsburgh.    Home, 

908  College  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.]-. 57 

Thomson,  Paul  J.  (Civil  Service).     [Asst.  Bus.  Mg'r,  "News-Item,"  New  Orleans,  La.]. 394 

Thomson,  1st  Lt.  Robert  R.     [Asst.  Mg'r,  Kentucky  Clothing  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky.] 40 

Thornton.  2d  Lt.  Arthur  Leslie  (Aviation).     [App't'd  2d  Lt.  Air  Service,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The 

Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Fred'ks'b'g,  Va.] 4S,  387 

Thornton,  Robert  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Roanoke,  Va.] 110 

Thraves,  2d  Lt.  Oscar  R.     [Lawyer  in  Oklahoma.    Address,  Chula,  Va.    To  be  forwarded.) 48 

Throckmorton.Capt.  Robert  J.    [Asst.  Elec.Eng'r  in  charge,  Norfolk  Div.,Va.  Ry.  &  P.  Co.,  Home, 

Richmond,  Va.) 31,234 

Throckmorton,  2d  Lt.  Richard  W.  (Aviation).     [Hom",  728  Dayton  St., Muskoge?.  Okla.]    48 

Tilghman,  Jr.,  W.  B.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Salisbury,  Md.) Ill 

Tilley,  G.  S.  (S.  A.  T.  C.).'   [CareG.  T.  Tilley,  107  Berkley  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.)    71 

Tilley,  Thomas  C.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Care  G.  T.  Tillev,  107  Berkley  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.].. 109 

Tillman,  S.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.M.  I.    Home,  2614  Highland  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala.]..      71 

Tinsley,  Field  Clerk  Benjamin  T.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France 62  88 

Tinsley,  Capt.  GeorgeC.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Dixondale,  Va.]..32,  387 
Tinsley,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  James  W.  (.\viation).     [Trav.  Mg'r,  Southeastn.  States,  Contl.  Casualty  Co. 

of  Chicago.     519  Southern  Bid's,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home.  E.  Radford,  Va.]. 41 

Tobin,  Lt.  Robert  G.  (Navy).     [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home,  Danville,  Va.) 54,  343,  389 

Todd,  Capt.  C.  L.     [Address  not  known — formerly.  Civil  Engineer,  Richmond,  Va.) 32 

*Todd,  Thomas  (B.  E.  F.).     [Reported  after  this  book  was  put  in  type:  "Lost  in  the  British  Army 

in  last  year  of  War."] 65,  393 

Tomlinson,  Capt.  John  B.— Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 32,  83,  88,  216,  378 

Total  Number  of  Officers  in  U.  S.  Army  after  the  War 391 

Total  Number  of  Officers  in  U.  S   Navy  after  the  War .391 

Total  Number  of  Officers  in  U.  S.  Marine  Corps  after  the  War 391 

Towers,  2d  Lt.  Robert  S.     [Towers  Hdw'e  Co.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.) 48 

Townes,  Jr.,  Lt.  Col.  J.  E.     [Retired,  July  1,  1920,  asMajor,  U.  S.  A.,  forphysical  disability  incurred 

in  line  of  duty.     Home.  208  S.  Sycamore  St.,  Petersburg,  Va.) 17,  143,  388 

Townsend,  C.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  L    Home,  45  Lloyd  Road.Montclair,  N.  J.] 393 

Traylor,  J.  O.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Norfolk,  Va.) 109 

Trent,  N.  D.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Corinne,  W.  Va.] _ 112 

Trevillian,  J.  W.  (O.T.  C).     [CareMrs.  W.  F  Trevillian  2719  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.}. 68 

Trinkle,  Capt.  Lacy  L.  [Alining  Eng'r  for  the  Elk  Horn  Coal  Corp'n,  Inc.,  Wheelwright,  Ky.  Home, 

Dublin,  Va.) 32,  235 

Trinkle,  Capt.  Robert  J.    [Elec.  Engineer,  Bethlehem  Steel  Co.,  Sparrows  Point, Md.    Home,  Dub- 
lin, Va.) 32 

Trisler,  Jr.,  Sg't  John  L.    [Jr.  Eng'r,  Fortification  Work,  Dist.  of  Wilmington,  N.  C.    Care  U.  S. 

Eng'r's  Office,  Wilmington,  N.  C.    Home,  Hartwell,  O.) 62 

Truslow,  2d  Lt.  Hansford  B.     [U.  S.  Int.  Rev.  Service.    Home,  Falmouth,  Va.] 48 

Tucker,  Capt.  Beverley  H.    [Civil  Eng'r.    Care  James  E.  "Tucker,  The  Pacific  Union  Club.  San 

Francisco,  Cal.] 32,  393,  399 

Tucker,  2d  Lt.  CharlesM.     [Stud.,  Med.  Coll.  of  Va.    Home,  2507  Park  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.) 4S 

Tucker,  2d  Lt.  Isaac  D.     [Home,  Blackstone,  Va.) 48 

Tucker,  Ch.  Mechanic  James  E.  (F.  A.).    [Motor  Inspector.    Home,  159  E.  High  St.,  Lexington, 

Ky.].-.. 62 

Turley.Jr.,  J.C.  (S.A.T.  C).    [Student,  V.M.  L    Care  J.C.  Turlev,  Bluefield,  W.  Va.) 71 

Turman,  Solon  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [In  Sugar  Bus.  in  Cuba.     Care  H.  T.  Sykes,  Tampa,  Fla.) 71 

Turner,  Huntington  McD.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Business  School,  preparatory  to  leaving  for  London, 
Eng.,  in  a  few  months  in  .Service  of  U.  S.  Shipp'g  Bd.    Perm,  add.,  103  Hammond  Courts,  30th 

&Q  Sts.,  N.  W.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 71 

Twitty,  1st  Lt.  James  D.     [Clerk's  Office,  Suffolk,  Va.] 41,98 

Tyler,  Blake  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lexington.  Va.] 112 

Tyler,  Jr.,  H.  G.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.  M.  I.     [Care  H.  G.  Tyler,  531  CitizenB  Bk,  Norfolk. 

Va] 71 


*His  brother  has  furnished  the  following  facts  (since  the  Appendix  was  closed): 

Afterleaving  V.  M.  I.,  Todd  finished  his  course  at  Cornell  University,  and  was  then  in  business  with 
the  R.  M.  Sutton  Co.,  Baltimore.  In  1915,  he  went  to  Canada  and  enlisted  in  the  Canadian  Army,  and, 
after  several  months'  training,  was  sent  to  France,  where  he  servetl  throughout  the  War  in  various 
branches  of  the  B.  E.  F.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  August,  1918,  he  was  in  the  Tank  Service  and  engaged 
in  the  attack  on  Cambrai. 


442  Index. 

Tynes,  2d  Lt.  William  F.  (Aviation).    [Sup't,  Production,  Hardee-TynesMf'g  Co..  Engine  Builders, 

Birmi  ngham.  Ala.  1 4S 

TjTee.  Capt.  Harold  B.  [Research  Dept.,  The  Detroit  Edison  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Home,  Hunt- 
ington, W.  Va.] - 32,202 

Uhler,  Capt.  Alfred  L.    (Ship  Chandler,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  202  N.  Wash.  St.,    Alexandria, 

Va.) 32 

United  States  Army^Commissioned Personnel  (After  War) 383 

United  States  Army — Commissioned  Personnel  (During  War) 13 

United  States  Army — Emergency  Officers  (After  War) 387 

United  States  Army — Enlisted  Personnel  (During  War) 58 

United  States  Army—Retired  Officers  (After  War). 388 

United  Sta  es  Marine  Corps — Commissioned  Personnel  (After  War) 390 

United  States  Marine  Corps — Commissioned  Personnel  (During  War) 50 

United  States  Marine  Corps — Enlisted  Personnel  (During  War) 62 

United'States  Marine  Corps — Retired  Officers  (After  War) 391 

United  States  Nary — Commissioned  Personnel  (After  War) 389 

United  States  Navy — Commissioned  Personnel  (During  War) ."iS 

United  States  Navy — Enlisted  Personnel  (During  War) 63 

United  States  Navy— Retired  Officers  (After  War) 390 

U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  Force — Commissioned  Personnel  (During  War) 55 

Unknown  Camps  (O.  T.  C.) 68 

Upshur,  Lt.  Col.  Alfred  P.  (Medical  Corps).    [Care The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home, 

1103  W.  Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.] ..17,83,  147,385 

Upshur,  Maj.  William  P.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    fCare  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  1103  W. 

Franklin  St.,  Richmond,  Va.)        50,  390 

Urquhart,  Whitmel  H.  (O.  T.  C).     [Va.-Carolina  Chem.  Co.,  Richmond,  Va.] 06 

Utter,  1st  Lt.  Jasper  S.    [Civil  Eng'r.    Hamlin,  N.  C] 41 

Vaden,  T.  H.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.     Home,  Chatham,  Va.] 71 

VanDyke,  2dLt.  WilsonJ.     [Chemist.    Home,  1745  Park  Ave.,  Baltimore, Md,] 43 

VanLandingham,  H.  S.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Care  Mrs.  M.  F.  VanLaftdingham,  West  Point, 

Miss.] 110 

VanMeter,  1st  Lt.  Jacob  B.     [Insurance.     202  Fayette  Bk  Bid' g,  Lexington,  Ky.] 41 

VanSant,  1st  Lt.  James  A. — Died  in  the  Service  in  France. 41,  88,  278 

VanSyckel,  Jr.,R.E.  (S.  A.T.  C).    [Med.  Student,  State  Coll.,  Pa.    Home,  care  R.  E.  VanSyckel. 

Troy,  Pa.]-._ 71 

VanValkenburgh,  1st  Lt.  Joseph  B.    [Build.  Materials  &  Transfer  Co.    Huntsville,  Ala.] 41 

VanWagenen,  Jr.,  Frederick  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Dan  River  Cotton  Mills.     1124  Main  St.,  Danville, 

Va] 67 

Vaughan,  III,  1st  Lt.  Cecil  C.     [Banker.     Franklin,  Va.] 41 

Vaughan,  F.  F  (S.  A.  T.  C).  'Student,  V.  M.  I.  Care  R.  B.  Vaughan,  421  Depot  Ave.,  Hamp- 
ton, Va.] 71 

Venable,  Master  Engineer  Henry  M.    [Civil  &  Mining  Eng'r  and  Contractor.    22|  Capitol  St.. 

Charleston,  W.  Va.).  .  62,83,304 

Venable,  R.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Capt.  W.  P.  Venable,  Farmville,  Va.] 71 

Venable,  Jr.,  William  P.  (Navy).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Capt.  W.  P.  Venable,  Farmville,  Va.]..  64 

V.  M.  I.  Alumni,  Officers  in  Post-Bellum  Service 383 

V.  M.  I.  Training  Camps 108 

Waddey,  Capt.  David M.    [Sec'y,  Everett  Waddey  Co  ,  Richmond,  Va.].. 32,238 

Waddill,  Col.  Edmund  C.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Richmond.  Va.] 

15,  74,  98,  121,  385 

Waggoner,  Jr.,  William  H.  (Navy— Died  in  the  Service.). -64,  88 

Wagner,  Richard  F.  (Civil  Service).     (Asst.  City  Eng'r,  Lynchburg.  Va.] 107 

Wagner,  Romeo  (Civil  Service).    (Civ.  Eng'r.    507  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond,  Va.    Home,  Maurer- 

town,  Va.) 191 

Walbach.Maj.  James  deB.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Baltimore, Md.]  22,  386 

Waldo,  G.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [AtU.  S.M.  A.    Home  add.,  careM.  A.  Waldo,  Bartow,  Fla.].. 71 

Wales,  T.  S.  (S.  A.T.  C).     (Care  W.  H.  Wales,  III.  1400  Colonial  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.]... 71 

Wales,  III,  1st  Lt.  William  H.  (Aviation).    [Agst.  Sup't,  Atlantic  Creosoting  &  Wood  Pres.  Co. 

Home,  1400  Colonial  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] .41,83 

Walker.  1st  Lt.  Alexander  S.     [Care  A.  S.  Walker.  Cotton  Planter.  I  eander,  Tex.l 41 

Walker,  Capt.  Freeman  V.  (Med.  Corps.    Retired).     [Physician  &  Planter.    Bluffton,  S.  C.].. 388 

Walker,  George  C.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lynchburg.  Va.]... - 108 

Walker,  1st  Lt.  Henri  Davin.     [Civil  Eng'r  with  111.  Central  R.  R.,  Clinton,  111.] 41 

Walker,  J.  R.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Martinsville.  Va.] 111 

Walker,  Richard  (Aviation).     [Chem.  Dept.,  Power  Co.,  Durham,  N.  C] ...- ------.      °" 

Walker,  Lt.  Col.  Walton  H.    (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Belton,  Tex  1 

17,  138,  385 
Wall,  Lt.  Col.  William  G.    [V.  P.  &  Chief  Eng'r,  Nat'lMotor  Vehicle  Co.,  Indianapolis  Ind.     Home. 

Buck  Lodge,  Md.] ~--z---;--Ji-^--^^'  ^'^ 

Wallace,  Charles  (O.  T.  C).    [Tester  with  Westinghouse  E.  &  M.  Co.,  East  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Care 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Wallace.  Fredericksburg.  Va.] ..---..-... ^o 

Wallace,  Sg't  Lee  A.    (Civ.  Eng'r.    Care  W.  A.  Wallace.  Box  85,  R.  F.  D.,  Norfolk.  Va.] 6- 

Wallerstein,  Jr.,  Henry  S.  (V.  M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] 10» 

Wallerstein,  Ralph  D.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Richmond,  Va.] .-- JO'^ 

Wallerstein,  Robert  L.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Richmond,  Va.] 1"H 

Wallis,  2d  Lt.  S.  Teackle.     [CareMrs.  S.  B.  Wallis,  17.52  Corcoran  St.,  Wash.,  D.  C] 48 

Walton,  Capt.  Joseph  S.     (Automobile  Business.     Box  406,  Roanoke.  Va.]-..^. ..--.-. -32.  -!39 

Ward,  Capt.  Joseph  G.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Care  Marine  Corps  H.  Q.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  35  Din- 

widdie  St..  Norfolk,  Va.) ...- .--- - 5'' *»^2 

Warner,  Pv't  James  L.    [Home,  6003  Clemens  Ave.,  St.  Louis,Mo.]... "- 


Index.  443 

Warner,  Robert  H.  (Civil  Serv.).    [Auilitor,  Indiahoma  (Oil)  Refining  Co.,  Fed.  Res.  Bk  Bld'g, 

St.  Louis,  Mo.)- 107 

Waring,  Lt.  Col.  J.  M.  S.    [Mem.  of  firm  of  L.  L.  Summers  &  Co.,  Consult.  Eng'rs,  New  York  & 

Chicago.     29  S.  La  Salle  St.,  Chicago.  111.    Res.,  Asbury  Park,  Evanston.  111.) 18,  83,  137 

Warren,  Jr.,  Ist  Lt.  Robert  H.     (Ixjwry  Nat'l  Bk,  Atlanta,  Ga.    Home,  Albany,  Ga.) 41 

Warwick,  Ensign  Henry  C.  (Navy).    [Mech.  Enp'r.     Desk  Officer,  U.  S.  S.  Sydonia,  U.  S.  Coast 

&  Geodetic  Survey.     Home,  Slab  Fork,  W.  Va.] 55 

Washinqton,  D.  C,  Aviation  School 67 

Waters,  W.  E.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.M.  L    Care  J.  S.  Waters,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Sta.  "A,"  Louis- 
ville, Ky.]     - 71 

Watkins,  James  L.  (Civil  Service).     (Cotton  Statistician.     Box  1151,  Phila.,  P;'.]. 404 

Watson,  Capt.  Howard  E.     (CareD.  R.  Watson.  Oyster  Bus.,  Chincoteague.  Va.)._ _.-      32 

Watfon,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  M.     (With  Watson  Constructn.  Company.     Home,  3700  Mirarner  Ave., 

Highland  Park,  Dallas,  Te.xas.l _ - _- 41 

Watson,  2d  Lt.  William  W.     [Resigned  Commission.    Trav.  Salesman  for  Lindner  Shoe  Co.,  Car- 
lisle, Pa.    Care  C.  S.  Watson,  Shoe  Salesman  &  Broker.     1101  E.  Market  St.,  Green.storo,  N. 

C.l- - .48,400 

Watt,  Capt.  Gordon  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Elec.  Eng'r.    Home,  4109  St.  Charles 

Ave.,  New  Orleans,  La.) 50 

Waugh,  Jr.,  Thomas  E.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Lynchburg,  Va.]. 110 

Wayer,  Fred.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     [Cincinnati,  O.] 113 

Wayte,  1st  Lt.  Harold  C.     [Care  Wilbur  A.  Keyte,  Kirks ville,  Mo.) 41 

Wear,  1st  Lt.  William  D.     [Law  Student.    Care  Judge  W.  C.  Wear,  Hillsboro,  Tex.] 41 

Weatherly,  Robert  S.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     (Anniston,  Ala  ] Ill 

Weaver,  R.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  Mrs.  J.  M.  Weaver,  238  Broad  St.,  South 

Portsmouth,  Va.] 71 

Weaver,  Maj.  Walter  R.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash..  D.  C] 22,  182,  385 

Webb,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Harry  H.  (Aviation).     [Training  for  Foreign  Sales  Dept.,  Standard  Oil  Co.,  at 

18  B'dway,  New  York.     Home,  12  Summit  Road,  Santa  Barbara,  Calif.] 48,  98 

Weidman,  2d  Lt.  Frank  A.    [Claim  Adjuster,  Am.  Sheet  Tin  &  Plate  Co.,  Pittsburgh.    Res.,  3501 

Forbes  St.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.] 48 

Weil,  Felix  T.  (V.M.  L  Tr.  Camp).     fVicksburg.Miss.] 110 

Welborne,  Pv't  Harry  B.     [CapitUist.     Care  Rev.  W.  A.  L.  Jett,  Murray  Hill,  N.  J.j 62,  98,  307 

Wellford,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Armistead  L.  (.\viation).     IPost-Grad.  Student,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.    Home, 

112  Cathedral  PI.,  Richmond,  Va.l__- 41 

Welsh,  Pv't  Cecil  T.     [Farmer.    Route  No.  1,  Lexington,  Va.] 62 

Wells,  Capt.  Edward  L.— Killed  in  action  in  France 32,74,83,89,  227 

Wells,  L.  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp").     (Bedford,  Va.) _.__ 113 

Welton,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Richard  F.     (With  C.  R.  Welton  Real  Estate  Co.,  Portsmouth,  Va.l 41,  83,  260 

Welton,  R.  H.  B.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     (Student,  V.  M.  L     Box  193.  Portsmouth,  Va., 71 

Wenderoth,  Collier  (O.  T.  C).    [Mg'r.  Hay,  Grain  &  Comm'n  Co.,  Fort  Smith,  Ark.  1 67 

Wenger,  R.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  Cornell  Univ.    Care  C.  A.  Wenger,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Waynes- 
boro, Va.) - 71 

Wenger,  R.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    (Student,  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.    Care  C.  A.  Wenger,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2, 

Waynesboro,  Va.] .-... 71 

Wessells,  S.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  A.  H.  Wessells,  Greenbusb,  Va.] 71 

West,  Capt.  Oscar  H.     [Genera!  Insurance,  Waverly,  Va.] 32 

West,  2a  Lt.  Robert  A.     (Sup't,  White  Sulphur  &  Huntersville  R.  R.  Co.    Also  in  Lumber  Bus., 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va.     Home,  Forest,  Va.l 49 

West,  1st  Lt.  Robert  G.     (Home,  60S  San  Antonio  St..  Austin,  Texas.) 41 

West,  2d  Lt.  Thomas  Seaton.     (Wholesale  Hardware.     Norfolk,  Va.] 49 

Westmoreland,  Willis  F.  (Civil  Serv.).    (With  Anniston  Steel  Co.,  Anniston,  A!a.,  in  charge  three 

Blast  Furnaces.]- 107 

Whaley,  1st  Lt.  Harrv  E.     [Physician.     Lunda'e,  W.  Va.] 41 

Whaley,  John  S.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Snow  Hil!,  Md.] ...     Ill 

Wharton,  John  O.  (Aviation).     [Of  firm  of  F.  L.  Shaw  Co.,  Studebaker  Automobiles,  Dallas,  Tex.]      62 

Wheatley,  Lt.  William  (Navy — Died  in  the  Service.) 55,  89 

Wheeler,  2d  Lt.  Carnall  (.\viation).    (Civ.  Eng'r  with  Dawson  Constrn.  Co.,  Muskogee,  Okla.] 49 

Wherry,  Robert  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Pine  Bluff,  Ark] 112 

White,  Capt.  Benjamin  H.     [With  U.  S.  Shipp'g  Board,  Buenos  Aires.    Home,  Leesburg,  Va.] 32 

White,  Edwin  S.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.]--- -.. 109 

White,  1st  Lt.  Eugene  T.     (3226  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Home,  Clarksville,  Tex.] 41 

White,  E.  V.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Care  B.  V.  White.  Leesbure,  Va.]- - 71 

White,  Capt.  George  W.     (Teacher.     Care  Hon.  H.  A.  White,  Lexington,  Va.] 32 

White,  Gilbert  G.  (Civil  Service.     [Plant  Sup't  &  Mg'r,  Detroit  Salvage  Depot.,  Ord.  Dept.,  U. 

S.  A.,  Detroit, Mich.] 107,403 

White,  Isaac  G.    (Civil  Service).    (V.  P.,  Kim.balton  Lime  Co.    Home,  Shaws ville,  Va.) 107 

White,  J.  T.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Biloxi,  Miss.] 112 

White,  William  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va.]- 110 

Whitefield,  2d  Lt.  W.  Irvine.     [Asst.  Sup't,  L.  &  P.  Dept.,  R.  R.  &  G.  Co.,  Roanoke,  Va.],.-- 49 

Whiting,  Maj.  Edgar  M.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen,,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Marshall, 

Va.]     22,98,165,385 

Whiting,  Col.  G.  W.  C.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Marshall, 

Va.] - •.-..IS.  134,385 

Whiting,  Capt.  Thomas  S.  (U.  S.  M.  C).     (Retired  on  acct.  wounds.    Captain  and  Asst.  Q.  M.,  V. 

M.  I.     Home.  Hampton,  Va.; ..51,  74,  83,  98,  326,  391 

Whittle,  Capt.  WilHamM.     (Wholesale  Automobi'eTiree,  Martins\'il!e,  Va., -.32.  232 

Wickham,  2d  Lt.  George  B.     (Sec'y,  Richmond  Gas  &  Elec.  Appl.  Corp'n,  912  E.  Grace  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.]     -'--- - 49 

Wierum,  Pv't  Richard  F.  [Stiident.  V.M.  I.  Care  Otto  C.  Wierum,  Jr.,  223  E.  17th  St.,  New  York.]  62,98 

Wigg,  Sydney  L.  R.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     (Norfolk,  Va,] 109 

Wilbourn,  Lt.  Col.  Arthur  E.     (Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Lexington, 

Vn.]     ..- 18,145,385 

Wilkins,  jr.,  1st  Lt.  Gilbert  H.     [Asst.  Mg'r,  Export  Dept.,  Dicks,  David  Co.,  Inc.,  19  N.  Moore  St., 

New  York.    Home,  Lynchburg,  Va.]. 41 


444  IxDEx. 

Wilkins.  Irvin  C.  (O.  T.  C.)-    [Draftsman  with  N.  N.  S.  B.  &  D.  D.  Co.,  Newport  News.  Va.    Home, 

care  Mrs.  Maggie  A.  Saunders,  Suffolk,  Va.] 6S 

Wilkinson,  George  W.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Rocky  Mount,  N.  C.L Ill 

Wilkinson,  Jr.,  William  H.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Nat'l  City  Bank  of  New  York.    Branch  at  Rio  de 

Janeiro,  Brazil.    Home,  Bedford,  Va.] _  67 

Willcox,  Capt.  Charles  S.  fU.  S.  M.  C).     [Resigned  after  War.    Home,  256  W.  Freemason  St.,  Nor- 
folk, Va.] 51 

Willcox,  Jr.,  Capt.  Thomas  H.    [Lawyer.    Home,  256  W.  Freemason  St.,  Norfolk,  Va.]- 32 

Williams,  1st  Lt.  Charles  F.     [Address  not  known.] _ 41 

Williams,  David  T.  (Civil  Service).     [Lawyer.     Chatham,  Va.j "     394 

Williams,  2d  Lt.  Elmer  B.    (Care  Stewart,  Gwynne  Co.    Cotton.    Memphis,  Tenn., 49 

Williams,  Ma>.  Frederick  J.— Died  in  the  Service 22,  98,  178 

Williams,  Lt.  Col.  John  S.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Staunton, 

Va.] 18,  74,  S4,  148,  385 

Williams,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  John  W.  (Aviation).    [Care  Col.  J.  W.  Williams,  Capitol  Bld'g,  Richmond, 

Va] 49 

Williams,  2d  Lt.  LawrenceM.     [Automobile  Accefsorie.-.     1512  Gaines  St.,  Little  Rock,  Ark.] 49 

Williams,  2d  Lt.  Philip  (A^^ation).     [Lav.-yer.     City  Attorney,  Winchester,  Va.]     49 

Williams,  2d  Lt.  Robert  M.     [Teacher.    Driver,  Va.] 49 

Williams,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  C.     [Prin.,  High  School,  Sparta,  Va.] 41 

Williams,  2d  Lt.  Winthrop  T.     [Student,  Princeton  Univ.     Care  J.  G.  Paxton,  Lav\ver,  Indepen- 
dence, Mo.] 49 

Williamson,  Jr.,  2d  Lt.  Robert  B.    (Asst.  Eng'r,  Crozer  Land  Ass'n,  Elkhorn,  W.  Va.    Home,  Gra- 
ham, Va.] 49 

Williamson,  Col.  Sydney  B.    [Consult.  Eng'r.    120  Broadway   New  York.   _Former  home,  Lex- 
ington, Va.] . - ...15,  125 

Williamson,  Jr.,  Thomas  S.  (O.  T.  C).     [Comd't.  DanvilleMil.  Acad.,  Box  245,  Danville,  Va., 67 

Willis,  Capt.  William  T.  (Chaplain).     fEpis.  Clergyman.  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.].. ...      32 

Wills,  .Tr.,  Waller  G.  (O.  T.  C).     [With  Wills-Camp  Co.,  Clothiers,  Lynchburg,  Va.].. 67 

Wilmer,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  W.    [Elec.  Eng'r,  Western  Elec.  Co.    Home,  817  W.  Grace  St.,  Richmond, 

Va] 41,291 

Wilmot,  Capt.  Fred.  A.     [Merchant.     Lexington,  Mo.] 32 

Wilson,  Maj.  Cary  R.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen..  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home.  Norfolk  Va.l..22,  182,  385 
Wilson,  Frank  C.  (Medical  Corps).    [Physician.    Care  Dr.  Cunningham  Wilson,  Birmingham, 

Ala] 62 

Wilson,  1st  Lt.  Fred.  W.     [Addre.ss  not  known— formerly,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.] 41 

Wilson.  Maj.  J.  Pendleton.     [Retire  1  for  disability  incurred  in  the  Service.     Prof.,  Mil.  Science, 

.Salt  Lake  City  High  Schs,.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.     Home  add..  Box  427,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.]....22,  388 
Wilson,  1st  Lt.  Leroy  C.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  Lafayette  &  Mount 

Royal  Aves.,  Balto.,  Md.] 41,  295,  387 

Wilson,  Capt.  RogersM.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  27  Bay  St.,  Savan- 
nah, Ga.l 32,  74,  98.  222,  386 

Wilson,  1st  Lt.  Scott.    [Care  Carleton  Drv-Goods  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.    Home.  Belton.  Mo.] 41,  261 

Wilson,  Capt.  William  V.     [Care  S.  G.  Wilson.  Carleton  Drv-Goods  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.] 32 

Wilson,  W.  Y.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Student,  V.  M.  I.    Care  S.  B.  Wilson,  1938  Peabody  Ave.,  Memphis, 

Tenn.] ..___ _...      71 

Wiltshire,  Capt.  George  D.    [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  i5.  "C.    Home,  Cuipeper,  Va.l 

32,  175,  387 

Wiltshire,  Maj.  Turner  H.    [Home,  Cuipeper,  Va.]- 22,  175 

Wimberley,  Benjamin  B.  (O.  T.  C).    [Med.  Student,  Univ.  of  N.  C.    Care  Dr.  G.  B.  Wimberley, 

Rocky  Mount,  N.  C.]... 67 

Winchester,  1st  Lt.  Thomas  H.    [Asst.  Eng'r  with  Rust  Engineering  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Home, 

Macon,  Ga.]  _  ..41 

Winfree,  R.  N.  (.S.  A.  f.  C.).     [.Student,  V.  M.  L    Home,  1007  Federal' St.,  Lynchburg,  Va.] 71 

Winn,  Col.  Charles  D.     [Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Former  home,  Winchester, 

Ky.] .  .  15,74,134,383 

Winston,  G.  Otis  (Civil  Service).    [Paymaster,  U.  S.  Shipp.  Board.    Home,  401  West  118th  St., 

New  York.] ......... .. 107 

Winston,  JamesM.  (Civil  Service).    [Mg'r,  "Sun"  Shipbuild.  Co.,  Chester,  Pa.    Home,  Richmond, 

Va.] ......... .  107 

Winston.  William  A.  (6.  T.  C").    [Law  Student,  Harvard  ifniv.,  Cambridge,  Mass.    Care  James 

O.  Winston,  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  and  Richmond,  Va.l - 66 

Wise,  Maj.  Henry  A.     [Lawyer.     15  William  St.,  New  York.] 22 

Wise,  Col.  Hugh  D.     [Retired  after  32  years'  Service.    Res.,  Watertown.  N.  Y.] 1,5,  133,  388 

Wise,Jr  ,  Capt.  James  B.     [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.     Home.  Cheriton,  Va.]_..32,  386 
Wise,  Lt   Col.  Jennings  C.     [Lawyer.    Washington  Rep.  ofMunn,  Anderson  &  Munn.  Counsellors 
at  Law,  of  New  York.    Office,  735  Southern  Building,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Appointed  Major,  U.  S. 

A.,  July  1,  1920.     Declined.1 __._ IS,  74,  84,  98,  141 

Withers,  Capt.  Alexander  Putney.     [Capt.  Inf.  with  Am.  Forces  in  Germany.    Care  The  Adj't 

Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Former  home,  Richmond,  Va.] -- 32,  386 

Withers,  Jr.,  N.  R.  (S.  A.  T.  C).     [Asst.  Mg'r,  Ice  Co.,  Suffolk,  Va.] 71 

Witt,  Jr.,  1st  Lt.  S.  B.  (U.  S.M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Law  Student,  [Univ.  cf  Va.    Home, 

808  Park  ^e.,  Richmond,  Va.]     - ---      52 

Witt.Maj.  T.  Foster.     [Special  Ins.  Ag't.     Home,  808  Park  Ave.,  Richmond,  Va.] 22,  182 

Wolfe,  Maj.  Walter  McI.    (Resident  Vice-Pres.,  North-Eastern  Constn.  Co.,  Engineers  &  Contrac- 
tors.    Lexington  Bld'g,  Balto.,  Md.] 22,183 

Wolfson,  1st  Lt.  William  L.  (Medical  Corps).     fPhysician  &  Surgeon.     3019  Church  Ave.,  Flat- 

bush,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.    Old  hoir  e,  Miami,  Fla] 41 

Womble,  Lewis  A.  (V.M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Richmond,  Va.] - --     10* 

Womeldorf,  L.  A.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student.  V.  M.  I.    Care  C.  R.  Womeldorf,  313  Lawton,  El  Paso, 

Tex.] 71 

Wood,  Capt.  F.  Travera.    [Sou.  Mg'r.  We.-t  Construction  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga] 32,  206 

Wood,  2d  Lt.  John  W.  (Aviation).    (SalesMg'r,  Wool-Taylor  Corpn.,  Bristol,  Va.-Tenn.] 49 


Index.  445 

Wood,  Col.  William  S.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash..  D.  C] 15,  12S.  385 

Woodhall,  J.  C.  (S.  A.  T.  C).    [Student,  Univ.  of  N.  C.    CareMra.  Edward  S.  Reid,  5  W.  Morehead 

St.,  Charlotte.  N.  C] 71 

Woodman,  Henry  A.  (V.  M  I.  Tr.  Camp).    179  Leonard  St.,  New  York.). 110 

Wooda,  Archibald  P.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va.]... 109 

Woods,  1st  Lt.  LeGrand  J.    [Lawyer.    Commercial  Nat'l  Bk  Bld'g,  Sherman,  Tex.l 41 

Woodson,  John  S.    [Care  Dr.  J.  L.  Woodson,  Oakman,  Ala.) 62 

Woodward,  1st  Lt.  C.  D.  (U.  S.  M.  C).    [Resigned  after  War.    Teacher.    Care  Pres.  J.  C.  Wood- 
ward, College  Park,  Ga.].. 52 

Wool,  Darius  T.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Norfolk,  Va.) 108 

Wool,  Jr.,  Pv't  Theodore  J.     (Bank  Clerk.     Home,  715  Colonial  Ave.,  Norfolk,  Va.] 62,  401 

Woolford,  1st  Lt.  Austin  W.      With  Franklin  Trust  Co.,  New  York,  and  Student.    Care  Mrs.  Ar- 
thur Woolford,  237  Main  St.,  Suffolk,  Va.] 41,98,282 

Woolls.  William  P.  (Civil  Service).     [Lawyer  and  U.  S.  Commissioner,  109  N.  Fairfax  St.,  Alex- 
andria, Va.l 107 

Worden,  Lt.  Commander  Horace  B.  (Navy).     [Retired.    Now  Farmer.    328  E.  Pine  St.,  Missoula, 

Montana.] 53,390 

Worrell,   1st  Lt.  Churchill  F.  (Medical  Corps).    [Practising  Physician  and  Surg,  to  Wabash  and 

Lake  Erie  &  W.  Railroads,  Peru,  Ind.     Home,  Dublin,  Va.] 41 

Worthington.  .Jr.,  1st  Lt.  Thomas.     [Civ.  Eng'r.     1st  Nat'l  Bk  Bld'g,  Birmingham,  Ala.] 41 

Wounded,  or  Gassed,  in  Ariion 89,  393 

Wright,  1st  Lt.  Crispin  (Medical  Corps,  A.  E.  F.— Died  in  the  Service  in  U.  S.  A.) 41,  89 

Wright,  Capt.  Jesse  B.     [Highway  Eng'r.  Coconino  Co.,  Ariz.,  and  City  Engineer,  Flagstaff,  Ariz.]      33 

Wright,  Jr.,  Richard  H.  (Aviation).     [Tobacco  PackingMach'y  Bus.    Durham,  N.  C.]. 62 

Wright,  1st  Lt.  Saunders.     [CareMissM.  O.  Hobson,  Pemberton,  Va.]. 41 

Wright,  Samuel  B.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Moffatts  Creek,  Va.] 109 

Wright,  Thomas  D.  (Aviation).    [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Interstate  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Durham, 

N.  C.].. ---      62 

Wylie,  2d  Lt.  Robert  H.    [Appointed  2d  Lt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  July  1,  1920.    Care  The  Adj't  Gen.,  U. 

S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home  add.,  careGwinn  Bros.  &  Co.,  Huntington,  W.  Va.j.... 49,  387 

Wysor,  Capt.  JohnD.    [Mg'r,  Hill  Crest  Farm,  Dublin,  Va., 33 

Wysor,  Jr.,  Capt.  Robert  E.    [CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home,  .Dublin,  Va..-.33,  387 

Yancey,  2d  Lt.  Henry  A.    [Care  T.  J.  Yancey,  Waynesboro,  Va.] 49 

Yancey,  Maj.  James  P.    [The  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Homo,  Culpeper,  Va.]....22,  181,  385 

Yancey,  2d  Lt.  ThomasM.     [With  N.  &  W.  Ry.  Co.    Home.  Bedford  City.  Va.].... ..49,  400 

Yancey,  1st  Lt.  William  B.     [Lawyer.     Later,  Insurance.    Harrisonburg,  Va.].. 42,98,286 

Yates.  Jr.,  Lt.  J.  William.     [Not  yet  settled  in  Business.    Home,  Flint  Hill,  Va.] 42 

Yeatman,  Sg't  Charles  E.  (O.  T.  C).    [With  U.  S.  Shipp.  Board.    Home,  702  Boissevain  Ave., 

Norfolk,  Va.] -      68 

Yeatman,  Lt.  Philip  W.  (Navy).    [Care  Navy  Dept.,  Wash.,  D.  C.    Home  address  above.] 54,  389 

York,  Charles  A.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Cumberland,  Md.].... 113 

Yost.  Maj.  Howard McC.    [Appointed  Capt.,  Eng'rs,  July  1,  1920.     CareThe  Adj't  Gen.,  U.  S.  A., 

Wash..  D.  C.    Home.  Massillon,  O.] .22,  182,  386 

Yoste,  FlorianH.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    (Vicksburg,  Miss.] 110 

Youell,  Maj.  RiceM.     [Wholesale  Hardware,  Norton  Hardware  Co.,  Norton,  Va.] 22,  74,  99,  152 

Young,  Hoge  D.  W.  (O.  T.  C).     [Comd't,  BlackstoneMil.  Acad..  Blackstone,  Va.l. 67 

Young,  Neil  (Civil  Service).    [Commercial  Eng'r  with  WestinghouseE.  &M  Co.,  East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa.     Res.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Export,  Pa.l .-     107 

Young,  RoslynD.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).     [Petersburg,  Va.l 108 

Young,  W.  Leslie  (Civil  Service).    [Foreman,  Elec.  Const'n,  Dupont  Powder  Co.,  Carney's  Point, 

N.  J.    Home,  Lexington,  Va  ] --    107 

Zea,  2d  Lt.  Frank  E.    [Asst.  Cashier,  Massanutten  Nat'l  Bank,  Strasburg.  Va.] 49 

Zimmer,  Jr.,  Capt.  William  L.    [Sec'y  &  Treas.,  Maclin-Zimmer-McGill  Tobacco  Co.,  Inc.,  Pe- 
tersburg, Va.] - 33 

ZolHcoffer,  JereP.  (V.  M.  I.  Tr.  Camp).    [Henderson,  N.  C  1 109 


THE  HISTORIOGRAPHER  OF  THE  V.  M.  I. 

gratefuUy  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to  the 

Officers  and  Employes  of 

THE  RICHMOND  PRESS,  INC., 

Richmond,  Virginia 

for  their  able  assistance  in  issuing  this  RECORD 

and  for  their  many  favours 

And  he  gladly  commends  this  honourable 

and  progressive 

PUBLISHING  HOUSE 

to  all  V.  M.  I.  Men 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  LIBRARY 
Los  Angeles 
This  book  is  DUE  on  the  last  date  stamped  belo. 


r^n  141983 


I 


ITEC'D  LD-URt 


MAR  2  7  1984^ 


1       lOQ^ 

NOV  1  -  -'■ 
OCT  3  3 1987 


4K 


■    3  1158  00904  2408 


A 


